plastic packaging

Over the last twelve years, Big Marble Farms has grown from 5 to 55 acres. "And we have lots more expansion planned for the coming years," the team reveals. Big Marble Farms also markets greenhouse products from roughly 25 Albertan growers spanning nearly 200 acres. The name was born out of the founders’ desire to weave sustainability into the operations. Packaging provided a major opportunity for this.

The Nilgiris district administration has begun sealing shops that were found using banned plastic packaging.

Recently, teams from the Revenue Department conducted raids across the district, and seized banned plastic items that were being used by merchants.

According to the officials, an anti-plastic raid conducted on Saturday led to the closure of eight shops – three in Coonoor, four in Udhagamandalam and one in Gudalur. Many other shopkeepers were warned not to use banned plastic products to package any of the items they were selling.

Components manufacturer Shimano has announced that it will transition to more sustainable, eco-friendly packaging, as around 70 bike companies pledged this week to reduce plastic packaging and remove unnecessary packaging from the supply chain, in a bid to make Europe “cleaner, greener and more liveable”.

Shimano says (link is external)it will package its footwear, service and upgrade parts, apparel and most eyewear in new eco-friendly designs. 

Reducing discarded plastic sachet as marine plastic pollution

2.7 million metric tons of plastic waste are generated in the Philippines each year with about 20 per cent ending up in the ocean. Single-serving plastic packaging has posed as one of the biggest waste issues in this country where an estimated 163 million pieces of sachets are consumed daily, according to the World Bank.

The Belgian fresh produce cooperative custom made the tool in order to better understand the impact of available packaging and help boost its sustainability credentials. The tool enables users to assess a range of factors involved in packaging, including materials, source, production method, use of inputs such as water and energy, and the impact of transport.