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Category: Topics: Circular Economy

View down a straight empty road, with central white line markings, running into the horizon between fields in Sweden.
April 19, 2022 Jim McClelland

Quarry waste on the road to circular construction

News: New roadbuilding material will repurpose quarry waste in innovative circular construction solution that carries Solar Impulse label.

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Promotional image showing variety of &SISTERS product packs, with B Corp Certification logo in corner of shot.
March 16, 2022 Jim McClelland

Venture capital backs eco-friendly period care

News: Period care has a plastic problem; so, ESG-based venture capital is investing in eco-friendly menstrual healthcare for a green economy.

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Cover image for interactive asset showing little girl about to start climbing ladder next to pile of clothes, with text "if we stacked up all the fashion landfill created in a 12-month period, how high up this ladder would you have to climb to the top?"
March 10, 2022 Jim McClelland

Fashion waste landfill piled high as the moon

News: Piled high, the volume of fashion waste sent to landfill worldwide every year is enough to reach up to the moon in less than 8 months.

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White single-use carrier bag littered in natural environment, caught on twigs and branches.
February 23, 2022 Jim McClelland

Pollution on rise as only 9% plastic waste recycled

News: Pollution on rise, as report reveals that 22% of global plastic waste is mismanaged or littered and only 9% gets recycled.

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Jill Farrell, Director, Customer Engagement and Communications, at Zero Waste Scotland and Innovative Ash Solutions Director Robert Green, holding test blocks made from their innovative end-of-waste product.
December 16, 2021 Jim McClelland

Scottish facility wins £500K grant to support circular cement

News: Funding for Scottish manufacturing facility to transform hazardous waste into solution for lower-carbon circular cement production.

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Humaid Al Qasimi cutting the ribbon during the re-opening ceremony at Circular Computing, in RAKEZ.
November 17, 2021 Jim McClelland

BSI Kitemark for laptop remanufacturer investing in UAE

News: World’s first circular production company to get BSI Kitemark, UK laptop remanufacturer expands at Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, UAE.

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Stack of green Loop pallets
November 10, 2021 Jim McClelland

In the Loop: Construction signs up to tackle pallet waste

News: First ever circular economy, carbon net zero, pallet reuse scheme launched to combat major waste problem in UK construction.

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Illustration depicting life story of plastic and its pollution impacts.
October 11, 2021 Jim McClelland

Innovation call to tackle problem of plastic packaging in Africa

News: Afri-Plastics Challenge announces further grant funding to tackle the problem of plastic in the packaging supply chain in Africa.

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Packaging on a factory production line
July 27, 2021 Jim McClelland

Sustainability & EPR: ‘Future of Packaging’ in The Times

Packaging, Sustainability & EPR: Articles for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper look at how the industry tells its story and new regulations.

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Image of hand grabbing plastic bag — bringing flexi back to be recycled
June 3, 2021 Jim McClelland

FMCG and retail giants back £1M fund for flexible plastic recycling

News: Bringing Flexi Back! Five of UK’s biggest names in branded FMCG come together to form £1M Flexible Plastic Fund to boost recycling.

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