Retail Times

JANUARY 4, 2024

SML, a global leader in innovative RFID solutions, has today announced the launch of its brand-new solution, ClarityⓇ Food, to help grocers and quick service restaurant (QSR) businesses minimize food waste.

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MAY 14, 2024

In the federal budget released yesterday, the Government announced multiple measures to relieve pressures on middle-class Australians, including reducing tax rates and offering $3.5 This is about taking our work to reduce need and waste to the next level. billion annual deadstock dilemma. billion in rent assistance.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

According to Dask, Aussies are wasting nearly 25 per cent of all vegetables and fruits because of their odd shapes or sizes, which do not meet the retailer standards. There is a shift in shopper attitudes towards food waste and sustainability, leading to the increase of businesses that sell such produce.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With retailers removing best-before dates to reduce food waste, UK consumers still want supermarkets to offer discounts on goods nearing expiry, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2023

Reduce dim weight costs When considering how to reduce shipping costs, it’s common to start by thinking about materials. By right-sizing packaging to eliminate as much void as possible, businesses pay to ship their products, not boxes full of wasted space.

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Design Week

APRIL 1, 2022

London-based design studio Blond has revealed a folding charger concept, which aims to address the growing problem of electronic waste in the tech industry. People could repair and upgrade the multi-purpose charger, named Fold, instead of simply throwing it away when it became useless. Charger disposal is a significant problem.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

Starbucks is a founding member of the NextGen Consortium, which aims to accelerate sustainable and circular solutions and reduce single-use plastics in food service packaging. In addition, it is expected to help the company fulfill its commitment to reduce waste by 50 per cent by 2030.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Tenants can see the benefits with Manawa Bay, as a shopping centre, trying to help reduce its impacts on the environment. With 13 food and beverage operators planned for Manawa Bay, cooking and heating with electricity will mean there will be less wasted energy projected into the atmosphere.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

Australian cosmetics retailer Mecca has expanded its nationwide in-store beauty waste recycling program with TerraCycle to include glass fragrance bottles. We’re always working to reduce our impact on the environment and we know our customers are too,” said Sophie Wood, Mecca’s GM of Retail.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Its ability to facilitate the tracking and tracing of products and information has enabled companies to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve their bottom line. Improving traceability and transparency has helped companies reduce waste and improve their environmental footprint.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Aldi Australia has taken another step toward more sustainable local operations, announcing it is committing to zero waste to landfill by 2025. Our commitment will see the business reduce the amount of waste created and reuse or recycle materials to cease unnecessary waste from being sent to landfill.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 22, 2022

A scheme enabling Heart of England Co-operative Society shoppers to snap up cut-price bargains from the shelves and reduce food waste has been hailed a success in its first year.

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MARCH 12, 2024

The aim is to minimise waste and reuse materials from a product once it reaches the end of its life. Besides being beneficial for the planet, reducing your carbon footprint and de-risking your material supply, you may be asking where is the value-add for my business?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The pressure is on for these brands to establish policies and strategies that reduce waste, promote sustainability, and extend the lifespan of their products. We quickly realised our connected passion and the opportunity to make something new from waste. Global footwear brand Converse appears to be taking part in this as well.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

In a world where electronic waste is mounting at an alarming rate, one Malaysian startup is leading the charge in revolutionising the smartphone repair industry while championing sustainability. million), the company is poised to lead the charge in the fight against digital e-waste. million (US$1.48

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Metcash has received a $500,000 grant from the NSW Government for its waste reduction and recycling initiative. The NSW Bin Trim Network Program is the country’s largest business waste reduction program, and Metcash is one of 14 companies to receive funding this year.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2022

This new funding stream, dedicated to helping solve the problem of hard to recycle plastic waste, demonstrates our determination to invest in Australian industry, to grow the recycling sector and to create a stronger economy and stronger future for Australia,” said Scott Morrison, Prime Minister. Australian Retail Association?CEO?Paul?Zahra

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MARCH 3, 2024

Retailers are seeking innovative ways to maximise operational efficiency while also enhancing the experience for their end customers – who are also facing rising costs and potentially reducing their retail spending as a result. Sustainability is also a significant consideration.

