National Restaurant Association Unveils 2026 Culinary Forecast: Smashed Burgers, Global Comfort, and Members of the media: Please contact us for input or comment on your news article. Include a description of your story, your questions and your deadline.

🔄 Along with smashburgers and comfort foods, the National Restaurant Association's 2026 Culinary Forecast calls out reusable and compostable packaging as a top trend. restaurant.org/research-and...

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U.S. Plastics Pact | Sustainable Packaging Innovation Awards The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and research institutions working to ensure plastics never become waste.

🏆 This EPR-friendly, digitally tracked reusable packaging system won the 2025 U.S. Plastic Pact Innovation Award by demonstrating as much as 98% return rates. usplasticspact.org/awards/

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‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created its hugely popular deposit return scheme In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%

♻️ Romania's deposit-return system is largest in the world and delivers recycling rates of over 90%. We should do this everywhere! (You think?) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Reducing plastic waste in the states Is your state making progress to reduce plastic waste?

In the U.S., the tide is turning on single-use plastic: One in three Americans now live in a state that limits its use. pirg.org/resources/re...

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Eliminate single-use waste with r.World reusable serveware system r.World's reusable serveware system including cups, plates, & to go containers eliminates single-use waste at your event, festival, or venue.

New report from rWorld shows that since its 2017 the company kept 20 million single-use items out of landfills. rworldreuse.com

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Widespread distribution of bacteria containing PETases with a functional motif across global oceans Abstract. Accumulating evidence indicates that microorganisms respond to the ubiquitous plastic pollution by evolving plastic-degrading enzymes. However, t

We still need to increase reusables and decrease single-use, but new research shows ocean bacteria may be evolving to break down plastic. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

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No Global Deal? How Coalitions Of The Willing Can Still Fix Plastic Pollution What happens to all the momentum that’s been building over the last three years? The answer is that it won’t disappear. It will shift.

Plastic treaty talks recently collapsed in Geneva, but global adoption of policies like EPR and MRC prove there is still a way forward. www.forbes.com/sites/robkap...

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The Refill Revolution: How One Campaign Cut Plastic Waste Across Britain Refilling is no longer just for water bottles. Across Britain, people are topping up pasta jars, detergent bottles and coffee cups as part of a fast-growing movement that’s cutting waste, saving money, and reshaping everyday shopping.

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The Refill Revolution: How One Campaign Cut Plastic Waste Across Britain Refilling is no longer just for water bottles. Across Britain, people are topping up pasta jars, detergent bottles and coffee cups as part of a fast-growing movement that’s cutting waste, saving money...

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As You Sow Applauds Amazon’s 28% Drop in Plastic Packaging Shipments — As You Sow As You Sow applauds Amazon for a significant 28% drop in North American shipments containing single-use plastic packaging, as detailed in its newly released 2024 sustainability report.

Amazon cut 28% of single-use plastic in North American shipments in 2024. www.asyousow.org/press-releas...

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One of the world's most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics. It's not so easy Nigeria’s economic capital of Lagos is one of the world’s most plastic-polluted cities. Lagos state authorities last month imposed a ban on single-use plastics, but residents say weak enforcement and…

Single-use plastic are now banned in Lagos -- one of the world's most plastic polluted cities. apnews.com/article/nige...

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🧼 Big bottle, big sass! Our Highland Soap 1L refills last longer than a Scottish summer and smell like pure Highlands magic.

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Crypto.com Arena aims for a cleaner future, 1 cup at a time It transitioned to reusable drinkware

LA's Crypto stadium is the first major sports and entertainment venue to fully transition to reusable cups. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

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Treating empty bottles like lottery tickets could transform recycling When offered a 1-in-10,000 chance of winning $1,000 instead of a guaranteed 10 cent refund, people recycled 47% more bottles...at no extra cost to local governments.

Want to up recycling? Just add lottery. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/07/trea...

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How musicians and concert venues are upping the tempo on climate action As sustainability initiatives in other industries stall out, big acts like Coldplay, Dave Matthews, and Billie Eilish are pushing live music to go green.

Dave Matthews' "RockNRefill" reuse promotion is just one in a suite of initiatives connecting climate initiatives with music fans. grist.org/arts-culture...

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Merkley, Capito Push to Improve Recycling Nationwide with New Bipartisan Bill - Merkley Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley partnered with West Virginia’s U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to…

A new, bipartisan federal EPA packaging bill could yield $10 billion in reuse business opportunities. www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-capi...

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Clearly cool: A transparent paper-based material could replace single-use plastics The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor.

Paper-based material acts like plastic but, if leaked to the ocean, degrades within a year. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/clea...

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Plastic Free Calendar #ZeroWaste People Power - July 2025 V.3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sponsored by The Wolves Follow on Bluesky Never Twitter 1 Learn about the #ZeroWaste Movement Wins ...

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Oregon's new law will all eliminate plastic bags at checkout. Duck, yeah! pirg.org/updates/bill...

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🚮 July isn’t just another month —#PlasticFreeJuly is a reminder of what’s possible.

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Plastic Free Calendar #ZeroWaste People Power - July 2025 V.3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sponsored by The Wolves Follow on Bluesky Never Twitter 1 Learn about the #ZeroWaste Movement Wins ...

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Science says plastic bag bans really do work A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter.

Well, duh: New study shows in areas where laws limit plastic bags, less of them end up as litter. grist.org/science/plas...

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St. Paul Saints implement r.World to pioneer the first-ever reuse program in MLB and the first for any Minnesota team. www.milb.com/st-paul/news...

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🚮 July isn’t just another month —#PlasticFreeJuly is a reminder of what’s possible.

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Biden Era Single-Use Plastic Phase-Out In National Parks Rescinded Interior secretary Doug Burgum has signed a new secretarial order rescinding the previous order to phase out the sale of single-use plastics across national parks.

Yes, the national parks will once again sell single-use plastic. But that doesn't mean you have to buy it. This summer, please BYO, friends! www.forbes.com/sites/jamieh...

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The Consumer Goods Forum, Reposit announce reusable packaging project - Sustainability Online The Consumer Goods Forum and Reposit have announced a new reusable packaging programme focused on personal and home care products in Ottawa, Canada.

With Reposit, the Consumer Goods Forum rolls out a reusable packaging program for personal and home care brands. sustainabilityonline-net.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/sustaina...

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