Airline to Remove 55 Million Single-Use Plastic Items From Flights

There is a patchwork of recycling programs and policies across Canada because provinces have jurisdiction over recycling, and each has built its own system. While no two systems are the same, they all strive for positive economic and environmental outcomes.

As the first peer-to-peer rental site founded in the UK, the HURR Collective, which launched in 2019, is hoping that it will benefit from first mover advantage while the clothing rental market hots up around the world. Retail Insider recently spoke to its chief product officer Ollie McQuitty about how the company saw an opportunity in the circular economy to be both sustainable and profitable. McQuitty explains that co-founders Victoria Prew and Matthew Geleta saw a chance for women to have an unlimited wardrobe accessed online making both environmental and economic sense.

We aren’t going to solve the problem of plastic litter filling our oceans unless we start at the source – by designing out waste in the first place….

Michel Scholte explains how true prices, which account for the social and environmental cost of a product, may be the key to a circular economy.