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    Jimmy Leslie posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 3 years, 10 months ago

    TFAC artist Ryan Martin is a rock star!  Ryan is embarking on a 50 day, painting a day challenge using a different Liquitex Soft Body color every day.  Please check out his posts on Instagram @ryanmartinart and our sharing of them on @tfacna

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    Gareth Meredith posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 3 years, 10 months ago

    Are you ready for the Town Hall Meeting today.  Please join Dennis live from our London Hub with special guests Stephanie Nebbia, Lisa Milroy and Joy Maraka.
    Starts 1330hrs BST.  Click here for the link to join the Town Hall Meeting.

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  • CAROLE BRIQUET posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 3 years, 10 months ago

    A dozen employees met on Thursday after work to walk 6 km to discover the trails near the company.
    A great experience that is part of the environmental campaign deployed in conjunction with the Lifespeak platform (Colart Academy)
    Participants are eager to repeat this experience
     
    Une dizaine de salariés se sont retrouvés jeudi après leur travail pour marcher pendant 6 km pour découvrir les sentiers à proximité de l’entreprise.
    Une belle expérience qui entre dans le cadre de la campagne sur l’environnement déployée en lien avec la plateforme Lifespeak (Colart Academy)
    Les participants ne demandent qu’à renouveler cette expérience

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    Gareth Meredith posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 3 years, 10 months ago

    In this weeks’ Town Hall Meeting please join Resident Artist, Stephanie Nebbia in conversation with Artist and “Hands On” Director Lisa Milroy, alongside Education Assistant Joy Maraka from Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

    Colart has been collabortating with Lisa and the “Hands On” programme since 2017. Supporting high school girls at the Kukuma Refugee Camp to gain confidence and realise their potential.The Town Hall Meeting will commence 1330hrs BST Friday 24th June. Click here for the link to the Town Hall Meeting.

    The video below is an overview of some of the artworks on display during the Hands On exhibition hosted by Colart, Vodafone and UNHCR at Elephant West prior to

    lockdown in February 2020.For more information on the exhibition and the Hands On programme, read the original news article we published by clicking here.

    If you are located in China, please click here to watch the video…

  • Jakub Kopek posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 3 years, 10 months ago

    Recently, when buying cosmetics for my daughters (OMG – I was not even aware of the wide variety of needs that must be satisfied, and the prices on top, as so far it was always done by their Mum 😉 ), I came across this great looking tubes, made of paper & recycled plastic.
    Product Development & Brand Teams in Colart – do you think it is something we could consider when developing new packaging, for AC (or any other waterbased) ranges, for example?!

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    • Toby Russell replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      Was the tube itself (rather than ‘lid’) pure cardboard or a blend of cardboard and plastic? I guess challenge of blends is going to be recycling at the end where it becomes hard to seperate the various material parts.

      I am a big fan of the QR code as this is a really strong for consumer support (supporting information including sustainability, regs etc) and marketing (gives us ability to retarget the consumer). There is an idea in the thinktank to impelment this on our own products.…

    • Jakub Kopek replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      I have no idea if it was pure cardboard or blend, but assume, it is OK to recycle, if they call it – ECO tube. Maybe worth checking. …

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      Karen Spinner replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      Really interesting, Jakub. And I hope you’ve recovered from your shopping trip!…

    • Vincent Bondoux replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      I discovered last week that Brand “Carte d’or” has given up plastic bin to pack ice cream and are using now bin made by carton. It seems to be the same kind of carton you have seen Jakub. It is written on the packaging they have reduced of 90% the use of plastic: a thin film of plastic remains to prevent leakage. Package is recyclable. As you said Jakub, we should look at this for our products.…

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      Jasper Van der Wurff replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      really interesting solution Jakub, and something that Rebecca Smith and Ajita Chamberlain have been exploring as part of a think tank idea, unfortunately without a satisfying solution yet. We are in touch with Carole Castendet to explore options, and might have to add this one to the list. Thank you for sharing and please continue to do so if you come across anything interesting! (and good luck on the cosmetics for Kopek Junior… the joys of being a parent!)…

    • Stephane Lafontan replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      https://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/LOreal_and_Albea_join_forces_on_cardboard_tube_pack_for_Garnier/200418
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    • Richard Llewellyn replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks for sharing this information everyone and keep the flow of information coming. As Jasper says this is something we are interested in but we do not have a solution – yet!…

    • Carole Castendet replied 3 years, 10 months ago

      Good sharing Jakub! Indeed we are in discussion with our supplier who manufacture these tubes for L’Oreal. As in materials choices there are always pro and cons, we are checking if we could organize a “supplier live presentation” of various sustainable startegies to support our future Brand strategies. As Albea mentionned, we can still debate on the packaging options, none is miracle but we can still improve our packaging and reduce our environment impact. …

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Millions of tonnes of clothing, shoes and other textiles end up in landfill every year because very little is sent for recycling .

“The current fashion system uses high volumes of non-renewable resources, including petroleum, extracted to produce clothes that are often used only for a short period of time, after which the materials are largely lost to landfill or incineration. “This system puts pressure on valuable resources such as water, pollutes the environment and degrades ecosystems in addition to creating societal impacts on a global scale.” There are good reasons to seek out alternatives to chucking clothes in the bin – globally the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, with textile production alone is estimated to release 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. Vast amounts of water are also needed to produce the clothes we wear too and the fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global waste water.  At the same time we are buying more clothes than ever – the average consumer now buys 60% more clothing than they did 15 years ago. More than two tonnes of clothing are bought each minute in the UK, more than any other country in Europe. Globally, around 56 million tonnes of clothing are bought each year, and this is expected to rise to 93 million tonnes by 2030 and 160 million tonnes by 2050.

"Reuse. Recycle. Rethink — your clothes deserve a second life, not a landfill."

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