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April 23, 2024: 10AM to 10:40AM ET
Close to 700 million people visited Ikea stores last year. Today Ikea is using its footprint — it’s the
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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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The changes affected more than 40 suppliers, which help it produce more than 100 million pieces annually.
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In 2022, just 1.2 percent of Starbucks’ drinks were sold in reusable containers.
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The state alleges PepsiCo misled the public about the damage caused by single-use plastics.
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Shoemaker Crocs wants to keep old shoes out of landfills and reclaim materials that could be used in new products.
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Starbucks is testing reusable cup models in more than 25 markets and plans to start a reusable cup program by the end of 2025.
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NGOs are cautiously optimistic about the draft document for a global plastics treaty, which will be used during the third set of negotiations scheduled for mid-November.
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French startup Carbios, U.S. firm Protein Evolution and Australian venture Samsara Eco are three early-stage companies pioneering enzymatic approaches to recycling textiles.
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The rules include a labeling mandate and will eventually require battery makers to meet certain levels of recycled content for critical minerals found in batteries, such as cobalt, lithium and nickel.
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Mike Werner, Google’s head of circular economy, says companies should move quickly to measure their reliance on critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper.
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The city and Washington state’s support of closed loop economic models through public-private partnerships and grant programs is inspiring entrepreneurs throughout the region.
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An equitable path to the clean economy will require far more attention to where we 'dig up' lithium, cobalt and other critically important minerals.
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This episode features conversations with Jon Smieja, vice president of Circularity at GreenBiz, and James Murray, editor in chief of BusinessGreen.
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Early-stage company Hilos gets $5 million to pioneer a more circular process for making shoes, starting with mules, clogs and sandals.
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The retailer plans to open up Circular Connector, a database of packaging innovations, in late 2022.
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Digging in: New initiatives aimed at “mining” materials from products already in circulation and out of the waste streams help cut extraction of natural resources.
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Where do we dig up critical minerals and metals for the clean economy while doing the least damage possible? That’s a question that hundreds if not thousands of entrepreneurs are trying to solve.
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Climate tech designers should take a cue from consumer electronics companies such as Dell and Sonos.
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One of the world’s largest tire companies is talking up airless tires, new products for EVs and progress on sustainable materials.
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The German company, which won the Accelerate contest at Circularity 21, is developing a process that turns wood waste into thermoplastics.
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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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Although the approaches used by Good Goods and Gotham Project are different, both companies play up the importance of digital technology and sturdier glass.
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Investment firm Closed Loop Partners is making a “significant” investment in ERI, the largest U.S. provider of technology asset management services.
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Here are ways to improve the process.