PepsiCo and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have entered a US$20 million partnership to support women in agriculture and help build a more sustainable food system. The five-year partnership’s goal is to drive inclusivity across the food and beverage industry for a gender-inclusive supply chain with increased productivity.
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Valpak and RECycling of Used Plastics Limited (RECOUP) have joined forces to introduce free interactive resources on plastic recycling in UK schools. The educational initiative, Sort It Out, follows the story of a littering alien and shows the different outcomes for the planet based on responsible behaviour. Sort It Out invites schoolchildren to make choices in order to generate their own story – if they choose to recycle the bottles left by the alien, they are rewarded with an in-depth video showing the plastic recycling process.
Adveneco, a proposed sustainable property development in the U.K., is putting eVTOL platforms at the heart of its ambitions.
A new Grand Council Treaty 3 education program is taking on climate change with an action-based approach. Kiizhik School is one of 12 partner schools taking part in the Teaching Our Keepers program, a holistic and science-based education component that will teach Anishinaabe students about climate change, its effects on traditional ways of life and how to combat it.
Nearly 50 years after South Australians were able to receive a partial refund for recycling bottles and cans, Tasmania is finally catching up. Key points: Tasmania’s container refund scheme is set to begin operating in the first half of 2023. Under the scheme, consumers will receive a 10-cent refund for every eligible container they recycle through a refund point. The location of refund points will be determined in coming months. Previously promised to be introduced in 2022, Tasmania’s container refund scheme is now set to come in during the first half of 2023. Drink containers are one of the most commonly littered items in Tasmania, with a survey conducted in 2018 finding they made up about 45 per cent of litter in the state, by volume. The state government hopes the incoming container refund scheme will reduce that. Tasmania’s scheme will look very similar to other states’ schemes, as the aim is for a nationally consistent approach.
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd said on Tuesday it will invest more than $3 billion to build a battery cathode factory in Tennessee, as it ramps up plans to meet rising demand for U.S. electric vehicle components.
It’s one of the first major EV-related investments announced by a South Korean firm in the United States since a new U.S. law was passed in August that puts automakers and battery suppliers relying heavily on China for sourcing at a cost disadvantage.
Mass production is set to start outside of Clarksville in the second half of 2025 and the plant will create more than 850 jobs, LG Chem said in a statement. The plant is slated to have an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of cathode materials by 2027, enough to power about 1.2 million electric vehicles, it added.