Better Earth Acquires Betterbin

October 3, 2024 Better Earth

This acquisition bolsters Better Earth’s mission to create a regenerative circular economy by providing seamless, tech-driven solutions that divert food packaging waste from landfills, improve compliance with solid waste regulations and meet local sustainability goals.

HelloFresh and Denali Divert 4 Million Pounds of Food Waste from Phoenix Landfills

September 17, 2024 HelloFresh

The collaboration transforms food waste into valuable products such as compost and animal feed, fostering a circular economy by reintegrating these outputs into agriculture. Together the companies help combat climate change by diverting food waste from landfills – a major contributor of greenhouse gasses. 

Individually Wrapped Cheese Could be Targeted Under New York Legislation

Senate Bill S4246, dubbed the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, would require companies that have a net annual income of more than $1 million to reduce consumer packaging, improve recycling efforts of their product packaging and help update recycling infrastructure.

Walmart Canada Becomes First Major Retailer in Canada to Launch National Reusable Bag Recycling Program Aimed at Helping Canadians Give Reusable Bags a Second Life

April 16, 2024 Walmart Canada

Through the free Walmart Blue Bag Recycling Program powered by TerraCycle, the international leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials, customers across the country can send in their excess or damaged Walmart reusable blue shopping bags to help give them a second life.

Industry Asked to Help Shape CA Packaging, Plastic Pollution Law

May 30, 2023 State of California

As California builds the rules to ensure that much of the state’s packaging is either cut or recycled, packaging producers, environmental groups and other interested parties can provide input to help design Senate Bill 54 (Allen, Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022) regulations.