Sustainability Newsletter

?? It's time for the weekly?#sustainability?news!

Welcome back to Evreka's Sustainability Bulletin :) We will be here every Thursday with developments from around the world.

Stay tuned and have a?#ZeroWaste?Day for a more?#sustainable?future!

?? Egypt, the host of the next United Nations summit on climate change (COP27) has promised to push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Egypt will also facilitate non-adversarial talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts - and even allow climate activists to protest. Read more

??According to the new refuse management system in Saudi Arabia, 106 million tons of?waste?are expected to be treated by 2035. The Saudi waste sector is aiming to divert 85 percent of the industrial?hazardous waste?from landfills through?recycling?and treatment. The new system will include regulatory framework as certain?waste management?fees could be imposed on the public. Read more

??Save the date on the 7th of September for our "Evreka360 for Sustainability" Launch Event in?Dubai!

??Address Sky View Hotel, Dubai ?? September 7 ?? 09.30 - 15.00

The program will show you how?Evreka360?tackles every aspect of the?waste?problem from all angles for a more?sustainable?future! Register now

?? Takeaways from IKEA’s electrification of last-mile deliveries! Last year, IKEA and peer-to-peer truck sharing platform Fluid Truck, based in Denver, teamed up to electrify IKEA's entire New York City last-mile delivery fleet.?IKEA has zero-emission delivery ambitions in the United States, and a target to provide all our customers with zero-emission deliveries by 2025. Read more

?? Coca-Cola will stop using the?plastic?handles on multipacks of soft drinks and water in Dutch supermarkets. The plastic handles are made of reinforced plastic, which makes it less recyclable. The omission of the handles improves the recyclability of the rest of the packaging and with this adjustment in the packaging 550,000 kilos of plastic is more recyclable. This will also lead to an annual saving of approximately 40,000 kilos of plastic. Read more

???We will have?our next product webinar on Evreka's?Door to Door Collection?(D2D collection) in NL! The "Circular Talks with Evreka" webinar will explore D2D collection, which refers to the collection system where citizens place domestic?waste?close to the street in private?waste containers. The webinar will particularly focus on D2D applications in the?Netherlands?and show how Evreka's solutions can solve operational difficulties. Register now

?? Oregon’s?EPR?for packaging law committee begins detailed implementation process! The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's new EPR rulemaking advisory committee is working on the details of how to implement the extended producer responsibility for?packaging?program, known as the?Recycling Modernization Act. The most major?recycling?program changes will start in July 2025. Read more

?? Why the clothes industry is causing 20% of water pollution? The fashion industry is one of the most polluting in the world. It uses huge amounts of energy and water and generates up to ten percent of global CO2 emissions. However, the cause of the problem could also be the solution. Due to the quick production methods of the fashion industry, the sector is capable of making significant and rapid improvements, which could help to solve the climate crisis. Read more