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3M and Discovery Education Launch Alumni Network and Grants Program Supporting Nation's Young Scientists

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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ST. PAUL, Minn. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) are announcing the launch of the Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program.

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  • ST. PAUL, Minn. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) are announcing the launch of the Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program.
  • The new Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program offers previous participants networking opportunities, resources, events, and funding for existing science projects.
  • More information about the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network and Grants Program applications are available here .
  • The award-winning 3M Young Scientist Challenge supplements the 3M and Discovery Education program – Young Scientist Lab – which provides no-cost dynamic digital resources for students, teachers, and families to explore, transform, and innovate the world around them.

ERI Opens New State-of-the-Art ITAD & Electronics Recycling Facility in Arizona

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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ERI , the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition (ITAD) provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that due to steadily continued growth, it has opened a new recycling facility in Goodyear, Arizona (near Phoenix) marking the company’s 13th operational location and ninth full-scale recycling facility.

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  • ERI , the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition (ITAD) provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that due to steadily continued growth, it has opened a new recycling facility in Goodyear, Arizona (near Phoenix) marking the company’s 13th operational location and ninth full-scale recycling facility.
  • “We’re proud to open our newest state-of-the-art ITAD and electronics recycling services facility at such a strategically ideal location in the great state of Arizona,” said ERI’s Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, John Shegerian.
  • E-waste remains the fastest growing waste stream in the world today and the need to responsibly recycle electronics has never been greater.
  • We are expanding our operational scale to accommodate that need.”
    Located at 215 N. 143rd Avenue, the new facility will serve as a southwestern recycling operations hub for the ITAD and e-waste recycling leader.

ERI Becomes First Electronic Recycler & ITAD Company to Achieve Official Carbon Neutral Status

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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Through years of dedication towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint along with its partnership with TIME CO2 (and the CO2.com platform), ERI has announced its official status as a fully carbon neutral organization.

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  • Through years of dedication towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint along with its partnership with TIME CO2 (and the CO2.com platform), ERI has announced its official status as a fully carbon neutral organization.
  • The announcement distinguishes ERI as the world’s first electronic recycling and ITAD company to achieve carbon neutral status.
  • The portfolio covers the three pillars of carbon mitigation: CO2 removal, emissions reduction, and the protection of high-value carbon stores.
  • It is the first and only company in its industry to achieve SOC 2 certification for security and data protection.

Wistar Institute’s Maureen Murphy Named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

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Friday, January 13, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maureen Murphy, Ph.D. , has been named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maureen Murphy, Ph.D. , has been named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute.
  • In 2022 Wistar became the first basic NCI-designated Cancer Center to earn the Cancer Center Support Grant Merit Extension .
  • The Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center was formally named in 2022 and prioritizes the prevention and treatment of cancer by advancing fundamental high-risk, high-reward basic science into next-generation therapeutics.
  • Prior to joining Wistar, Murphy was a professor at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Registration Opens for REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 163-member public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) with an initial investment of $140 million, today announced that registration is now open for the REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference. The Conference, which is organized by the Institute in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and with support from the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, will take place March 20-21, 2023, at the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

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  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 163-member public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) with an initial investment of $140 million, today announced that registration is now open for the REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference .
  • The Conference will share new and detailed information on technologies capable of advancing and accelerating the transition to a circular economy and will have a specific theme focused on breakthroughs in sustainable manufacturing, circular technologies, and clean tech innovations.
  • The REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference is open to REMADE members, non-members, and university students in the U.S. and around the world.
  • REMADE is the only national institute focused entirely on developing innovative technologies to accelerate the U.S.'s transition to a Circular Economy.

Oceana Says Pepsi’s Pledge to Increase Reusable Packaging is Promising But More Specifics Needed

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Friday, December 9, 2022
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This announcement follows an agreement made with As You Sow to create a new reusable target for PepsiCo and a more ambitious pledge by The Coca-Cola Company to reach 25% reusable packaging by 2030.

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  • This announcement follows an agreement made with As You Sow to create a new reusable target for PepsiCo and a more ambitious pledge by The Coca-Cola Company to reach 25% reusable packaging by 2030.
  • In response to PepsiCo’s announcement, Oceana issued the following statement from Senior Vice President Matt Littlejohn:
    “Having Pepsi increase its use of reusable and refillable packaging would be good news for the oceans.
  • However, the company’s pledge currently lacks the specifics needed to be certain that it will result in the increased sale of refillable bottles and the reduction of single-use plastic.
  • PepsiCo needs to detail its planned increase for reusable packaging for each business, particularly in countries where the company and its bottlers already sell refillable bottles.

Aptar in Top 15 of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 by Newsweek

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions and services, has been named one of Americas Most Responsible Companies 2023 by Newsweek and is ranked #15 out of 500 U.S. companies.

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  • AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions and services, has been named one of Americas Most Responsible Companies 2023 by Newsweek and is ranked #15 out of 500 U.S. companies.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221215006024/en/
    We are extremely proud to be recognized by Newsweek and Statista for the fourth consecutive year.
  • Newsweek, in partnership with Statista one of the largest statistics database companies worldwide evaluated Americas Most Responsible Companies based on the 2,000 largest public companies by revenue in the U.S. and publicly available CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance data in the environmental, social and corporate governance categories.
  • Newsweeks full list of Americas Most Responsible Companies 2023 can be found here .

ERI Takes Operational Efficiency to New Heights with Proprietary SOAR System

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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The new system, called SOAR, is now fully operational.

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  • The new system, called SOAR, is now fully operational.
  • SOAR utilizes ERIs proprietary Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to highlight text on a picture, allowing the user to easily make selections during the receiving process.
  • The second phase of the SOAR platform, announced this week, takes the process to the next level of efficiency.
  • We are proud to be pioneering a new realm of efficiency for the electronics recycling industry with SOAR, said ERIs Chairman and CEO, John Shegerian.

Brambles ranked #1 for industry category in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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Brambles, a global leader in supply chain solutions operating through the CHEP brand, has been ranked best performer for Commercial Services & Supplies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) .

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  • Brambles, a global leader in supply chain solutions operating through the CHEP brand, has been ranked best performer for Commercial Services & Supplies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) .
  • It marks the companys ninth consecutive year of inclusion in the coveted DJSI World Index, and its first as a DJSI Industry Leader.
  • Brambles received top industry scores across most assessment categories, notably attaining maximum points for Environmental Reporting and Social Reporting, demonstrating industry best-practice.
  • Brambles also outperformed industry peers in the Business Ethics category, due to a strong Code of Conduct and associated supply chain due diligence program.

DS Smith survey: Online shoppers frustrated by excessive packaging this holiday season

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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Those are among the main findings of a newly released national survey by packaging leader DS Smith, which tracked the frustrations amid a jump in e-commerce over the past two years that is continuing into the holiday season.

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  • Those are among the main findings of a newly released national survey by packaging leader DS Smith, which tracked the frustrations amid a jump in e-commerce over the past two years that is continuing into the holiday season.
  • DS Smith has a circular business focused on sustainable packaging in which designs are based on a circular economy approach.
  • DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and papermaking operations.
  • DS Smith will report annually its progress across its climate targets in its Sustainability and Annual Reports.