Here’s how Tetra Pak plans to improve circularity of its packaging

Here’s how Tetra Pak plans to improve circularity of its packaging If you’ve ever drank juice from a carton package, it may have been supplied by Tetra Pak, a multinational food processing and packaging company. One of its ambitions is to deliver “packages made entirely from renewable and/or recycled materials that are fully recyclable,” according to the company site. And it seems to be moving toward that goal. “If you take our standard package, you’ll see that around 71 percent of the raw materials come from a renewable source today,” said Luana Pinheiro, sustainability manager at Tetra Pak. “Our packages offer a lower carbon footprint when compared to other alternatives.” Now the company is working to further improve the footprint of the packaging it makes and its entire value chain. Pinheiro said Tetra Tak is investing millions of euros over the next four years in packaging innovation. Shana Rappaport, vice president and executive director of VERGE at GreenBiz Group, interviewed Luana Pinheiro, sustainability manager at Tetra Pak, during Circularity 20, which took place August 25-27, 2020. View archived videos from the conference here . Deonna Anderson Thu, 09/17/2020 – 18:59 Featured Off

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Here’s how Tetra Pak plans to improve circularity of its packaging

Accelerate at Circularity 20: Fast-Pitch Competition

Accelerate at Circularity 20: Fast-Pitch Competition At Circularity 20, GreenBiz’s online circular economy event, five startups presented their potentially world-altering ideas during the Accelerate competition. This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute pitch of their technology to the audience. During the event, the online audience voted on its favorite, and an expert panel of Taj Eldridge, senior director of investments at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), and Monique Mills, with the Startup Catalyst at the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology, offered thoughts on the startups and their potential. Speakers Taj Eldridge, senior director of investments at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) Monique Mills, head of the Startup Catalyst at the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology Shana Rappaport, Executive Director at GreenBiz Holly Secon Tue, 09/08/2020 – 20:35 Featured Off

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GreenBiz 20 Day 3 welcome

Day 3 welcome with GreenBiz’s Eric Faurot, Shana Rappaport, Lauren Phipps and Ellie Buechner. Waste Management’s Eric Gray gives a zero waste update.

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GreenBiz 20 closing remarks with Joel Makower

Joel Makower wraps up day 3 of GreenBiz 20.

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GreenBiz 20 closing remarks with Joel Makower

Episode 204: Direct from Davos

What’s the buzz at the World Economic Forum? Plus, GreenBiz Executive Director Shana Rappaport reads between the lines of Starbucks’ new “resource positive” pursuit.

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Interactive with Shana Rappaport: From conversations to commitments at GreenBiz 19

Shana Rappaport leads the GreenBiz 19 audience through an interactive activity “From Conversations to Commitments”. 

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Interactive with Shana Rappaport: From conversations to commitments at GreenBiz 19