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Circular Economy
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G20 endorses Circular Carbon Economy Platform
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia –Energy ministers from the G20 countries have endorsed the Circular Carbon Economy Platform as a tool to manage emissions and foster access to energy. The miniters acknowledged the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) approach as a holistic, integrated,…
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Label industry creates recycling consortium
With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the world today have established a new consortium to promote recycling. Currently only 52 percent of matrix and liner waste is recycled globally.…
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Circular economy at a crossroads
NEW YORK, N.Y – The circular economy in North America is in the midst of a sea change. A new report, The Circular Shift: Four Key Drivers of Circularity in North America highlights trends driving circularity: putting circular economy solutions…
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Recycling isn’t enough
The world’s plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse
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New Zealand invests in growing its domestic recycling industry
To create jobs and dump less rubbish at landfills
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TerraCycle launches plastics cleanup in Thailand
TRENTON, N.J. – With an estimated eight million tons of plastic disposed of in oceans every year, plastic waste in the world’s waterways has become a global problem. According to the Ocean Conservancy, over half of the plastic that ends…
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Eaton launches capacitor recycling
GREENWOOD, South Carolina – Power management company Eaton has launched a new recycling program based out of its Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, that allows customers to responsibly dispose of aged, obsolete or damaged power capacitor units. The…
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SWANA joins new plastics pact
Silver Spring, Maryland – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is participating in the U.S. Plastics Pact, an agreement to work collectively towards a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together…
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Earth overshoot day
We must move the date with a plan, not a pandemic
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Sealed Air invests in plastics recycling technology
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sealed Air Corporation has signed a collaboration agreement with Plastic Energy, which has developed a chemical recycling technology to transform traditionally non-recyclable plastic waste into hydrocarbon products. Additionally, Sealed Air has made an equity investment in Plastic…