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Man Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join Him
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Man Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join Him

Man Creates A System That Reduces Plastic Packaging, 25 Famous Companies Become Part Of It25 Major Brands Are Planning To Start Using Reusable And Refillable Packaging Alternatives For Their Products25 Major Brands Are Joining An Anti-Waste Initiative By Planning To Offer Reusable Packaging AlternativesMan Comes Up With A Business Solution That Reduces Plastic Packaging, 25 Famous Brands Become Part Of ItMan Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join Him25 Major Companies Join Anti-Waste Initiative By Planning To Offer Reusable Packaging AlternativesMan Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join HimMan Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join HimMan Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join HimMan Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join Him
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As record high and low temperatures are being recorded all over the globe and unrecycled plastic waste continues to pile up in the middle in the ocean, almost forming and entire plastic continent in itself, it’s pretty obvious that time’s up and action is needed as soon as possible. Recycling waste on the same scale as we have been doing until now seems to be a solution that is not effective enough. There’s a need for a radical change in the way we consume and deal with our waste and this man, Tom Szaky, an author, CEO and an eco-revolutionary, is here with an idea that could change everything. – The Loop Project.

The old days of a milk man delivering fresh milk and then recollecting empty bottles again can return, but this time in a way more life-changing way

Tom Szaky, entrepreneur, author and an ecological warrior, recently came up with a game-changing idea

Image credits: Tom Szaky

Tired of the impossibility of avoiding plastic waste while using certain necessary products

He came up with an idea on how to make reusable and refillable packaging the new norm by presenting the Loop project

Image credits: loopstore_us

Loop will work in a way that can be summed up with: “shop and enjoy, then we pick up and refill”, just like with milk in the old days

Firstly, the goods that customers ordered online will be presented to their doorstep in a reusable Loop Tote bag

And once the items are used up, you just place the empty packaging back in the same Loop bag and request a free pick up so they could collect it, clean it and refill it with the same product

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Here’s a simplified scheme of the whole groundbreaking novelty

Among 25 brands that have joined the project are Evian, Oral-B, Clorox, Gillette, Dove and others

The project will kick off in May 2019 with only 5,000 customers in Paris and New York City to test the idea

London, Tokyo, San Francisco and further expansion is planned in the future

If the whole initiative proves to be successful, more brands will be included in the catalog, which means more reusable packaging used by more people

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Loop’s aim is to eliminate the idea of waste and if successful, this is going to one giant leap for humanity into a waste-free future

Image credits: PepsiCo

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Shari H
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember when juice, soda, and milk were sold in glass bottles, it all tasted better and you could return the bottles to be reused. I also remember when the bag inside the cereal box was similar to wax paper, not plastic, and you could buy chips and cookies in tins, which we then saved to put homemade Christmas cookies in.

Vicky Zar
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Poland you can buy (in big stores) cookies and sweets by weight. They still use plastic bags for it but at least it isn't as much plastic as the "normal" packaging nowadays.

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Mimi M
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately (like air and water and plastic pollution), the places that pollute the most will be the last to adopt, if ever).

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DemPugs
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd totally pick this over going to the grocery store and buying 10kg of plastic with my groceries every time I shop.

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Shari H
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember when juice, soda, and milk were sold in glass bottles, it all tasted better and you could return the bottles to be reused. I also remember when the bag inside the cereal box was similar to wax paper, not plastic, and you could buy chips and cookies in tins, which we then saved to put homemade Christmas cookies in.

Vicky Zar
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Poland you can buy (in big stores) cookies and sweets by weight. They still use plastic bags for it but at least it isn't as much plastic as the "normal" packaging nowadays.

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Mimi M
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately (like air and water and plastic pollution), the places that pollute the most will be the last to adopt, if ever).

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DemPugs
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd totally pick this over going to the grocery store and buying 10kg of plastic with my groceries every time I shop.

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