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Man Creates A Way To Reduce Plastic Packaging And 25 Famous Companies Join Him
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.
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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
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
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 6 years ago
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 6 years ago
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 6 years ago
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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Er Ouz 6 years ago
Not sure if the emissions increase caused by the increase of single-product deliveries is offset by the reduction in waste...
Z Kalnina 6 years ago
I don't use any of these products because they're testing on animals. Even if they get rid of plastic they're just evil a**e lickers who make s**t product full of harmful chemicals so it's cheap to make and gives them a huge profit.
AnnSmithJones 6 years ago
I absolutely refuse to use anything tested on animals. I'll go without makeup and use natural products before I'll have an animal suffer because I wanted 'longer lashes'. I wish people felt this way about EVERY living creature that is not able to give consent.
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Jodie 6 years ago
Way back, we used to have a "Pop Shop" store in town - you chose your pop(soda) in glass bottles and when you were done you returned the empties for full ones. I think it's a great idea - somewhere we chose convenience over everything else and lost our way...
Simon Osborne 6 years ago
I miss having pop in glass bottles. Back in the 80s there we used to have the Alpine pop man that would deliver pop to your door and collect the empty used bottles, just like the milk man. It's a shame these services died out :(
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Bill Hadley 6 years ago
The first thing that popped into my mind, unless they are picking them up on Bicycles they are probably burning more fossil fuels in the vehicles than they are saving by recycling the containers.
Mimi M 6 years ago
Have to limit the number of pickups - like not more than once a week (or less, depending). Again - ppl would have to order 2 at a time so they don't run out, since various products are used at different rates. Not doing this would double or triple the amount of pickups needed.
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Meike Wingelsdorf 6 years ago
Oh yess! That could be a solution for pollution. I would buy it.
Shari H 6 years ago
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 6 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Mimi M 6 years ago
Unfortunately (like air and water and plastic pollution), the places that pollute the most will be the last to adopt, if ever).
Load More Replies... Er Ouz 6 years ago
Not sure if the emissions increase caused by the increase of single-product deliveries is offset by the reduction in waste...
Z Kalnina 6 years ago
I don't use any of these products because they're testing on animals. Even if they get rid of plastic they're just evil a**e lickers who make s**t product full of harmful chemicals so it's cheap to make and gives them a huge profit.
AnnSmithJones 6 years ago
I absolutely refuse to use anything tested on animals. I'll go without makeup and use natural products before I'll have an animal suffer because I wanted 'longer lashes'. I wish people felt this way about EVERY living creature that is not able to give consent.
Load More Replies... Jodie 6 years ago
Way back, we used to have a "Pop Shop" store in town - you chose your pop(soda) in glass bottles and when you were done you returned the empties for full ones. I think it's a great idea - somewhere we chose convenience over everything else and lost our way...
Simon Osborne 6 years ago
I miss having pop in glass bottles. Back in the 80s there we used to have the Alpine pop man that would deliver pop to your door and collect the empty used bottles, just like the milk man. It's a shame these services died out :(
Load More Replies... Bill Hadley 6 years ago
The first thing that popped into my mind, unless they are picking them up on Bicycles they are probably burning more fossil fuels in the vehicles than they are saving by recycling the containers.
Mimi M 6 years ago
Have to limit the number of pickups - like not more than once a week (or less, depending). Again - ppl would have to order 2 at a time so they don't run out, since various products are used at different rates. Not doing this would double or triple the amount of pickups needed.
Load More Replies... Meike Wingelsdorf 6 years ago
Oh yess! That could be a solution for pollution. I would buy it.
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