In this week’s episode, Ugo and Janet interview Nathan Proctor, Director of US PIRG’s Right to Repair campaign. We talk about the origin and activity of this movement, and generally about our right to fix our devices.
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The German National Tourism Board (GNTB) has launched a social media campaign “Feel Good” that brings sustainable tourism offers across the country in focus…
Michelin and WWF have been criticised over a rubber plantation in Indonesia which villagers say has caused deforestation and destroyed elephant habitat…
With a mandate to debate issues beyond those covered at other tech summits, founder Thomas Madsen-Mygdal explained that this summit exists as an antidote to summits that act as a platform to sell products, or as scouting opportunity for VCs to find fast-growing startups.
The capital is all set to witness a day long ‘Summit on Sustainability’ today at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi, to take on the barriers of sustainable development. …
Airtel Networks Zambia Plc has partnered with Ericsson on a ‘Product Take-Back’ program to minimize the potential environmental impact associated with the disposal of decommissioned electrical equipment. The Product Take-Back program is part of Ericsson’s Sustainability efforts geared towards taking accountability for environmental impacts of all products and services during their lifecycle.
The president of Portugal’s tanning industry association, APIC, Nuno Carvalho, has said a strategic plan the organisation is currently working to emphasises leather’s place in the circular economy that governments, companies and consumers insist they want to move to, reports Leatherbiz. In a recent interview with the national newspaper Diário de Notícias, Mr Carvalho said: “The circular economy is ever-present in this sector and this is an idea we reinforce in the ongoing strategic plan that APIC has in place at the moment. The tanning industry and leather are intrinsically circular.” Asked for examples, he said the tanning cluster at Alcanena in central Portugal had developed a project to convert waste from leather production into electricity. He said this could have generated enough electricity to make the cluster’s common effluent treatment plant self-sufficient in terms of energy supply. However, the local authorities opposed the plan. Now, he said, APIC is moving forward with a proposal to use tanning waste in fertiliser production.