Consumers Can Now Recycle Baby Food Packaging Through TerraCycle® ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerber, the early childhood nutrition leader, has partnered with international recycling company TerraCycle® to help give hard-to-recycle baby food packaging a new life. This partnership is rooted in Gerber and TerraCycle®'s shared values around eliminating waste and supports the recovery of hard-to-recycle baby food packaging on a national scale. Participation in the program is easy – parents can simply sign up on the Gerber Recycling Program page at https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/gerber and mail in packaging that is not municipally recyclable using a prepaid shipping label. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.   "Through this free recycling program, Gerber is offering parents an easy way to divert waste from landfills by providing a responsible way to dispose of certain hard-to-recycle baby food packaging," said TerraCycle CEO and Founder, Tom Szaky. "By collecting and recycling these items, families can demonstrate their respect for the environment not only through the products that they choose for their children, but also with how they dispose of the packaging."   As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Gerber Recycling Program, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice.   Gerber believes the baby food industry should help create a world where babies thrive, and this partnership is one of many steps toward its goal to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. "We're thrilled to partner with TerraCycle as part of our broader sustainable packaging efforts," said Gerber President and CEO Bill Partyka. "We know every parent's top priority is to ensure a healthy, happy future for their baby. Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in giving parents a hand in making their baby's future that much brighter."   Gerber was founded on the ambition to give babies the best start in life. That's why their work doesn't stop at nutrition. As the world's largest baby food company, Gerber has upheld some of the industry's strongest agricultural standards through its Clean Field Farming™ practices, and is committed to reducing energy use, water use and carbon emissions in its factories.   The Gerber Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle's recycling programs, visit www.TerraCycle.com.

Nestlé-owned Gerber has joined forces with TerraCycle to help give hard-to-recycle baby food packaging a new life.   As part of a new programme in the US, consumers can mail Gerber packaging that is not municipally recyclable using a prepaid shipping label.   Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remoulded to make new products.   “Through this free recycling programme, Gerber is offering parents an easy way to divert waste from landfills by providing a responsible way to dispose of certain hard-to-recycle baby food packaging,” said TerraCycle CEO and founder, Tom Szaky.   “By collecting and recycling these items, families can demonstrate their respect for the environment not only through the products that they choose for their children, but also with how they dispose of the packaging.”   Gerber, which was acquired by Nestlé in 2007, produces a range of infant formula, baby food, cereal, snacks and supplements. The unit aims to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025.   “We’re thrilled to partner with TerraCycle as part of our broader sustainable packaging efforts,” said Gerber CEO, Bill Partyka.   “We know every parent’s top priority is to ensure a healthy, happy future for their baby. Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in giving parents a hand in making their baby’s future that much brighter.”   Operating across 21 countries, TerraCycle partners with consumer product companies, retailers and cities to recycle products and packages that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated.

When you eat gluten-free, it's not always easy to find  gluten-free snacks on the go or because you have not had time to cook.   here are my findings of gluten-free snacks:

The Landish bars: I had the chance to taste the  Landish bars and powders ,  made base  of spirulina, Reishi mushroom or powder of cricket! They are manufactured in Montreal.

J e hear you : " not the crickets powder !!! "  .You can  start with the two varieties that contain pas.J ' like bars made from sustainable ingredients, lactose free, gluten free. The company is associated e TerraCycle to turn their waste common and make  park benches, they also make sure that every order,   a tree is planted  in Quebec. A nice range of snacks to discover!

Kashi new bar re s, Joi, energy bars and bar res  nuts

simply protein offers bar re s and chips that are from pea isolate or soy .L e small bag of crunch s offer 16g of protein , and the bar re s 15g protein s, c ertain n ' have only that  1 to 4  g sugar! Nutritional information is very well written on the bar re s and chips!

Pure protein is a bar of 20g protein s and 3g sugar

Taste of nature, tender bars

Special K launches of years the gluten with s 're Nourish bars

King Bar

 

Made good made peanut free granola bars, it can go in children's lunch box

HoneyBar, bars Quinoa and cranberry s

Tutti gourmet

Plentils : lentil chips by Enjoy life

protein iögo

Prana

Crispy minis

Lunberg rice and quinoa, 5 grains

Milk chocolate rice cake, it's so good !!!!

·         Cashew salt and pepper Lalumière

 

Gerber, the early childhood nutrition leader, has partnered with international recycling company Terracycle® to help give hard-to-recycle baby food packaging a new life. This partnership is rooted in Gerber and TerraCycle's shared values arund eliminating waste and supports the recovery of hard-to-recycle baby food packaging on a national scale.

