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Did you know : BW Packaging Systems (“Pet food packaging trends to watch in 2022,” November 11, 2021) notes that “[s]ome of the biggest CPGs, including pet food manufacturers, are setting ambitious sustainability goals to make their product packaging 100% recyclable or reusable by 2025” by switching from polywoven to paper bags, though the latter remain an emerging technology. Thus, over 99% of dry dog food bags are disposed of in a landfill rather than recycled, as reported by the Pet Sustainability Coalition. And even biodegradable containers can be problematic because landfills in some parts of the U.S. rely on the materials staying put rather than biodegrading and potentially leaching polymers and other contaminants into groundwater, in which cases highly compressible packaging may be environmentally preferable. -read rest of the article from pet food industry.com Continue writing to your pet food companies ! Certain pet food brands cans are 100% recyclable ! As well as check to see if your bag of pet food can be recycled with a certain program Such as Terracycle , you have to dispose it with than rather than just placing it in your recycle bin ! It is so easy to purchase items when we are on the go ! We have to take steps for it to be easy to dispose of our items that allows for us to feel good about buying it and doesn’t damage Earth ! Our pets, our children , and ourselves need US to protect this plant . Taking one step in the right direction can make a big difference . #recycle #petfood #pet #community #communityinunity #animals #nature #humans #nature https://lnkd.in/eH258SKF

Mark your calendars: Giving Tuesday is November 28th (just a week away!). We're excited to kick-off this giving season reflecting on our 10 years of impact and looking forward to uniting for a more sustainable tomorrow. This Giving Tuesday, join us and be a part of reshaping the pet industry for the better. Individual and corporate gifts - no matter the size - will fund critical programming to advance the pet industry’s environmental and social impact. This season, we're asking for gifts to continue our work in: ♻️ Sustainable Packaging 🌱 Sustainable Ingredients 👥 Corporate Social Responsibility Your generosity fuels our mission to create a pet industry that's not just successful but sustainable. This giving season, let's get down to the business of creating a more sustainable future: https://hubs.li/Q029C5xG0 #GivingTuesday #Sustainability #PetIndustry #Impact #GivingSeason #GivingTuesday2023

🌍Today marks the beginning of our internal Green Planet Awareness Week – an inspiring series of events for our employees, all dedicated to sustainability.   We kicked off the week with a panel discussion on the topic of Giving Back to Society 💜 Members of our local Executive Committees across SUNTORY BEVERAGE & FOOD EUROPE shared heartfelt examples of their volunteering experiences and why it’s so important to give back to local communities and initiatives.    Watch this space for more updates about how we are celebrating sustainability in our business over the next two weeks.    #GivingBacktoSociety #SustainabilityLeaders #GrowingforGood

My grandmother always had a bowl on her kitchen counter to collect food scraps. When I was a child, I didn’t think anything about this bowl, except perhaps how odd it was that she didn’t just do what most Americans do with their food scraps—toss them in a white plastic trash bag and leave them properly bagged to be taken to a landfill. For years, that’s what I did, I bagged all my trash, including the recyclables, and wheeled our giant bin to the curb every week (or my husband did). And then I remembered my grandma’s bowl of food scraps, and her daily, humble ritual of taking the scraps to the woods. That quiet practice was just one way she modeled for me and the rest of my cousins a sustainable life of simplicity and environmental stewardship. It took me forty years to do it, but now, I sort my recyclables and trash. I try to reduce the amount of stuff we send to the curb. I keep a container on my counter for food scraps, and I walk a similar path to our woods to dump the potato peels and eggshells into our compost heap. It’s possible that your children and grandchildren will just naturally pick up on your heart for creation, but why leave it to whimsy and fate? God seems intent on using us to bless the generations of family members that follow us—just look at the promises he made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David! We can be intentional about passing on a legacy of creation care and environmental stewardship to our kinfolk. Here are a few ways you can incorporate creation care into your legacy planning: #legacyplanning #legacybuilding https://lnkd.in/egkYJg5P

Every day is #EarthDay! So take a moment to read our latest blog and learn more about the small steps you can take to make a positive impact in the world! Also, learn FIVE different ways you can reuse our delicious goodies! #SmallBusiness

Keep it local! Instead of looking far and wide, why not buy, swap, or share goods right within your community? Check out today's blog, https://lnkd.in/e5GXCCre for inspiration on keeping it local, and why it is important! Platforms like OLIO make it easy to share surplus food and reduce waste, while local food banks and community centre's are running local initiatives dedicated to reducing waste too! What about a Repair Cafes? These innovative hubs bring together volunteers to mend, fix, and breathe new life into items that might otherwise end up in landfills So, why wait? Let's dive in, support each other, and make a difference locally, one small action at a time!  #APDO_UK #SpringClearingWeek #SCW #SupportLocal #Community #Sustainability #keepitlocal #SupportLocal #Professionalorganiser Sian Pelleschi (she/her)

Check out April's Business Is Brewing, a Bird & Blend Tea Co. B Corp newsletter sharing our updates, sustainabiliTEA news, with some fab shout outs and communiTEA news & events. https://bit.ly/3Wh1JF6 If you like this and want to have a shout out on a future Business Is Brewing, join us and subscribe. Links are in the newsletter. Thanks for reading! #businessforgood #community #sustainability

At Ella's Kitchen, we believe every little one deserves to grow up in a healthy world, that is buzzing with life and protected for future generations. For #earthday we wanted give a BIG shout-out + thank you to our amazing partners and experts who are helping us to play our part in keeping our planet happy + healthy now and for generations to come...   🐝 The RSPB - who are working with us to protect + restore 30 million square feet of wildflower + grassland meadows by 2030, and helping us to champion nature in everything we do 🌍 Foodsteps - who are partnering with us to measure the impact of our products so we can halve their carbon intensity by 2030 ♻️ Our packaging suppliers - who are supporting the roll out of our pouches to mono-material, which will make over 76% of our pouches recyclable in the UK, by the end of 2024 📣 ...and everyone so far who has supported our #5forUnder5s campaign, which is calling on political parties to put little futures first at the next general election, by safeguarding our planet and our food supply. #EarthDay2024

Empowering Positive Change: Small Acts for a Cleaner Environment 🌍 #environmentalresponsibility #communityaction 🚮 Don't be lazy; put your trash in the bin. ♻️ Don't hesitate to pick up litter in public and toss it in the bin - you might inspire others. 🍱 Don't forget to bring a container when getting takeout from a restaurant. 🏙️ Don't believe it's solely the government's job to keep the city clean. 🗣️ Don't shout at those who litter; instead, kindly educate them with polite words.

Believe it or not. But we are halfway through January already! And it made perfect sense (at least in my head). To write about it in the form a blog 📜😉 So as we embark through NZ's Summer. Here a few ways to have a sustainable summer. 1. Cook extra food and save the left overs 🍳 2. Use Re-usable Lunch containers 🍱 3. Donate or sell your kids old uniforms 👕 4. Pick your own strawberries 🍓 5. Invest in a double-wall drink bottle 🍾 What else would you add? #summer #blogs #sustainability #packaging https://lnkd.in/gARHwgaj