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| Aug 17, 2026 | PepsiCo reports increase in recycled content for plastic packaging | PepsiCo reported using 2 million metric tons of plastic in its packaging during 2025, slightly less year over year.
Less of the plastic in its primary packaging came from virgin materials than in 2024 and more plastic packaging included rec... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Food brands report challenges switching to recycled plastics in packaging | Listen to the article 7 min
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ROSEMONT, Ill. — Extended producer responsibility for packaging has become the talk of the industry, but mandates for PCR, or postconsumer re... |
| Jun 22, 2026 | How Mars and Mondelēz fared on 2025 packaging targets | Listen to the article 3 min
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Snacking giants Mars and Mondelēz International each recently released their 2025 sustainability reports with updates on packaging portfolio ... |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Food waste began to decline 4 years after the pandemic, Refed finds | Listen to the article 4 min
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Surplus food generation in the United States declined 2.2% in 2024 from the previous year to about 70 million tons, ending a post... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Food recalls are on the rise. What happens to the waste? | Listen to the article 10 min
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From contaminated cucumbers to mislabeled energy drinks, food recalls have made several headlines this year. Suppliers and distributors like... |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Philadelphia sues CPGs over plastic bag recyclability claims | Listen to the article 4 min
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The city of Philadelphia on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against two major CPGs, alleging they deceived consumers about the recy... |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Nestlé, Mondelēz leave the US Plastics Pact | Listen to the article 5 min
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Several major brands and retailers recently exited the U.S. Plastics Pact, a group created to unite organizations across the plas... |
| Mar 9, 2025 | Business | Pioneering smart tech and sustainability: These are America’s top smart cities of 2025 | 1. San Francisco – 70 points
San Francisco tops the list as the smartest city in 2025, with a total smart city score of 70. As the epicenter of Silicon Valley, San Francisco attracts top-tier talent and fosters innovation, boasting 39.72 te... |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Food industry pledges to work with RFK Jr following confirmation as health secretary | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine critic who President Donald Trump directed to “go wild” on healthcare, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate as the country’s top health official.
The 52-48 vote to confirm Kennedy was nearly a... |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Health | Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people | It’s “environmental injustice and racial injustice,” she said.
Miami-Dade leaders see a different challenge: the need to effectively manage trash. The county produces nearly double the national average per person of garbage, in part due to ... |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Coca-Cola lowers ambition with new 2035 packaging sustainability targets | Listen to the article 5 min
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The Coca-Cola Co. announced Monday new packaging sustainability goals to reach by 2035, centered on packaging design and collecti... |
| Sep 16, 2024 | EZGO Technologies: Navigating the Storm of E-Bicycle Market Challenges | EZGO Technologies Ltd., a prominent player in China's short-distance transportation sector, recently unveiled its financial results for the first half of 2024. The numbers tell a tale of resilience amid fierce competition and shifting marke... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Keurig Dr Pepper to pay $1.5M to settle charges about K-Cup recyclability | Listen to the article 6 min
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it charged Keurig Dr Pepper with making inaccurate statements ... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Coca-Cola chided by green group for lack of progress on reusable packaging | Listen to the article 4 min
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An estimated 14% of Coca-Cola’s total beverage volume was served in reusable packaging in 2023, unchanged from the prior year, a ... |
| Nov 21, 2023 | Research suggests using more packaging could cut food waste | Packaging can play a greater role in keeping produce and other foods fresh, thereby minimizing food waste — especially if consumers can better understand those packaging technologies. That’s among the takeaways of research led by Michigan S... |
| Oct 19, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Japan’s DAIZ lands $47m, Zordi emerges from stealth in US, FBN & ADM team up | Agtech’s big news this week was the emergence of US-based Zordi, which came out of stealth with its autonomous greenhouse tech. Over in foodtech, funding went to DAIZ for Japan’s ‘largest’ plant-based meat factory and a couple new developme... |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Battery recycling heats up with Ascend Elements’ $542M Series D | Venture funding for battery recycling startups is popping off lately, and the latest to see the IRA-driven upside is Ascend Elements, which announced a massive $542 million in Series D funding on top of $480 million in earlier DoE grants.
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| May 1, 2023 | Constellation Brands targets more circular beverage packaging by 2025 | Major beer, wine and spirits producer Constellation Brands on Thursday introduced two new sustainability commitments: increasing its use of “circular packaging” and pursuing zero waste to landfill certification through TRUE.
Constellation, ... |
| Apr 24, 2023 | CARDS Recycling Acquires Johns Refuse, 2nd Purchase in April |
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This acquisition moves CARDS into Tulsa’s backyard and expands three service lines: frontload commercial, industrial roll off, and portable re... |
| Jan 29, 2023 | We Have A Waste Problem – Will ESG And Government Funding Help? | A tractor drives through a giant pile of plastic bottles at the San Francisco Recycling Center April ... [+] 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. T (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Cove debuts biodegradable water bottles | Southern California specialty grocer Erewhon Market on Thursday will become the launch retailer for biodegradable water bottles from Cove, a startup that says it has developed the world’s first such packaging, according to a joint press rel... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Live Nation bets millions on high-tech reusable cups to combat plastic waste | Picture the aftermath of a festival: A sea of fans depart, leaving behind any number of empty water bottles, disposable cups, wristbands, lost IDs and maybe even some used-up whipped cream chargers.
