When Sarah Bacon launched her skincare brand three years ago, her ethos was ethicality. Velettà, based out of her Seatoun home in Wellington, is vegan, cruelty-free, halal-certified, and set on reducing its carbon footprint.
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AGIC backs golf ball recycling programme
The Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) is backing an exciting new venture that will see used golf balls recycled into multiple applications including furniture, drainage systems, pathways, roads and sculptures.
Recycling app uses AI to identify rubbish
A new app will use artificial intelligence to help Australians work out if their rubbish can be recycled. Recycle Mate is designed to end widespread confusion about what goes into which coloured bin.
L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, Suntory Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles
The potential to endlessly recycle PET plastic recently became a step closer to reality, as a consortium of companies announced the successful production of the world’s first food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic.
Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste
Researchers have shown how disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads. Their study shows that using the recycled face mask material to make just one kilometre of a two-lane road would use up about 3 million masks.
New Recycling Methods Will Make Electric Vehicles Greener
Researchers in Britain and the United States have found ways to reuse old electric vehicle batteries. The methods can cut costs and carbon emissions while providing supplies for an expected increase in demand.
Could cow stomachs solve plastic recycling?
Cow stomachs could hold the secret to recycling plastic bottles, clothing and food containers made using polymers with titles such as PET, PBAT and PEF.
New plastic bans target hard-to-recycle cutlery, meat trays, takeaway containers
The days of plastic cutlery and cotton buds, PVC meat trays and polystyrene takeaway containers are numbered in New Zealand, as the Government moves to ban these hard-to-recycle products by mid-2025.
The company wanting to turn your old T-shirts into roading
Textile waste is spiralling out of control – annually around 220,000 tonnes enter landfill. Usedfully, the low-carbon clothing system is bringing together fashion and textile brands to try to find a Kiwi-based solution to close the fashion loop.
Recycling robot could help solve soft plastic waste crisis
Engineering researchers are developing a unique method to increase the recycling of soft plastics by creating a smart robot that can identify, sort and separate different types of recyclable waste.
Car seat recycling hits 100k milestone
The country’s only child car seat recycling programme has hit a major milestone after collecting more than 100,000kg of plastic and metal for recycling.
Unilever introduces paper-based bottles for laundry detergent
Unilever is set to launch its first paper-based bottles for laundry detergent in Brazil next year, with an ambition in place to introduce the packaging across Europe thereafter.