News: Food waste contributes 10% of global emissions, five times more than aviation, but 9 out of 10 countries fail to put it in their NDCs.
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Time to repower and reprocess old wind turbines
News: If new wind turbines perform way better for efficiency, is it time to repower, replace, reprocess and recycle old ones on prime sites?
Continue readingMilestone reached for cleanup of ocean plastic
News: Cleanup pioneer has now extracted 10 million kg of polluting ocean plastic and trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch and world rivers.
Continue readingFibre reuse from old garments in circular workwear
News: Reusing fibres from worn-out garments to make new ones, a leading workwear manufacturer is pioneering a method of circular production.
Continue readingEuropean can recycling programme expands into US
News: Making its debut at Mardi Gras 2024, pioneering recycling programme expands into US to help keep aluminium drinks cans out of landfill.
Continue readingRapid chemical recycling for single-use bioplastics
News: Researchers discover a method of chemical recycling that achieves full degradation of single-use bioplastics within just 24 hours.
Continue readingCounting carbon savings of shopping second-hand
News: Circular Economy Impact Report for leading re-commerce retailer across SE Asia calculates carbon emissions saved by buying second-hand.
Continue readingUpcycled refuse trucks save carbon and capital
News: Lifecycle Carbon Analysis (LCA) shows that an upcycled electric vehicle (UEV) can provide for the world’s least-polluting refuse truck.
Continue readingEco packaging in flat-out first for organic wine
News: Producer of organic wines in Australia chooses eco-flat bottles for launch of new brand, in first for circular packaging innovation.
Continue readingRecovered carbon black could cut emissions 93%
News: Circular innovation in recovered materials could cut emissions from the use of carbon black in tyre production by up to 93%.
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