Circular Economy

Most recent stories in Circular Economy

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  Inside the secret world of waste

  Fast Company - By Danielle Renwick

  In his new book, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis explores the afterlife of our garbage. This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News. In August 2019, the sprawling Kpone landfill, 25 miles from the center of Accra, Ghana, burst into flames. As the city’s only engineered landfill, Kpone had …

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  Advancing a Circular Economy at Dow

  3blmedia.com - DOW

  Originally published in Dow's 2022 INtersections Progress ReportAt Dow, we are committed to turning the tide on plastic waste and meeting customers’ …

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  Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches its first circular design strategy

  dezeen.com - Dezeen staff

  Promotion: Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched its first circular design strategy that states that in order for circular economy ambitions to be …

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  Circular Solutions For Transforming The PET/Polyester Ecosystem

  Forbes - Christopher Marquis

  Eastman is a leader in creating a circular economy to address the world’s plastic waste crisis in the advanced materials industry. In partnership with Systemiq, Eastman just released a report outlining six priority actions needed to transform the PET/polyester system in Europe, which include …

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  Bring the full value chain to the table for Circular Economy success

  EURACTIV - Hans Wortman

  It’s been almost eight years now since the EU embarked on a journey to fundamentally transform an economy that, for many sectors, had long relied on …

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  A ‘green nudge’ cut single-use plastic waste in China, study suggests

  The Washington Post - By Erin Blakemore

  Pollution and climate change fueled by disposable plastics is a scourge of modern times — but recent research suggests a few simple changes can push people to use fewer single-use plastic utensils. Writing in the journal Science, Chinese researchers report on how incorporating “green nudges” into a …