Sustainability

The Hasbro Pulse team hosted a lengthy livestream to reveal product previews and other announcements for G.I. Joe’s 40th anniversary.

Around the hour and a half mark, Emily from the product marketing team introduced the e-commerce packaging for an upcoming Cobra Viper Officer and Vipers set. This packaging, she notes, is also a preview of what plastic-free packaging will look like for the G.I. Joe line. The team emphasized that this Cobra Viper Officer box isn’t exactly what the plastic-free packaging will look like, but that it is a “good indicator.”

King’s Lynn-based Southgate Global has developed a new product called PET Tape, made from 85% recycling plastic.

Head of marketing Darren Smith said its new product development team had worked on the new tape which is described as “ideal” to close standard and recycled cardboard boxes. Its reduced thickness means it uses more than a fifth less plastic than standard tapes, the company said.

Kraft Heinz Co. told non-profit group As You Sow the company will set a virgin plastic reduction goal within a year. In response, the non-profit group has agreed to withdraw a shareholder proposal seeking a report on how the company would reduce the use of plastic packaging.

In response to a request for comment, Kraft Heinz issued a statement by Jonah Smith, global lead of environmental social governance at the company.

Yoloha is a company that sets out to make things better. In their pursuit of quality yoga mats made from high levels of renewable materials, they chose to work with HEXPOL TPE.

The world’s first 100% recycled aluminium Spring Water bottle.

Re:Water comes filled with pure British Spring Water, bottled at source on protected land in the UK.

The aluminium bottle keeps water cooler and fresher for longer, and once finished can be refilled, reused and recycled.

Developed in response to the growing global problem of single-use materials, it’s a genuine alternative to single-use plastic.

Recycling plays an important role in keeping plastic waste out of the environment but we know that, on its own, it won’t solve the problem.

We already use a lot of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic to make new packaging – so we can move away from virgin material – and we’re trying to use even more. We estimate that mechanically recycled plastic has a 50% lower greenhouse gas footprint than virgin plastic.