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Global resolution could transform the investment case for circular plastics

Business Green

The wheels are in motion for a global treaty on plastic pollution – what should financial institutions be doing to seize the opportunity from the changes that will come? asks Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership at the World Economic Forum. per cent in 2002, when the project started, to 56 per cent in 2018.

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Biffa fast tracks £1bn green investment push

Business Green

Leading waste management company announces it is well ahead of schedule to meet £1.25bn green infrastructure investment goal. At the heart of the new strategy were plans to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 and mobilise £1.25bn of green infrastructure investment by 2030.

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How can governments turn the tide of plastic pollution post-pandemic?

Business Green

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores. By July 2018, at least 127 countries had adopted some form of legislation regulating plastics, it adds.

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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

Since the previous edition of Oil in the Sea was published in 2002, the organization says land-based sources of ocean oil pollution have swelled up to 20 times larger — driven in part by population growth and increased motor vehicle use.

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Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network

Business Green

The major infrastructure project forms part of the Iron Mains Risk Replacement Programme, which is replacing the UK's old iron network with hydrogen- and biomethane-ready piping made from plastic. We need to decarbonise the gas that we use. The plans are currently under consultation.

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Fashion's latest trend? Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling

Business Green

Most of the recycled materials you encounter in fashion today are recycled not from textiles but from things like plastic bottles or nylon fishing nets," said Harald Cavalli-Björkman, head of communications for Re:newcell. According to Re:newcell, Swedish brands H&M and KappAhl have invested significantly in the company.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

This reporting was made possible in part due to a media briefing sponsored by Beyond Plastics, Inclusive Louisiana, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and The Descendants Project, which included local meals in Louisiana. Shell agreed to fund their relocation in 2002 — but Hawkins’ family was one of the few who decided to stay.