This past weekend, we witnessed remotely forced and violent evictions occurring in a neighbourhood of Ghana’s capital city Accra. Agbogbloshie is portrayed as the continent’s largest electrical wasteland; in truth it is a functional, profit-making recycling network.
Source: therestartproject.org
Dunkin’ Brands, parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts (DD) and Baskin Robbins, released a sustainability report this week, updating its progress on old goals and outlining new ones….
Food and materials waste are a top priority in foodservice kitchens.
On 16 April 2021 at 17:00 CEST (10:00 in Mexico) UNIDO ITPO Italy will host the online workshop “Business model and best practices of Italian tanning industry and its implications on circular economy”, a business training program to promote competitiveness on circular economy for companies in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. Co-organized by UNIDO ITPO Italy, the UNIDO Regional Office in Mexico (in the framework of its programme with Instituto de Emprendimiento Eugenio Garza Lagüera of Tecnológico de Monterrey) and Lineapelle, this 90-minute webinar will be dedicated to the perspectives of Italian experts operating in the leather sector, sharing updated information about sustainable best practices for the application of circular economy business models to the tanning industry.
The Ocean Foundation, U.S.A. (TOF), and the National Maritime Foundation of India (NMF) will be co-hosting a webinar on sustainable shipping on May 4th, 2021. We will attempt to bring together different perspectives (science, economics, legal, and policy) and produce specific policy recommendations. The webinar will be roughly 2-hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The Real Circularity Coalition is a global network of NGOs, campaigners, academics, politicians and business leaders going all out to create a better future.
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