Good News Notes: “Lego has unveiled its first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles and revealed that it hopes to include the pieces in sets within two years. The Danish company, which takes its name from the Danish words for “leg godt”, meaning “play well”, makes billions of bricks a year, most of them from…
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Vestas develops ‘gamechanger’ wind turbine blade recycling method
Good News Notes: “A team of Danish technology companies and universities aims to present a way to commercialise their solution within three years. Vestas and a team of epoxy producers and academic institutions have developed a new technological solution to recycle thermoset composites, the material used to make wind turbine blades. The partners – also…
‘Made in Bangladesh’ may mean Target, H&M clothing is more sustainable
Good News Notes: “If you’re a fast fashion lover, there’s a good chance that many of the clothes in your closet are made in Bangladesh. For decades, the country has been a hub of low-wage garment manufacturing. But soon, it may be known for something else as well: recycling. Last week, fast-fashion brands that manufacture…
Coca-Cola to test market paper bottle prototype in limited trial
Good News Notes: “The Coca-Cola Company has announced it will be trialing a paper bottle prototype in a limited run of 2,000 later this year. The test sales of the plant-based beverage AdeZ will be conducted in Hungary through the e-grocery retailer Kifli.hu. Selling beverages in paper containers is as old as the milk carton,…
Danish brewer Carlsberg could soon be selling beer in paper bottles
Good News Notes: “Carlsberg unveiled its Green Fibre Bottle at the C40 Mayor’s Summit in Copenhagen late last week as part of the company’s initiative to end carbon emissions at its breweries and reduce its end-to-end carbon footprint by 2030.” “Carlsberg is joining the Coca-Cola Company, The Absolut Company and L’Oréal in a a so-called…