Before many households had refrigerators, milk was typically delivered directly to doorsteps all over the United States, first by horse-and-cart and later by truck. While from today’s perspective it may seem like a less efficient delivery approach, it did have one major benefit we can emulate in 2019: the milk bottles were made of glass. These empty glass bottles were collected, cleaned, and reused over and over again. Today, most consumers buy their milk in plastic containers or plastic-coated cardboard – which go straight into garbage or recycling bins. 80% of all plastic ends up in our oceans or landfills; there are 6.9 billion tons of plastic waste on the planet. Unfortunately, recycling isn’t anywhere near efficient enough to cope with growing economies, and it’s predicted that we’ll run out of landfill space in some states within 25 years. To address these ominous forecasts, an innovative recycling company called TerraCycle earlier this year invested $10 million in Loop, a start-up aiming to revolutionize the way we reuse packaging and make e-commerce a zero-waste operation.

How Does Loop Work?

Known as the “milkman model,” this closed-loop initiative operates through the following steps:

• Step 1: Consumers set up a Loop account from which they can order groceries from all participating brands via the Loop platform or associated stores such as Walgreens or Kroger.
• Step 2: Purchases are delivered to the consumer’s door using Loop’s waste-free delivery system.
• Step 3: Consumers pay a small deposit to receive their shopping in reusable, sustainable packaging made from glass, metal, and plastic.
• Step 4: Empty containers are collected and returned to Loop HQ for cleaning, refilling and future reuse.

Other companies like The Wally Shop and Infinity Goods offer similar services but Loop is making waves with over 25 high-profile partnerships including Nestle, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and PepsiCo. Despite the additional round of shipping, this process is estimated to be 75% better for the environment thanks to the colossal savings made on materials and energy compared with single-use packaging.

What are the Advantages of Adopting the Milkman Model?

For consumers, it’s waste-free shopping made easy. For the brands, upfront costs include redesign and the development of hardy packaging which must be able to withstand multiple washes while still looking clean and untampered. However, these expenses are outweighed by positive brand awareness and the fact that customers will develop long-term loyalty to participating brands via a platform like Loop. This service is currently available in select zip codes in a handful of U.S. states and France, with plans to launch soon in Canada, Germany, Japan, and the UK. But could closed-loop initiatives like this be applied on an industrial scale? The automotive industry is leading the way with reusable packaging, in part because the robust materials provide safer transit for car parts and safer working environments for employees. General Motors, for example, reports it has made 142 of its facilities landfill-free, including 79 manufacturing plants worldwide. For manufacturers interested in applying the milkman model, the first step is to examine all packaging throughout your organization, from the wrapping used for consumables in the facility kitchen to the large pallets used to transport manufacturing equipment. Procurement can then work with suppliers to eliminate single-use packaging wherever possible and investigate the cost of the logistics involved in shipping empty containers back to suppliers. Whether a company such as Loop will one day offer this sort of service on an industrial scale remains to be seen. Reusable packaging is achievable, but brands that are truly committed to waste-free packaging will need to formalize their policies and standards across the board, collaborate with their suppliers, and make an upfront investment in sustainable packaging.

Baby food brand Ella's Kitchen has unveiled plans to roll out its recycling scheme for packaging which isn't collected at kerbsides nationally, after a successful trial with Asda and TerraCycle. Launched in April, the six-month trial saw Asda provide Freepost envelopes for baby food pouches at 37 of its UK stores.   Consumers were encouraged to place up to 15 food pouches from any brand in the envelopes for posting to TerraCycle, which recycles them into products such as outdoor furniture, playground equipment and fence posts.   Ella’s Kitchen and TerraCycle additionally continued to operate their flagship network of drop-off points for the pouches, of which there were 400 at the start of the trial, throughout the pilot project.   The baby food company this week announced that, during the trial, its pouch collections increased by 87% on a year-on-year basis. Moreover, the network of collection points – commonly hosted in locations such as schools, offices and community spaces – grew to reach more than 600 hubs.   As such, Ella’s Kitchen and Asda will be rolling out the Freepost envelope service nationally and offering it in 110 of its stores.   In order to incentivise consumers to use the collection points and Freepost service, TerraCycle rewards users with a donation to a charity, NGO or school of their choice.   “At Ella’s Kitchen, we continue to be really proud of our partnership with TerraCycle, having been one of their first partners in the UK,” Ella’s Kitchen’s head of ‘The Good Stuff We Do’, Chris Jenkins, said.   “Since 2010, our EllaCycle programme has been providing parents and carers with a solution for all their baby food pouches and snack wrappers.   “As part of our commitment to The UK Plastics Pact, we know more needs to be done and that if we are to build a circular economy for plastics then greater collaboration is still required between industry as well as waste handlers, packaging manufacturers, local authorities and Government. The partnership with ASDA is a really important one as it demonstrates that collaboration and a commitment to working together for a sustainable solution.”   A world without waste   TerraCycle has diverted more than 7.7 billion pieces from landfill or incineration through its recycling service to date. The offering has attracted the support of an array of brands in recent months, including the likes of Gillette, Hovis, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate Palmolive and  PepsiCo subsidiary Walkers – the latter of which is operating the UK’s first national recycling scheme for crisp packets.   But, going forward, the recycling firm is also hedging its bets on reuse. In a recent exclusive interview with edie, TerraCycle chief executive Tom Szaky revealed that an average of one brand per day has joined its ‘Loop’ platform since it was unveiled in January. Under the platform, businesses provide product refills to consumers while retaining ownership of their reusable packaging. Loop this week received a £1.56m fund from media giant Sky's Ocean Ventures investment arm, to support its UK launch next February.  

