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Study pinpoints pathways to boost plastic waste recycling globally

Envirotec Magazine

The Plastic Waste Management Framework lays out a framework with policy levers and actions that can be used to develop national action plans for advancing waste management systems and help effect systems change, according to the group behind it, non-profit organisation the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (supported by Roland Berger).

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Trade policies will keep solar panel prices higher than average in United States 2024 Trends in Solar

Solar Power World

Attention-grabbing headlines in the last year exclaimed that solar panel pricing had reached a record low — after paying nearly 73¢/W for panels a decade ago, prices have fallen to 15¢/W today.

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Experts welcome the new WEEE consultation

Envirotec Magazine

The proposals include setting up a new category for vapes, to ensure the additional cost of their disposal is borne by vape producers only. Lighting and circularity expert Recolight said it was pleased to see that the initial policy proposals cover what had been expected. Tackling non-compliant product sold via online marketplaces. :

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What Is A Green Procurement Policy?

Green Business Bureau

Green Procurement Policy. A green procurement or green purchasing policy (GPP) is put in place to guide businesses when acquiring materials, supplies and services and selecting such products based on their impact on the environment and human health. Many institutional GPPs are built upon larger federal policies.

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Insights from green banking: What keeps customers from switching banks?

GreenBiz

Why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies? So why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies? What I heard aligns with published research. My account is tiny.".

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How The Energy Policy Simulators Work And Are Developed

Energy Innovation

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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Energy Innovation® and Innovative Green Development Program Release Latest China Energy Policy Solutions Model

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation Policy and Technology LLC® and the Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP) released the latest China Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , an open-souce and peer-reviewed model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies up to 2060.