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Almost hundred companies are listed to showcase Finland's most inspiring examples of the circular

Business activities that follow the principles of a new, more efficient economy are spreading among the Finns: the list Sitra maintains to showcase the most interesting examples of companies in the circular economy is expanding again. The updated list now contains 97 companies and a group of people …
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Linear Low-density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Market Supply-Demand, Market Research and End …

The circular economy is gaining attention due to the growing concern of environmental issues. Linear Low-density Polyethylene (LLDPE) market potential is analysed for each geographical region based on the growth rate, macroeconomic parameters, consumer buying patterns, demand and present …
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OLIO launches revolutionary food sharing app to reduce waste

Sharing apps like OLIO have highlighted the positive possibilities of a networked society. “These have made visible the kind of opportunity within all this stuff around us, and they can be really powerful,” said Joe Iles, editor-in-chief of Circulate, a magazine which promotes the idea of a circular economy, …
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New Waste Processing Facility to Supply Fuel for City Trucks

Waste-to-product company Renewi PLC has announced that it recently started accepting the first waste at its new Organics Biofuels Processing Facility, a closed-loop and fully integrated organics waste management system in the city of Surrey, Canada, that is expected to help supply fuel for the city's …
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Feeding the Future of Agriculture with Vertical Farming

He is head of competitiveness studies at i7 Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness and a fellow in the Circular Economy Center at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. … He also directs the school's Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Circular Economy Center.
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China not to bin our rubbish anymore – so what next?

A new EU policy on the circular economy with more demanding targets will force member states to look at their waste processing infrastructure. A “huge debate is needed in Ireland” on the best course of action. Ireland is recovering and recycling 35 per cent of its plastic waste, well ahead of EU targets.
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Prince Harry's Interview With His Father, Prince Charles, On BBC Radio 4 Today Is Roundly Mocked

“The circular economy is much more one that mimics nature's remarkable capacity never to waste anything,” Prince Charles added. But as the heir to the throne spoke passionately about the need not to waste resources and to respect nature, he was roundly mocked on social media, with others querying …
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2017 was the year that …

The attention paid to plastic waste — and, in particular, ocean plastics — ramped up last year as the idea of a circular economy was embraced by more and bigger companies. The conversation certainly was vibrant. In January, Procter & Gamble, TerraCycle and Suez joined the Ellen MacArthur …
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Charles's views on environment 'not as dotty' as critics thought

After Harry chipped in with “a circular economy as opposed to a linear economy”, responding to that, Charles said the concept of a circular economy is one which quite a lot of people have been working on. He added that a “circular economy is much more one which mimics nature's remarkable capacity …
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