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A mining boom in mountainous Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, home to half the world’s lithium reserves, could drain vital ecosystems and deprive Indigenous communities of water.
by Fred Pearce
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'We have to reinvent almost everything': Dutch company Avantium aims to have a new manufacturing plant producing a fossil fuel-free polymer by 2024.
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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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There are ways to extract lithium without damaging the environment. We just need to start doing it.
by Robin Bolton
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Today we live in a world that creates more waste than it does reduce, reuse, or recycle. Designers in all disciplines are trying to address this through the exploration of new materials and production processes, creating a new design language and landscape that moves beyond industry or craft.
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The mining industry has work to do to ensure that communities and workers are safe from pollution and injury.
by Matthew Ross
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Increasing scrutiny has delivered major improvements in the mining industry’s approach to environmental and social governance.
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Production might be out of sight, out of mind, but CO2 is embedded in products through minerals and materials. How do we measure it?
by Paolo Natali
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Sponsored: With the recent Petal Certification of an entire commercial carpet platform, Mohawk Group demonstrates how sustainability is its second nature.
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Compostable plastics may not be the best way out of the plastics crisis, warns Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy.
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As public awareness of composting models grows, a new vision is emerging.