For all the environmental lip service we ... |
| May 25, 2022 | Big Food's sustainable packaging goals hit supply and demand reality | In the past two years, several CPGs have announced deadlines to slash their use of virgin plastic in packaging and shift toward more earth-friendly options over the next few decades, including Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo and Mondelēz. Recycle... |
| May 2, 2022 | Big brands targeted for plastic reduction and refill commitments in 2022 proxy season | As the noisy battle over plastics continues to intensify in legislative and public debate, the behind-the-scenes tactic of shareholder advocacy has seen numerous developments this year.
Shareholder resolutions are non-binding in the U.S., b... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | After years of growing awareness, ReFED director sees a 'rubber-meets-the-road moment' for food waste | In the nearly seven years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture set a federal goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030, the amount of research, investment and awareness around tackling this issue... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | How much should we pay the trash collector? Republic Services strike raises questions | It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
The month-long strike of Republic Services sanitation workers, in Chula Vista and other parts of San Diego County, is shining a light on the unglamorous but necessary job.
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| Feb 18, 2021 |
Recycling: Not your father's environmental issue
| To raise recycling with today’s environmentally-minded younger generations might solicit an “OK, Boomer” type of response; they are focused on the seemingly more existential challenges of climate change, environmental justice or imperiled o... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | As Recyclables Pile Up, A New Approach May Help Cut The Heap Down To Size | Bill Montgomery, UH Energy Scholar |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Bay Area startup Trash Warrior eyes West Coast growth after securing new funding |
The concept of creating an "Uber for trash" has gotten plenty of media buzz in recent years. Now, a new West Coast player called Trash Warrior is also citing Uber as inspiration and has backing from venture capital firms.
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| May 22, 2020 | Comprehensive Plastic Packaging Tax Proposed For UK, A Blueprint For Other Countries? | 17 1
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The British government is proposing to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging that contains less than 30% recycled plastic. If the planned bill is passed, any plastic used for packaging across all sectors that i... |
| Apr 22, 2020 | How are agrifoodtech startups responding to Covid-19? | Covid-19 has sent the startup world into a tailspin. Supply chain disruptions have threatened the supply of key components and ingredients and venture capital funds have signaled a pullback in activity with some startup valuations already d... |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, September 28 | THREE THINGS
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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DIRTY DEALINGS: I first reported on ‘Uber for trash’ startup Rubicon Global almost exactly one year ago when I reviewed mul... |
| Aug 18, 2018 | Factory reset: Tech startups raise big bucks to help companies cut waste | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Society has become somewhat accustomed to disposable goods, be it cheap garments, budget phones, or plastic packaging.
But with Earth f... |
| Aug 18, 2018 | Factory reset: Tech startups raise big bucks to help companies cut waste | Society has become somewhat accustomed to disposable goods, be it cheap garments, budget phones, or plastic packaging.
But with Earth facing untold apocalyptic catastrophes in the decades to come, there has been a growing push to do somethi... |
| Aug 1, 2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 1 | TRASH TALK
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This is a rather surprising move as Rubicon has long marketed itself as the “Uber for trash,” and being a waste brokera... |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Ag Industry Brief: California Cuts Food Waste, Europe to Vote on Glyphosate Ban, Rabo Launches $1bn Fund, more | Europe to Vote on Glyphosate Ban
On Tuesday, October 24, the European Parliament will vote on whether to ban Monsanto’s controversial pesticide glyphosate in the next three years. The following day, the European Commission’s Standing Commit... |
| Cruz Foam makes styrofoam alternative from shrimp shells and food waste | Cruz Foam has launched a packaging line to displace polystyrene peanuts and bubble wrap in ecommerce.
The startup, based in Santa Cruz, California, is backed by Ashton Kutcher’s climate fund, At One Ventures and others.
The company’s foam m... |
| EGEB: China’s coronavirus causes oil prices to plunge | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
China’s coronavirus causes global oil prices to plummet.
Tech giants were the biggest buyers of green energy in 2019.
China beats the US with its plan to ban single-use plastics.
The Electrek G... |
| China has a plan to ban single-use plastics — and the US doesn’t | China is the world’s No. 1 largest creator of single-use plastic waste. The United States has the “honor” of being No. 2. Last week, China announced that it will ban single-use plastics across the country. The US has no federal plan to ban ... |
| Glass is 100% recyclable, yet only a third of it gets recycled each year. Here's how private groups are stepping up to expand access and improve the process. | One of Ripple's glass-recycling bins. Ripple Glass
A lack of convenient access and issues like landfill economics have made glass recycling difficult.
Groups such as Ripple Glass, Ace Glass, and Phoenix Glass are trying to help by easing th... |
