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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
Pepsi and Coca-Cola misleading public
about plastic bottles: Lawsuit claims
sacrificing performance, the team created two
paper-aluminum laminates. One had paper fibers
aligned with the machine direction (MD), while
the other had fibers aligned against the machine
direction (CD). These laminates were compared
with traditional polyethylene-aluminum materi-
als in tensile strength tests. While polyethylene-
aluminum laminates stretched further without
breaking, the MD paper-aluminum laminate ex-
hibited better stretchability than the CD version,
though it cracked along the grain more quickly.
esearchers, led by Hamed Zarei, explored Simulations showed that a hybrid paper-alu-
a sustainable alternative to plastic-alu- minum laminate, combining both MD and CD fib-
Rminum laminates in packaging by using ers, could replicate the mechanical properties of
a paper-aluminum combination, as detailed in a polyethylene-aluminum laminate. Although this
recent study published in ACS Omega. Current hybrid laminate hasn't been created in the lab
polyethylene-aluminum laminates are popular yet, the findings offer valuable insights for de-
for their strength and ability to block moisture veloping sustainable packaging materials that
and light, but they are difficult to recycle due to maintain the strength and durability of current
the plastic content. options.
To develop a more eco-friendly option without Source:- Phy Org
Social Change Meets Sustainability:
The Body Shop`s Journey With Recycled Plastic
n 2019, The Body Shop partnered with Plastics from one product line to 14, including bottles and
for Change (PFC), becoming the first global jars for body care and hair care products. Since
Ipartner of the Bengaluru-based green-tech the partnership's inception, over 2,000 metric
startup. This collaboration, focused on trans- tonnes of plastic waste from India have been
forming waste plastic into a valuable resource, collected.
has grown into the world’s largest source of
fairly traded, verified recycled plastic. The Body The initiative not only addresses plastic pollu-
Shop has expanded the use of PFC materials tion but also empowers waste collectors by pro-
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