Month: March 2019

Americans are consuming more and more stuff. Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastics, they’re ending up in the trash.  

Former Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore has been a vocal critic of the Green New Deal and appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to make the case.

The latest technologies build on past innovations to boost efficiency for manufacturers.

Emilia-Romagna Circular Economy working group…

Information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public…

Focus shifts to getting rid of plastic waste at the roots.

The natural world is a beautiful and intricate system of intertwined and overlapping materials ecosystems.

Within the framework of the EU funded-SwitchMed Programme, UNIDO has organised a match-making event for the benefit of professionals in the plastics sector in Tunisia. The event took place on 18-19 December 2018 at the Novotel Tunis hotel, and served as a forum for exchange between Tunisian and foreign organisations around the theme of the circular economy of plastic. Exchanges between national and international actors have generated knowledge transfers, and possibly technologies in the future.

The Climate-KIC Climathon is a global 24-hour climate change event which will take place simultaneously in major cities around the world on 28 October 2016.  For Paris-Saclay, the Climate-KIC Climathon will start in the evening of the 28 October and will last until the following day at 6 pm.

The circular economy has become, for many governments, institutions, companies, and environmental organizations, one of the main components of a plan to lower carbon emissions. In the circular economy, resources would be continually re-used, meaning that there would be no more mining activity or…

Discover how, since 2000, Groupe Renault has driven the circular economy in its activities, aiming to make resources out of its waste.

A circular solution is only as good as its implementation, and customer engagement is a tough nut to crack.I’m writing this week from the LAUNCH Circular Forum in Bentonville, Arkansas, having spent the week with nine innovators tackling this issue head-on, focusing…

In the U.S., 81 percent of Generation Z say they’re looking for purpose in their work, according to a recent report from American Express. Many are finding that purpose in the corporate responsibility and sustainability fields.

In a first for Australia, a Circular Economy (CE) Lab launched today (25 February) in Brisbane, heralding the emergence of the next generation of business in Queensland.

Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills.

From self-healing phone screens to concrete that repairs itself, businesses are investing in futuristic materials. But can it curb our throwaway habits?

Some global corporations are trying to address the environmental impact of throwaway culture, but campaigners say they remain part of the problem

It’s time to switch from cling-wrapped plastic trays to loose, seasonal fruit and veg, and reclaim the vital relationship with what we eat

A successful DRS needs buy-in from the public, which could be its stumbling block says Des King.

Launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 in Davos, this report explores the benefits of the transition to a regenerative food system.

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) says it stands in support of a planned winding down of operations at the Riverton City disposal site in St Andrew to move centralised waste-management activities to other sites across the island.The announcement…

Supporting Henkel’s progress in sustainability, the company closed the investment into Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, an impact fund managed by Circularity Capital. With the investment…| January 8, 2019…

The EIB supports the transition to the circular economy. This guide explains why – and how that can be achieved.

Repost of most read water World Bank blog post of 2018 The 8th World Water Forum was held in Brazil a few days ago. What’s ironic is that the more than nine thousand of us attending this Forum were discussing water-related issues in a city of three million grappling with a severe water shortage.

The circular economy: turning organic waste into fertilizer : Réunion Island imports hundreds of thousands of tonnes of agricultural inputs a year. At the other end of the chain, little use is made of the organic waste generated by farming and agrifood acti…

Learn about Amazon’s work to redefine the “take, make, dispose” model of consumption to eliminate waste at every turn – for our business and our customers….

A lot of attention was paid in 2018 to companies eliminating plastic straws, with much of the buzz surrounding efforts from food operators like Starbucks.

If you recycle harmful ingredients, you will make a harmful product.” How can a few simple questions help, asks Diana den Held during the Week of the Circular Economy.

Dragon Rouge has been appointed as a strategic communications knowledge partner to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Packaging Solutions  Green SolutionsOne of the UK’s premium thermoformed packaging companies has revealed that it will be launching the UK’s first Lo…

What is an E-Waste?E-waste is the term used for electronic waste, it includes the devices like televisions, computers, washing machine, laptops, mobile phones etc that are made of many raw materia……

Close the circularity gap to avert catastrophic climate change, Davos told today -…

Packaging Solutions  Green SolutionsAt the Metal Packaging Europe ‘Ahead of the Pack’ event held in Brussels on 23 January, representatives of the packagi…

This book provides insight into how governments are using a variety of innovative fiscal and non-fiscal instruments to develop circular economies with significant economic…

European Commission – Press Release details page – European Commission – Fact Sheet Brussels, 4 March 2019 Today the Commission adopted a Report on its 2015 Circular Economy Action Plan to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy which aimed at boosting global competitiveness,…

Eight months since the GDPR came into force in May 2018, the world hasn’t collapsed, and the sun did come up this morning. Generally accepted as a good thing although a cause for a certain amount of anxiety for Data Controllers and Data Processors.

