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Guest Blog by Monty Simus: How will the fallout affect pollution after collective failure to find a way forward on the Global Plastics Treaty? - 9 out of 10 countries fail on food waste emissionsNews: 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.
- Time to repower and reprocess old wind turbinesNews: If new wind turbines perform way better for efficiency, is it time to repower, replace, reprocess and recycle old ones on prime sites?
- Milestone reached for cleanup of ocean plasticNews: Cleanup pioneer has now extracted 10 million kg of polluting ocean plastic and trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch and world rivers.
- Fibre reuse from old garments in circular workwearNews: Reusing fibres from worn-out garments to make new ones, a leading workwear manufacturer is pioneering a method of circular production.
- European can recycling programme expands into USNews: Making its debut at Mardi Gras 2024, pioneering recycling programme expands into US to help keep aluminium drinks cans out of landfill.
- Rapid chemical recycling for single-use bioplasticsNews: Researchers discover a method of chemical recycling that achieves full degradation of single-use bioplastics within just 24 hours.
- Counting carbon savings of shopping second-handNews: Circular Economy Impact Report for leading re-commerce retailer across SE Asia calculates carbon emissions saved by buying second-hand.
- Upcycled refuse trucks save carbon and capitalNews: Lifecycle Carbon Analysis (LCA) shows that an upcycled electric vehicle (UEV) can provide for the world’s least-polluting refuse truck.
- Eco packaging in flat-out first for organic wineNews: Producer of organic wines in Australia chooses eco-flat bottles for launch of new brand, in first for circular packaging innovation.
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