A circular economy requires community, and communities are built through storytelling

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By Phil Rosen June 25, 2021 In the apparel business, steps taken to optimize the customer experience don’t always align with the planet’s best ...

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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is going to change how we live

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By Karin Boomsma During a recent webinar to sensitise the private sector on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, a senior official ...

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Major food brands launch fund for bag, pouch recycling

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By Cecilia Keating June 7, 2021 Flexible plastic is notoriously difficult to recycle. Courtesy of Flexible Plastic Fund Close Authorship ...

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Settling the score on reusable vs. recyclable cups

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Landfill-bound trash at a music festival in New Jersey, summer of 2019. Courtesy Effect Marketing. There’s good news and bad news when it comes to bev...

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World Environment Day: Threat of Global Environmental Ruin is Real

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Sometime in 2013, KTN News Anchors did something different and beautiful. They wore black armbands emblazoned, “Hands off our Elephants”. ...

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Kenya setting up emissions trading market, says Ukur Yatani

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TUESDAY MAY 11 2021 Kenya aims to set up an emissions trading system that will allow companies and other bodies to buy emissions allowances, Treasury ...

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The circular economy transition is a billion-dollar opportunity for Africa

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COVID-19 shrank economies around the world. However, the crisis presents a unique opportunity for many to rebuild green and potentially bounce back st...

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Keeping fashion workers in the loop

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By Cliodhnagh Conlon & Laura Macias April 30, 2021 As the fashion industry contemplates the rapid changes to a circular economy, it cannot ...

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Chipotle got its hands dirty to achieve waste diversion goals

  Chipotle had to address its cardboard waste to get to 51 percent waste diversion. Diverting waste from landfill is only one part of the solu...

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Cross-industry collaboration critical for circular electronics future

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The COVID pandemic has made us more reliant than ever on digital connectivity and telecommunications. From handheld devices and screens, to servers, r...

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