Covestro Carbon Productivity Innovations Highlighted at GreenBiz18
Rebecca Lucore, U.S. head of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) at Covestro LLC, will discuss how Covestro is driving carbon productivity and closing the loop on the circular economy by harnessing waste CO2 – greenhouse gas otherwise emitted into the atmosphere – and using it, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Covestro Carbon Productivity Innovations […]
IN DEPTH: A New Era in the War Against Food Waste
This overarching consensus has led to a recent shift in government policies towards the introduction of waste prevention targets such as the Scottish Government's 33% food waste reduction by 2025 as part of the new Circular Economy Strategy: Making Things Last. Food waste prevention has also been … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: IN DEPTH: A […]
Multinational firms worth $1.3 trillion invest in circular economy awareness
Andrea Brown, WBCSD's Director of Circular Economy, said: “Through Factor10, we can move circular economy beyond the group of early adopters, into the early majority of global supply chains—opening new ways for companies to collaborate on scalable business models to gain competitive … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Multinational firms worth .3 trillion invest in circular […]
Jyrki Katainen: The EU firmly stands for an open, but also rules-based and fair, global trade order
This can only be detrimental to all. Multilateral and regional cooperation is the best choice we have.” The EU has been under pressure to tackle the problem of pollution caused by plastic materials. As part of the EU's circular economy action plan, the Commission launched its plastics strategy in January. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Big brands join forces to drive plastics circular economy
How are these companies leading the way to a plastics circular economy? AMCOR is the first global packaging company promising to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, increasing its use of recycled materials and driving up recycling around the world. Ecover's entire range … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Big brands […]
Circular Economy event explores the challenges and opportunities
The Circular Economy* encourages all businesses, organisations and individuals to look at all their processes and habits to minimise consumption and waste. At this event, which takes place at the British Antarctic Survey, (High Cross, Madingley Road, CB3 0ET) from 3.30pm to 6.30pm, experts will … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Circular Economy event explores the […]
Bio-capro, infinite recycling can secure nylon's future in the circular economy – Aquafil CEO
LONDON (ICIS)–Moving towards a circular economy for nylon is a matter of when, not if, according to the CEO at one of Europe's largest manufacturers of nylon textile filaments, Italy's Aquafil. Giulio Bonazzi said the circular economy model was an important strategy for Aquafil, and was quick to point out … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
People's Postcode Lottery funding for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The latest funding will support the foundation's education, research, and communications programmes, and projects including new work on cities and a circular economy for food. Founder Dame Ellen MacArthur said: "Support from players of People's Postcode Lottery has been instrumental to our work … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: People's Postcode Lottery funding for the Ellen […]
In just one year, Israel halves plastic bags found in the sea
A two-day policy workshop run by UN Environment's EU-funded SwitchMed project entitled “Policy Tools for Circular Economy” held in Jerusalem in 2014 highlighted facilitated the formulation of the legislation by highlighting the lessons learnt from similar laws internationally. Israel's Minister of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: In just one year, Israel halves plastic bags found […]
The end of recycling? Why Australia is at crisis point
Reading the trends, in 2015 the European Commission published the world's first Circular Economy Strategy. This built upon their suite of initiatives that includes industry product stewardship, recycling levies and schemes, landfill bans and directives on recyclable packaging. If we choose to deal with … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: The end of recycling? Why Australia […]