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Huhtamaki join hands to clean plastics from Mumbai's Mithi River

partnership between the United Nations Technology
Innovation Labs UNTIL, VTT Technical Research Centre of
Finland, RiverRecycle and Earth5R. Each partner has a
unique role in the project which seeks to use emerging
technologies to collect plastic waste from the river and
raises awareness on effective waste management in
order to drive systemic change locally. The project is
also focused on developing ways to valorize waste, e.g.
by turning it into valuable fuels, chemicals, bio energy
and bio fertilizers. More specifically, Earth5R, an India-
based citizen-led environmental movement, is
organizing local hands-on workshops with key
stakeholders on effective waste management and
recycling with a view to drive systemic change.
inland based Global sustainable food packaging
Fleader Huhtamaki has joined hands to clean plastics RiverRecycle, a Finnish cleantech start-up, provides the
by donating €600,000 to fund a project that aims to stop technology to collect the plastic and floating debris from
the flow of plastic into the Indian Ocean from the Mithi the river for recycling, thus stopping it from entering the
Indian Ocean. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
River in Mumbai. The project is one of three initiatives
that Huhtamaki has funded as part of its 100-year will collect and analyze data on the floating waste and
anniversary to address global sustainability challenges its seasonal variations in order to optimize the river's
clean-up operations and recycling process development
and build and learn from circular economy initiatives
globally. The Mithi River project is run by a global for the future.

RadiciGroup sets up non-profit consortium

adiciGroup has announced the founding of Radici
R InNova, a non-profit consortium, to carry out the
Group's strategic aims of ensuring business continuity,
improving corporate competitiveness and creating value
for the community. The new company's main object is
the development of new research and innovation
projects for the chemical, high performance polymers
and advanced textile solutions sectors, in accordance
with the RadiciGroup sustainability strategy. Indeed,
Radici InNova renews and strengthens RadiciGroup's
commitment to a development model that balances
economic profitability with environmental sustainability market with competitive, cutting-edge products and
and social equity. The new company will take advantage solutions. By sharing the know-how and the
of and improve the synergies of the R&D activities that
competencies of the various Group business areas, it will
have long been carried on by the RadiciGroup Specialty be possible to develop integrated advanced research
Chemicals, High Performance Polymers and Advanced
projects, in accordance with our sustainability strategy
Textile Solutions Business Areas. “The formation of
and inspired by the principles of environmental
Radici InNova represents an important milestone for the protection and the circular economy, ensuring constant
whole Group on its path towards innovation, which was
growth and a better future for generations to come."
started many years ago,” Angelo Radici, president of
Radici InNova will manage and coordinate all the Group's
RadiciGroup, said. “In fact, during the years, innovation
strategically essential research activities, with the
has been a key element that distinguishes us and enables
objective of strengthening the role of innovation as a
us to expand into a variety of sectors and supply the
driver of RadiciGroup development.

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