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A new report highlights 15 policies that could drive a major decrease in plastic use around the world — but will governments adopt them as part of a new global plastics treaty?
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Can plastics achieve par with climate and biodiversity as critical issues worthy of a global treaty? We’re about to find out.
by Joel Makower
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Sponsored: Leadership no longer looks like a large company beating the competition to an incredible, unique solution; it looks like changing the system through collaborative innovation.
by Cathy Combs
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These remote-control devices raise the profile about the growing problem of plastics in the lakes that provide one-fifth of the world's freshwater.
by Elsa Wenzel
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Waste into materials not just once but continuously: It’s the brass ring of the circular economy. Can it work?
by Joel Makower
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Here's how innovators at Circularity 22 are dealing with the scourge of plastic waste mismanagement.
by Holly Secon
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Ocean plastic waste often flows from rivers. Innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions.
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It's a burning problem, among others.
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To fix fashion’s sustainability problem, we need a little less conversation and a little more action
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Sponsored: The industry is on the verge of a climate revolution, but progress is getting bogged down by semantics and distracted by low-hanging fruit.
by Angela Adams
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The global burden of plastic waste continues to escalate even to the point of requiring a redefinition of its sources and scale.
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With social license at risk, demand for recycled plastic is becoming inelastic and those able to supply to exacting standards will emerge and prosper.
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Sponsored: More than 300 organizations across North America are always giving with the Fill it Forward reusable products and app experience.
by Matt Wittek
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Even while playing an important role in the chain, they typically are not compensated for that contribution. Corporations have an opportunity to change that.
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The U.S. recycling system is notoriously ineffective. A new Recycling Partnership project convenes 60 organizations and aims to change that by 2025.
by Holly Secon
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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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A new report shows that the consumer goods industry is failing to address single-use plastics and take financial responsibility to improve recycling.
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Sponsored: Eastman’s chief commercial officer, Brad Lich, discusses their innovative chemical recycling technologies to support a more circular economy right now.
by Brad Lich
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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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Advanced recycling methods have the potential to vastly increase the amount of plastic that gets recycled into feedstock and new products. For these innovations to work at the scale needed to address global plastic pollution, however, processes and infrastructure must be in place across the entire life cycle of plastics disposal and product production.
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The transition to a circular economy requires a host of new solutions to address gaps in the plastics value chain - from improving data and digitalization in waste management, to improving the economic viability of recycling solutions.
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Date/Time: April 1, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT)
As plastic waste continues to threaten the globe, companies are making ambitious commitments and
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Date/Time: November 12, 2020 (8-9PM ET / 5-6PM PT)
By 2030 plastic waste is expected to increase by more than 50% to 330 million tons per annum if
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Bringing you the five biggest stories of the circular economy from this past year, and some predictions for the next.