Campaign Against Single-Use Plastics Gains Traction
Canada has joined the European Union, India, and other nations in committing to ban single-use plastics by 2021.
Source: nonprofitquarterly.org
Canada has joined the European Union, India, and other nations in committing to ban single-use plastics by 2021.
Source: nonprofitquarterly.org
The EU’s Circular Economy Package is a landmark in creating a more resource-efficient economy. It paves the way to capitalising on Europe’s urban mine, where valuable metals can be recycled from cars, buildings, packaging, e-waste and other applications. €4.3bn Base metals scrap leaves Europe annually 2/3 EU e-waste is not recycled properly.
The environmental imperative is playing a larger role in successful corporate strategies. AI, automation, data, and analytics can help companies reduce environmental impact—and boost the bottom line.
Maine has banned single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, becoming the first state to do so.
The European Rental Association (ERA) has today launched the ‘ERA CSR KPI Guidance Framework’, a new tool to help rental companies assess their current approach to sustainability performance reporting and rate how well they perform against an industry framework. The Guidance Framework provides a practical approach to implementing a sustainability measurement and reporting framework depending on an organisation’s level of maturity, from getting started, with nothing currently in place, to industry best practice.
From laptops and mobile phones to solar panels and precision-ag drones, all electronics come with an expiration date – some far earlier than others.
Plastic pollution that chokes birds and harms marine life could soon be banned in Wales. Should the proposals go through, Wales will be among the latest countries to take an important step towards ending plastic pollution for good.