Word of the year? ‘Single-use’ glosses over the grim truth about plastics | Books | The Guardian
From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
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From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
Source: www.theguardian.com
A circular economy enables us to restore natural ecosystems while still accelerating business and financial objectives. With 90% of CEOs seeing sustainability as important to success and 66% of consumers paying more for sustainable brands, the circular economy might be closer than we think—and it often starts in the supply chain.
Let’s look at a few examples. IKEA is on a journey to become more circular. Back in 2017, it developed its first designing for circularity guide, which helped define IKEA’s circular design. The results in the past few years have been impressive. In financial year 2019, the retail giant gave 47 million products a second life, 38 million products were resold through the as-is specialty shop, and more than 9 million products have been repacked back to the shelf.
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As GoPrint3D partners with In-Cycle and HSSMI on an Innovate UK project: Closed Loop Innovation in Fused Filament Fabrication (CLIFFF), the focus is on ‘reprocessing’ prints that have been discarded and sending them back into circulation as quality 3D printing filament.
Oregon is reportedly considering enforcing a ban on single-use plastic checkout bags.
BRUSSELS: The EU proposed Monday a bloc-wide ban on single-use plastics such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds while urging the collection of most plastic drinks bottles by 2025. The set of proposals are part of a growing EU drive to rid the environment of plastic waste which has begun showing up…
A total of 223 plastic-burning sites have been found in Palestinian villages and Israeli settlements, but such industries’ importance in the West Bank economy make it difficult to find a solution…
IKEA rental furniture to be offered as part of a move towards a circular economy that includes refurbishing and re-selling products.