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Author: Jim McClelland

Sustainable Futurist, Publisher, Editor and Journalist, Jim McClelland is also a regular Speaker and Chair on the events circuit, Strategic Media Consultant and the Curator at sustmememagazine.com. Ranked among the Top 3 Media Influencers in Sustainability worldwide, his interests include: Climate & Energy, CSR & Business, Cities & the Built Environment, plus the Circular Economy.
Red drinks can deposited by hand into supermarket recycling machine.
October 21, 2025 Jim McClelland

Trust in DRS with circularity now on public lips

News: Survey confirms circularity has now entered the public vocabulary, with consumers ready to trust in a deposit return scheme (DRS).

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Image created using ChatGPT shows clear corked bottle containing a few multi-coloured pills on surface of green-blue water, background blurred.
October 10, 2025 Jim McClelland

Pharmaceutical pollution: Medications in our water

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: With medications on the rise in our water, what are the environmental and human impacts of pharmaceutical pollution?

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Image created using ChatGPT depicts dusty and neglected storeroom full of cobweb-covered abandoned IT equipment.
October 8, 2025 Jim McClelland

True cost of IT: E-waste hidden in plain sight

Guest Blog by Hiren Hasmukh: How the true cost of in-house IT gets masked by hidden e-waste gathering dust in storage rooms around the globe.

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Square graphic via ChatGPT of red double-decker London bus surrounded by money; faded duplicate panels added L & R to make image landscape.
September 30, 2025 Jim McClelland

Autumn Budget: Banking on AI and housebuilding

Opinion: With the date set for the Budget and the Chancellor in need of a win, Jim McClelland asks: Is this the wrong time to ‘park the bus’?

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Underwater close-up of various kinds of coral on sea floor of Lumulumu Reef in Indonesia.
September 24, 2025 Jim McClelland

Reef health indicator the size of a grain of sand

News: Study of cohabitation trends in tiny marine organisms is helping scientists identify factors affecting the health of coral reefs.

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Aerial view of artist Alicja Patanowska on hands and knees installing 1992 small blue tiles on ground, plus 1 of 8 copper-coloured ones visible.
September 17, 2025 Jim McClelland

Artist uses waste to show impact of copper mining

News: Art installation composed of 2,000 hand-thrown ceramic tiles, incorporating industrial waste, explores consequences of copper mining.

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Aerial view of huge array of PV panels stretching across fields at Albacete Solar Farm in Spain, glinting in sun, with occasional tree in amongst.
September 17, 2025 Jim McClelland

Clean energy deal to power 1 in 10 homes in Spain

News: Clean energy investments by market disrupter in Spain will offer solar and battery storage to over 1 in 10 homes around the country.

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Two staff seated on stone wall — one holds 5L containers of liquid (x4), the other 5 small sachets — two colleagues stand behind with explainer signs.
September 2, 2025 Jim McClelland

Wash away cost of clean hands to people and planet

News: Soap is the kind of commodity we take for granted, until eco innovation comes along to change the way we wash our hands, for good.

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Debris and trash (mostly plastic) piled up on shoreline with ocean water behind and high-rise waterfront buildings across the bay in the hazy distance.
August 19, 2025 Jim McClelland

Plastic talks falter but tide to save oceans on rise

Guest Blog: Senior names from a non-profit discuss why failure in Geneva marks a turning point, not the end, for the Global Plastics Treaty.

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DAC installation with two light grey windowed units over dark grey shipping container base with MissionZero branding in green, mountains in distance.
August 13, 2025 Jim McClelland

Direct Air Capture goes live at Alpha hub in Canada

News: Modular Direct Air Capture tech from UK startup begins permanent removal of carbon for storage underground at hub site, in Canada.

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