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Glacier has raised $7.7 million more to build sorting robots that can handle up to 30 types of materials.
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While AI makes splashy moves elsewhere, its subtle circular economy applications are already here.
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Scientists have estimated that without immediate action, the lake could dry up in as little as five years. Here are some ideas for its recovery.
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Can a new software platform achieve the goal of accelerating the circular economy?
by Joel Makower
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Joe Macleod calls himself an “endineer” and says there's a missed opportunity when companies don't think about their products' full life cycle.
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Unilever and Alibaba launch AI-powered closed-loop recycling system in 'Waste Free World' initiative
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The companies have already installed 20 machines operational in offices and community spaces in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with 500 more set to be installed through 2021.
by Toby Hill
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Developed to provide a blueprint for environmental action, LCAs often sow seeds of discord. What can be done to fix that?
by Karine Vann
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More companies are pursuing design for the environment, closed loop supply chains and equitable practices that extend to downstream communities.
by Elsa Wenzel
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As singer-songwriter Solange said, 'Do nothing without intention.'
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Sophisticated materials recovery facilities of the future won’t be cheap. Will they have payoff for recyclers and their customers?
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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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Establishing an effective circular economy will rely on keeping what works, designing out what doesn’t, and being creative to fill in the gaps.
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Eighty percent of a product’s environmental impact is decided on the design table but most apparel professionals weren't trained to design with the end-user or end-of-life of the garment in mind.
by Jade Wilting
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Looking at washing machines, research from Sweden's Linköping University tries to solve part of the puzzle about how to shift business models to find more traction when it comes to being circular, as well as adding a social element.
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Mining information about what people want and what they buy (as well as when and why they buy) can lead to surprising innovations that can have far-reaching effects.
by Carol Fung
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Alongside innovations in recycled content and renewable plastic, the company's Dasani brand is expanding pilots of its water dispenser line, PureFill.
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The opportunity for technologies related to more efficient production and distribution schemes could be worth about $127 billion.
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The process of sorting things for reuse gets faster and more specific.
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How come we tend to look at the implications of one end-of-life action but not others?
by Lise Laurin
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Where there's efficiency, there's economics.
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Drought, climate change and overdraft are endangering aquifers — here's why water reuse is critical to communities and economies.
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Life-cycle assessment has traditionally been the most valued tool to assess the environmental impacts of a product across its life cycle. But measuring circularity across supply chains — and in a way that is readily accessible to companies at various stages of circularity development — requires different thinking and tools.