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- How can we close the global Circularity Gap?
News: Circularity Gap Report reveals global circularity shrank from 9.1% in 2018, to 7.2% in 2023, due to rising material extraction and use. - Chemical Recycling and the ‘Future of Packaging’
Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores chemical recycling as a solution to the problem of plastic waste. - Packaging: cutting plastic and carbon from katsu curryNews: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.
- Circular economy investment set to spike
News: Analysis reveals big rise in the number and value of circular economy investment deals in the UK, with growth about to bloom in 2022. - Which countries are best for sustainable fashion?News: Research reveals which countries show the most interest in sustainable fashion; but also which import and export most clothing waste.
- 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. - Venture capital backs eco-friendly period careNews: Period care has a plastic problem; so, ESG-based venture capital is investing in eco-friendly menstrual healthcare for a green economy.
- 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. - 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. - 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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