Miami Beach ditches Coke, picks Pepsi as plastic-free drink sponsor

Good News Notes: “The city of Miami Beach is breaking up with Coca-Cola as the city’s exclusive water and soft drink sponsor after Coke wouldn’t reduce the plastic packaging for its products. On Wednesday, the city officially announced its new partner — PepsiCo North America — which is committing to a green new deal with…

Better Natured Partners with Terracycle to Make Its Product Packaging Recyclable Nationwide

Good News Notes: “Better Natured, a Henkel professional-level hair care and styling line, has partnered with TerraCycle to make their hair color product packaging nationally recyclable across the United States. As an added incentive, for every shipment of Better Natured hair color packaging waste sent to TerraCycle, collectors earn points that can be donated to a non-profit, school or charitable…

PepsiCo Sets Aggressive Packaging Sustainability Goals with pep+

Good News Notes: “PepsiCo has launched an ambitious sustainability initiative called pep+, which includes goals for making the company’s packaging, products, and overall business more environmentally friendly. The pep+ initiative’s three pillars are: (1) Positive Agriculture, with a focus on regenerative practices; (2) Positive Value Chain, including net-zero emissions by 2040, becoming net water positive, and…

Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling turns old phones into IoT devices

Good News Notes: “A few years ago, Samsung announced a sustainability initiative called ‘Galaxy Upcycling’ an effort to repurpose and reuse older smartphones. We haven’t heard much about it since then, but today at CES 2021 Samsung announced an evolution of that program called Galaxy Upcycling at home. At its core, the idea is to let people…