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Inside Retail

MAY 14, 2024

The ARA also praised the government’s Stage Three Tax Cuts initiative, particularly reducing the 19 per cent tax rate to 16 per cent and the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent while increasing income bracket thresholds. CPA Australia similarly expressed that the government could have done more to support small businesses.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Customers can purchase products that help them minimise their carbon footprint at home by using less energy and producing less waste, potentially saving them money in the long run. Ikea Australia says the debut comes at a time of rising cost-of-living challenges.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2024

Saxon Wright, founder of Huskee, sees the acquisition as a defining milestone to amplify innovation and transition to a “waste-free world” “At Huskee, we recognise that a vision of having a waste-free world cannot be done on our own, but one that needs collaboration across industries,” said Wright.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The ‘Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ boxes will include a variety of surplus fresh fruit […] Sainsbury’s has announced it is introducing £2 fruit and vegetable boxes, available for customers to purchase from this week onwards.

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MAY 15, 2023

To what extent can fast fashion brands make inroads in their sustainable practices and reduce their textile waste without fundamentally changing their business and operating model? This is because the deadstock material used by Shein was still produced in the same way that a newly ordered fabric would have been.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

Walmart has revealed a relationship with fashion tech firm Unspun which aims to reduce the environmental impact of garment manufacturing. Yarn is spun into a flat cloth, cut according to a design and sewed together, with the surplus fabric discarded as waste – a multi-step cycle that occurs worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

PaperShell is a new 100% fossil-free material, which is based on waste streams from the agricultural and forest industry re-engineering wood into 100% bio composites. Our partnership has the potential to significantly reduce our environmental footprint.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Morrisons has announced plans to launch six “zero waste” stores which aim to recycle all packaging and unsold food by 2025. The trials are in partnership with Nestle, which will be responsible for recycling soft plastics for the first time in the UK, with no waste shipped to other countries for processing.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2021

The business achieved carbon neutrality earlier this year, and aims for the next five years to be focused on further reducing its carbon impact, as well as rethinking its packaging, sustainable sourcing and food waste. At Marley Spoon, we are committed to significantly decreasing our carbon impact across our operations.

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MAY 22, 2022

Coles supermarkets will roll out plastic bags made with 20 per cent marine waste and 80 per cent recycled plastic in stores across the country. The mesh bags are made from 90 per cent recycled material, helping reduce single-use plastics. The post Coles launches plastic bags made from marine waste appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

MAY 8, 2024

The continuous lighting system sets energy efficiency standards and significantly reduces carbon footprint. In addition, the organic chain works with the “Too Good To Go” app to combat food waste and has saved over 60,000 products to date. The retail giant installed E-LINE NEXT LED in over 50 stores nationwide.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Also in Spain, rivals including H&M, Mango and Inditex have created a non-profit association to manage clothing waste, responding to an EU law requiring member states to separate textiles from other waste from January 2025. million tonnes of textile waste by 2030, McKinsey said in the report.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Blooms the Chemist has partnered with recycling start-up Pharmacycle to tackle one of the most prevalent forms of medical waste: blister packs. The post How Blooms the Chemist is tackling the growing problem of medical waste appeared first on Inside Retail. For us, Pharmacycle is an enabler for the industry.

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Retail Times

MAY 30, 2024

The Midcounties Co-operative, one of the UK’s largest independent co-operatives, has exceeded its sustainability commitments as it continues to make progress in reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and reducing food waste.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Earlier this year, the European Commission (EC) announced its 2030 vision for textiles, moving the goalposts once again when it comes to sustainable and circular solutions for fashion’s waste problem. Against this backdrop, the EC aims to create a coherent framework and vision for the transition of the textile sector to a less wasteful model.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 23, 2024

This new label can give retailers another easy, accessible way to do their part to protect the planet and move the needle on helping reduce environmental impact while maintaining precision loss prevention.” That’s because material innovations integrated within the label help reduce waste during Sensormatic Solutions manufacturing processes.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

From using non-toxic paint in stores to digitising documents to avoid paper waste, more businesses are taking steps to make their physical operations more sustainable. In the long run, being sustainable will actually be more beneficial for retailers to attract and retain more customers and reduce expenses.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

InvertiGro reduces food waste considerably by reducing the amount of food lost in transportation and handling. By providing fresh usage-size bunches we aim to reduce the waste once consumers take them home.”. InvertiGro co-founder Paul Millett said the innovation will introduce shoppers to a new way of farming.

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