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Major food and beverage company agrees to make changes after being accused of misleading customers — here’s what’s happening

Food and beverage company Danone has agreed to change some of its marketing statements about plastic recycling and to support plastic waste reduction as part of two lawsuit settlements. What’s happening? Food Dive summarized the agreements, which stemmed from two lawsuits filed by the Earth Island Institute and its sponsored project, the Plastic Pollution Coalition….

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Student-designed machine proposes innovative solution to growing waste crisis — here’s how it works

More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made publicly available, which three people then used to recreate the recycling machine that same year, paving the road for the Precious Plastic project. The Precious…

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