Day: March 23, 2020
The Sustainable Diner Summit: A Key Ingredient for Sustainable Tourism
One-third of all food produced globally is wasted which is a huge problem, particularly in countries like the Philippines where a quarter of the population lives below the overty line. WWF’s project ‘The Sustainable Diner’ aims to promote sustainable food production and consumption in the…
Renewable Rikers as a Blueprint for a Sustainable City
On 29 January 2019, New York City Council held a hearing on a trio of bills collectively known as “Renewable Rikers”. Rikers is currently home to the most infamous prison in New York City—the Rikers Island correctional facility an island penal colony with one lone bridge connecting it to the rest…
AI and sustainability: are they a perfect match?
As with many tech solutions, AI takes vast amounts of energy to implement but it can transform sustainability projects. So, do the pros outweigh the cons?
Help! Coronavirus prevention is aggravating my single-use shame
Behold, a fresh new hell of environmental dilemmas.
EU pushes for circular economy to have longer-lasting products
The bloc introduced a new plan to better use available resources.
EU pushes for circular economy to have longer-lasting products
The bloc introduced a new plan to better use available resources.
Help! Coronavirus prevention is aggravating my single-use shame
Behold, a fresh new hell of environmental dilemmas.
‘Right to repair’ rules for electronics included in EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Commission, a group, appointed by governments of the European Union, has adopted what it calls the Circular Economy Action Plan as part of an effort to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
How to start a circular economy in your hometown
Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.
Carrefour and Zalando embrace circular economy with new reselling options – Selling
Two European retailers have introduced new services that allow customers to resell items, showing the growing interest in circular economy initiatives.
EU pushes for circular economy to have longer-lasting products
The bloc introduced a new plan to better use available resources.
‘Huge potential’: EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan
Environmental groups and green businesses broadly welcome strategy, which aims to ‘make sustainable products the norm’…
Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact Adds European Group
The European Plastics Pact has become the first regional industry group to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network.
Biobased Industries Role Under the EU Circular Economy Action Plan –
Enhanced role envisaged for the bio-based industries under the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan…
EU’s New Circular Economy Action Plan Is All About the Right to Repair
Empowering consumers is just one aspect of the EU’s Green Deal.
Innovation at the heart of sustainability agenda
A coordinated approach holds the key to sustainable development.
Maryland House Of Delegates Passes Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban
Plastic bags are one step closer to becoming a thing of the past in the State of Maryland. …