Nearly four in five companies have a strategic intent to implement a circular economy framework (62%) or have already put one in place (16%), according to ING’s report. It’s based on a survey of 300 US-based executives in four key economic sectors: automotive, consumer electronics and telecoms, food and agriculture, and healthcare.

US companies are increasingly making circular economy practices a norm in their business models, according to new research from ING.  Nearly four in five companies have a strategic intent to implement a circular economy framework (62%) or have already put one in place (16%), according to ING’s report. It’s based on a survey of 300 US-based executives in four key economic sectors: automotive, consumer electronics and telecoms, food and agriculture, and healthcare.

Tracking the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda…

The Circular Economy is a prominent theme among producers, processors, users and recyclers of plastics, especially in the multifaceted field of packaging.We …

UNRISE is coordinated by Prof. Huub de Groot from Leiden University (the Netherlands) and brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of 20 partners from 13 European countries. The SUNRISE consortium includes: seven universities (Leiden University, University of Uppsala, Imperial College of London, University of Turku, University of Warsaw, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Louvain); eight research centres…

In this video, Jean-Claude Lévy, an expert at the Institut National de l’Économie Circulaire, discusses implementation of circular economy dynamics within territories. He discusses several aspects such as law, territorial added value, semantics, or scientific research,…

The Responsible Business Summit Europe will be held in London this June.

The newly released CELC report provides 5 recommendations for Canadians to evolve the plastics economy from one that is linear and wasteful to one that offers economic growth without waste. Read more.

The Circular Economy Club (CEC) is a diverse global community of sustainability champions working to advance the circular economy – and you can be part of it.

Deadline: 25-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) This firm consultancy will explore how inclusive and green growth can be supported through strengthened value chains and circular economy (CE) approaches, specifically among poor people and communities and achieve outcomes that…

Barbados became the latest Caribbean Community country to ban the import, retail, sale and use of single use plastic products.

Why does our infrastructure have such difficulty with sustainability?

EU businesses focused on the circular economy are being invited to join a ‘Mission to Mexico’ next month.

04/03/2019 Speaker Sofie Bouteligier Organisation: Public Waste Agency of Flanders and EU Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform Downloads The circular economy and carbon neutrality by 2050 en Related content Related events:

Tracking the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda…

Concerned citizens have alleged that the banning would be delayed because the Government of Belize (GOB) would not provide any incentives to investors interested in manufacturing and supplying biodegradable items in the country.

Two women have paddled more than 2,000 kilometres past icebergs and humpback whales without using any single-use plastics.

The bottled water category is nearing an inflection point as consumer awareness grows around the negative impact single-use plastic containers have on the planet, and the oceans in particular, and when the tide finally turns on the issue manufacturers that use more environmentally-friendly…

Read more about It’s up to next generation to abolish single-use plastics: Harsh Vardhan on Business Standard.The union minister launched an anthem as a part of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2020…

Unilever and Nestlé’s initiatives in palm oil sustainability and animal welfare have helped rank the corporates among the most praised by non-government organisations….

Washington State Legislators Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) and Rep. Strom Peterson (D-Edmonds) recently held a press conference at the Seattle Aquarium, and were joined by the Surfrider Foundation and a coalition of advocates in support of the “Washington Reusable Bag Act” to announce they are introducing companion bills in January, 2019, at the state legislature to address plastic pollution and recycling contamination due to plastic bags. The reusable bag legislation will build off the existing 23 local ordinances already in place in the state of Washington.  The coalition organizations supporting this policy include: Environment Washington, Puget Soundkeeper, Seattle Aquarium, Surfrider Foundation and Zero Waste Washington.  Washington State Represenative Strom Peterson speaks at the Seattle Aquarium along with coalition partners. Photo credit Seattle Aquarium. Surfrider Foundation Washington chapters have been active leaders on this issue in Washington for many years. They have helped to pass plastic bag ordinances at the local level, most notably playing a lead role in the city of Bellingham, which served as a model for other communities. The chapters have also played a key role in the passage of a bag ban in the city of Tacoma.  The problem:  Plastic bags are problematic in the litter…

A Government review has found the ACT’s consumption of plastic bags will hit pre-ban levels within the next few years if tougher action on plastic bag use is not taken.

Most of us have seen the comments in the press from Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis, discussing a potential ban on plastic bottles when the festival returns in…

via dezeen Chile-based designer Margarita Talep has created a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to single-use packaging, using raw material extracted from algae.Disappointed by the abundance ……

Removing all single-use plastics products from its range globally, eliminating more greenhouse gas emissions than its value chain emits, and generating more renewables than it consumes are all headline goals of Ikea’s updated People and Planet Positive strategy.

Plastic is everywhere, and suddenly we have decided that is a very bad thing. Until recently, plastic enjoyed a sort of anonymity in ubiquity…

Nestlé says that all 4,200 of its facilities worldwide will eliminate single-use plastic items and will replace them with materials that can be recycled or reused. Facilities will also ensure that they have the proper means to collect and handle recyclable materials like PET and aluminum.

A decision by supermarkets to stop providing single-use plastic bags is a windfall for a disability services provider and its re-useable shopping bags.

Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics, which include bags, water bottles and straws.

Concerns about the impact of waste and specifically the damage caused by single-use plastics, among many other environmental issues, were a key feature in entries by young people all over Ireland to this year’s ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards.

Melia Hotels aims to inspire thirty million guests around the globe with a last straw moment. The chain is combating climate change by eliminating single use plastic in all their hotels with the help of digital tools.

The town of James Island is one step closer to joining its coastal neighbors in banning single-use plastic bags, straws and foam containers.

We live in a disposable age. There are so many disposable items being tossed in the trash on a daily basis it makes your head spin. The sad news is that each and every one of those disposable items that get thrown away ends up sitting somewhere – in a landfill, in a river, a lake or an ocean and…

Innovative farmers and producers are coming up with their own solutions to phase out single-use plastic.

With billions of plastic bags not being recycled, researchers have discovered a way to turn them into anodes for lithium batteries.

Online food ordering firm Just Eat has commenced a trial of compostable sachets made from seaweed, as part of an effort to reduce the amount of plastic used by its UK restaurant partners.- edie news centre…

Wrapped, sealed, boxed, cling-filmed and vacuum packed. We have become used to consumables being packaged in every way imaginable.The history of…

To get to a higher level of sustainability, companies are looking at recycling nontraditional or secondary commodities.

Conceptual photographer Benjamin Von Wong has shared details about his latest project on his blog—an art installation made from 168,000 plastic straws called “The Parting of the Plastic Sea.” The idea behind the work is to draw attention to the “truckload of plastic flowing into the ocean every 60 seconds”—and to emphasize how a small step like forgoing a plastic straw when conducted on a large scale can make a big difference—stopping the “strawpocalypse,” as Von Wong puts it. Of course, Von Wong didn’t go out and buy the straws for the project—even if it would have only cost $10 for 100,000 of them. He took the harder route, working with Zero Waste Saigon, Starbucks Vietnam and hundreds of volunteers to gather used straws over the course of half a year. A local builder then helped to construct the frame that would support the “waves” of plastic. To generate maximum awareness, the installation was located at the Estella Place shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City. On his blog, Von Wong says “The Parting of the Plastic Sea” isn’t only about straws. He writes: “It’s about taking a first step towards paying attention to the plastic epidemic threatening the…

Milk-based edible food packaging and ready-meal trays made from wood could help reduce the pervasiveness of single-use plastic, a major cause of environmental pollution adversely affecting wildlife, habitats and human health.

Eva Mackinley is the founder and CEO of The Last Straw, a campaign to reduce the use of the plastic straws in venues around Australia. She is this week’s Changemaker.

Even a dedicated environmentalist like Jesse Hitchcock admits she’s fallen victim to the charms of single-use plastics, like straws and take-out coffee lids.

Family-owned chain plans to eliminate the bags in its stores in 30 days…

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic announced it has successfully completed a single-use plastics elimination program across its fleet.

The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastics such as straws, cutlery, cotton buds and balloon sticks.T…

Finally, I no longer feel like I’m nagging….

The move will remove an average 80 million bags a year from circulation, equating to 900 tonnes of plastic…

The city passed a bill back in 2013 banning Styrofoam, but the ban has been tied up in court until now.

Disposable coffee cups are set to be banned from the Scottish Parliament’s main buildings next week in a bid to reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste from its operations.- edie news centre…

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According a new survey commissioned by Ingredient Communications and conducted by Surveygoo, one-third of U.S. consumers and 52 percent of those in the U.K. are in support of a tax on all plastic food packaging.

To mark the fifth year of Zero Waste Month, Parañaque City held week-long activities highlighting the Philippines’ waste reduction ambitions. But plastics used…

The University of Sheffield is introducing a trial 20p levy on single-use drinks cups next week in a bid to reduce their consumption on campus and raise awareness of their environmental impact.

A reform to the UK’s Producer Responsibility Obligation (PRO) framework and Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system would accelerate the shift to a circular economy more effectively than a ‘latte levy’, Costa’s energy & environment manager Oliver Rosevear has claimed.

The ACT Government wants to ban single-use plastics, but many Canberra businesses are already making it work.

A new factory dedicated to turning plastic waste into material for roads and car parks has opened, as part of efforts to tackle ocean pollution.

Available at the fan zone at La Course by Le Tour de France as part of every can counts recycling campaign with more up for grabs at Prudential Ride London…

A UN report showed dozens of nations acting to cut plastic, including a ban on plastic bags in Kenya, on styrofoam in Sri Lanka and the use of biodegradable bags in China…

In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay $1,700,000 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of dollars.

In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay £1,373,060 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of pounds..

The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s annual trends survey found that the two greatest trends in foodservice packaging — increased delivery and abandoning single-use packaging — were in direct conflict with each other, yet intertwined.

The Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge: Compete for a share of $1.5 million in awards and investment. Register Now.

Government has announced new partnership with UK Scouts to inspire and empower young people to tackle plastic pollution.