TerraCycle at edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum 2020

  TerraCycle's chief executive Tom Szaky will be appearing at day two of edie's Sustainability Leaders Forum 2020, to deliver a keynote speech on resource efficiency. During the two-day event at London's Business Design Centre on 4 & 5 February, some of the biggest companies, individuals and organisations championing sustainability will gather to discuss the emergency response in transitioning to a net-zero economy.   The flagship, multi-award-winning event features keynotes speakers including former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; Rebecca Marmot, Unilever CSO; Gilbert Ghostine, Firmenich CEO, plus directors and senior managers from Pret-A-Manger, Interface, Vattenfall, John Lewis, Taylor Wimpey, Aviva, Pernod Ricard, LEGO Group, M&S, Diageo, Tesco, WSP, BASF, Mondelēz and more. For details and to register, visit: https://event.edie.net/forum/

Halloween, you might think, should be the greenest holiday this side of Arbor Day. Its traditional decorations are heavily berry-based (pumpkins are berries, botanically speaking, and highly compostable), and it celebrates recycling in the form of zombies and Dr. Frankenstein’s monster-making. But one big part of Halloween isn’t eco-friendly.   Most candy wrappers aren’t accepted by municipal recycling programs. But there are specialty recycling firms that handle them. The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center recommends New Jersey-based TerraCycle.   TerraCycle sells waste boxes, which are filled and then shipped back to the company for recycling. Unfortunately, the service is a little pricey — from $43 to $218, depending on the size of the waste box. The Recycling Center suggests joining “with your neighbors to fill up a box to send to Terracycle.”   But collaborating with neighbors isn’t always easy. It can lead to shame-filled discussions about how much candy you stole from your kids’ Halloween haul that will make you want to avoid eye-contact with the neighbors for weeks. Or maybe your neighbors are the sort who hand out little bags of popcorn or nickels to trick-or-treaters, so you generally avoid them at this time of year. Or maybe they’re the sort of neighbors you avoid at all times of the year. Regardless of the reason, Little Village is here to help.   Bring your clean, empty candy wrappers (no melted remains, please) to the Little Village office in downtown Iowa City from Nov. 1-15. We’ll buy the appropriate-sized TerraCycle box and then ship your Halloween detritus to New Jersey for recycling. Our office is located at 623 S Dubuque St, and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.   As for pumpkins — the official state fruit of New Hampshire — and other berries, they can be put in the organic waste bin for curbside collection.

A preocupação ambiental está cada vez mais em evidência no contexto em que vivemos. A cada dia fala-se mais a respeito de sustentabilidade, economia circular e reciclagem. Indivíduos e empresas passaram a adotar ações mais conscientes e é notável a mudança crescente nos hábitos de consumo, descarte de resíduos e na percepção da importância da responsabilidade compartilhada. As grandes marcas vêm repensando seus produtos e embalagens e buscando soluções para o descarte correto dos resíduos que geram.

O químico escocês Fraser Stoddart, vencedor do Prêmio Nobel de Química de 2016, lançou uma marca de luxo para o cuidado da pele, a Noble Panacea. A linha é formulada com a tecnologia Organic Molecular Vessel (OMV), que permite a liberação programada de ingredientes ativos.

Os brasileiros precisam enfrentar a volatilidade com uma carteira de investimentos diversificada e de longo prazo. O conselho é de Gabriel Kallas, sócio-fundador da fintech Toro Investimentos, criada há quase 10 anos com foco em educação e tecnologia. Kallas detectou a oportunidade quando estudava no Colorado e descobriu que, já naquela época, metade da população norte-americana investia na bolsa de valores – uma realidade muito diferente da brasileira. Por aqui, a B3 só alcançou a marca de 1 milhão de investidores pessoas físicas em abril deste ano, após mais de uma década no patamar dos 600 mil. Apenas para efeito de comparação, entre 20% e 30% dos cidadãos asiáticos e europeus investem em renda variável.