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Even as the world suffers a plastics glut, petrochemical companies are prolonging the 'plasticene era.'
by Meg Wilcox
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Taking a look at Lansink's waste hierarchy and the circular economy to challenge the 2,000-year-old method of using landfills for waste disposal.
by Conor Riffle
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Ocean plastic waste often flows from rivers. Innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions.
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Sponsored: The world needs to focus on more innovative approaches to building a circular economy if it is to truly address environmental threats.
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A conversation about next-generation recycling technology, progress since China banned most imports of plastic and paper, and demand driving the industry forward.
by CJ Clouse
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Plastic in the ocean is a global problem but the U.S., as the top contributor, should be at the forefront of funding and corporate responsibility for the cleaning.
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Sponsored: A new study debunked the long-held myth that corrugated pizza boxes are unrecyclable. Now, they’re aiming for a slice of the recycling pie.
by Pete Durette
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WasteShark, sold by startup RanMarine, is eating up plastics, biomass, algaes and other debris, such as coconuts.
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Tesla is driving down the amount of waste generated per vehicle and has decreased manufacturing waste by 50 percent in new facilities.
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Next time you look up at the night sky and consider your place in the universe, consider that there are 8,000 metric tons of junk swirling around above you.
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Making a concrete case for change in how we build.
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270 of the 440 operating reactors worldwide are more than 30 years old. Many nuclear plants originally were designed for a service life lasting around 30 years.
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While there is no one-size-fits-all solution to our plastic problem, many actions will require intense collaboration.
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Advocates of the take-make-waste system have characterized the linear economy as the optimally efficient free market. But nothing is efficient about it.
by Ron Gonen
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Measuring circular economy performance requires data on areas of a business that haven’t traditionally been measured.
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Sponsored: InterContinental Hotels Group is using circular economy thinking to seek out solutions to problems such as plastic waste.
by Sopan Shah
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Fighting the pandemic should not come at the cost of stemming the flow of plastic pollution into the environment.
by Rob Kaplan
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A green recovery supports the environment. An efficient recovery works for both the environment and the economy.
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Without data, it's difficult to know your impact. Simply put, we can’t manage what we can’t measure.
by Erin Simon
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Man-made cellulosic fibers, the second biggest cellulosic fiber group after cotton, holds huge untapped potential to transform the fashion industry, according to Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange.
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In a world where waste management and recycling is on the decline, private sector innovation is needed.
by Tom Szaky
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Eon, an IoT platform, is working with the fashion companies and retailers to minimize waste and build the infrastructure for circular business models.
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Here are some lessons from the planet’s best line of defense.
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What does it take to build global projects through partnerships with investors, businesses and nonprofits? This panel will highlight the challenges and opportunities for the GreenBiz community to engage in the fight against plastic pollution and further the circular economy.
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Leaders from the two companies hope others will be inspired to do more to reuse or compost their products.