Courtauld 2 to launch this Thursday | packagingnews.co.uk
This is good news – as long as you’re a metal or glass producer, less good for the plastics sector, I suspect. For me, it all depends how deep they are going to go when they consider Carbon issues. There is a mind-boggling complexity at work – for example, how do bioplastics fare, when you consider the Carbon cost of growing and processing against the Carbon fixation through their growing phase? A degradeable material in Carbon terms will arguably perform worse than a non-degradeable material because it is designed to degrade (and release Carbon?) rather than be burnt and recovered as energy. How will we measure what should happen to the waste stream against what will happen? There is a wool-based material on the market for insulation that describes its environmental credentials as ‘it’s wool, it speaks for itself’. Well, no it doesn’t, I’m afraid – you’ve ignored feeding the sheep, harvesting, processing and transporting the wool, never mind disposal. Interesting times ahead, I fancy (Martin)
Wrap has confirmed that the second stage of the Courtauld Commitment will be launched on Thursday after revealing two new signatories to its DIY sector scheme.
Crown Paints and ICI Paints Azko Nobel have joined retailers such as Homebase and B&Q after signing up to the Home Improvement Sector Commitment (HISC) following the first round table discussion in January.
Wrap revealed the new signatories as it prepares to launch the long-awaited second phase of the grocery sector's Courtauld Commitment this Thursday (4 March).
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