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Secrets for circular supply chain partnerships from Interface and Aquafil

GreenBiz

They've innovated on raw materials, resulting in Aquafil's Econyl yarn that it recycles from ghost fishing nets, carpet fluff and other would-be waste. They've expanded their markets and slashed carbon footprints along the way, cementing reputations as innovators. It’s not easy to be ahead of your time.

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Women should consider careers in recycling, says plastics expert

Envirotec Magazine

Here at Axion, we are proud of our female employees who are innovative, proactive and committed to their work. It is rewarding too, as we are diverting material from landfill and working towards a world where nothing goes to waste!”. It is a high-tech, modern industry that offers so much opportunity,” continues Caroline.

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Will China’s crackdown on ‘foreign garbage’ force wealthy countries to recycle more of their own waste?

Green Technology

recycling facilities and send more waste to landfills. Waste Dive, the must-read daily bulletin of waste-related news, named the initiative “Disruptor of the Year.” based waste collectors, selling scrap to a broker to be shipped to China is cheaper than sending it to recycling facilities at home. Geyer et al.,

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Brominated flame retardants are not hindering the recycling of WEEE plastics says new study

Envirotec Magazine

Electronic and electrical equipment uses plastics to make products lighter, more innovative, and cost effective. Around half of all WEEE plastics generated in Europe do not enter official WEEE collection channels, ending up in the waste bin, processed at substandard recycling facilities, or exported outside Europe. • Approximately 2.6

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC. You’ve got until March 24 to suggest them. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand.

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Verco's Dave Worthington: 'Climate and sustainability is now a C-level issue'

Business Green

I got more and more interested in how to make buildings as sustainable as possible until this became the main focus on my role when I joined Verco (known as Energy for Sustainable Development at the time) as a sustainability consultant in 2003. Infrared vision to see energy wasted by poorly insulated buildings.