The sort of circular economy (CE) I want see is not the one in which the plastics you throw away come back to you in the fish you buy. That 'bad boomerang economy' does not magically disappear by funding researchers to explore a few of their nudge theories here and there. Viewers of the BBC's Blue …
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Bioplastics are the key component to bringing the plastics industry out of a wasteful linear economy and into the circular economy. Their increased use will yield positive results, not only in environmental and economic instances, but also functional impacts. The fact that bioplastics aren't searching for …
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Companies in the apparel industry are increasingly focusing on the concept of the circular economy – a system in which safe materials are used endlessly, water is restored and energy is clean, and biodiversity is valued and improved – but it remains a challenge to incorporate the concept on a business …
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It is a waste-to-product manufacturing process and results in high-performance, sustainable and healthy materials, which uniquely enable the circular economy principles of starting with waste resources and enablement of recycling at the end of a product's life cycle. ECOR is made of 100% recycled …
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NIA director Pun-arj Chiaratana said the agency is developing a plan and strategy to support radical innovation project in three areas – bio economy, manufacturing and circular economy – as well as sharing, social and service economy. The plan is expected to be completed in the second half of next …
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… tool for the Authority to use when overseeing existing waste diversion programs and to assist in the orderly wind-up of the programs until the wastes subject to the programs are governed by the new producer responsibility regime under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.
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The plan, the firm explained, supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and consists four pillars: Climate, Circular Economy, Water & Nature, People and Communities. Each pillar comes with a set of quantitative targets such as reducing emissions, deriving energy from waste and …
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In Europe, a new directive on the emerging circular economy has rung the death knell for waste incineration and WTE. The Philippines is way ahead with its waste laws. We already have a waste solution at hand. RA 9003 is an important step toward Zero Waste, a proven waste management approach …
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Two years after adopted the Circular Economy Package, the European Commission, Parliament and Commission have reached an agreement on waste processing legislation to pave the way for a circular future for Europe. Agreements were reached on four legislative proposals addressing waste, …
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