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In 2017, were you a victim of the Russian doll con?

It's been a bumper year for “long economicky words”, as Michael Gove's critics would describe them. The environment secretary was accused of dropping financial jargon into cabinet conversations in a blatant ploy to be the next chancellor. Here we present the year's fashionable acronyms, buzzwords …
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Holistic innovation: how to blend entrepreneurship with consciousness

B2B initiatives in the circular economy are capturing waste from some industrial sectors and using it as raw material for other industries. For example, some large carpet makers are using plastic waste from automobile manufacturers. Large companies such as Nissan are aiming to build zero-waste …
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European Institutions Agree to Reform Waste Rules

Perhaps not as majestic as the “circle of life,” but the “circular economy” is the goal being sought by E.U. institutions and member states with a recently announced raft of waste rules reform, a subject that has been in the discussion phase among European institutions and member states for two years.
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Co-operation needed to re-grow manufacturing base

NMIS is the next step in delivering the Scottish Government's Manufacturing Action Plan, one that Glasgow Chamber actively supports, and we have already made our own commitment to its delivery by putting our weight behind the growth of the circular economy. The NMIS announcement is important …
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Taiwan and Haiti expand cooperation on environmental protection

Under the letter signed by Lee Ying-yuan, minister of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration, and Pierre Simon Georges, Haiti minister of the environment, the countries will foster collaboration in areas including circular economy practices, electronic waste management and environmental …
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Taiwan, Haiti expand cooperation in environmental protection

Under the letter signed by Lee Ying-yuan (李應元), minister of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration, and Pierre Simon Georges, Haiti minister of the environment, the countries will foster collaboration in areas including circular economy practices, electronic waste management and …
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Lafarge Africa unveils 2030 sustainability plan

According to the company, the 2030 plan with the theme, 'Building for tomorrow', is supportive of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and consists of the four pillars of climate, circular economy, water and nature, and people and communities. The firm noted that each target would come …
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Maidstone: Santa boards carpenter's eco-friendly pallet sleigh

Pooling Partners, which manufactured 20 million units this year, wanted to show how to deliver products both sustainably and cost-effectively as part of a circular economy model that reduces wasted miles and prevents delivery trucks running empty. Phil Storer, UK and Ireland director at Pooling Partners …
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Chinese, Japanese officials, entrepreneurs discuss cooperation on energy saving, environmental …

The two sides inked 23 cooperation projects in various areas, including energy saving, environment protection, circular economy, new energy, long-term trade, and covering policy research, technology development and project investment. China's National Development and Reform Commission and …
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Europe's Bio-Economy Booming

Europe represents 20%, but this should expand to 25% by 2022, thanks to the European Commission's commitment to transitioning to a circular economy model. A political deal on the circular economy package was struck on Monday (December 18). A full review of the bio-economy strategy—which is …
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