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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?

Business Green

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Zimride merged into Lyft in 2013, its vehicles announced by a fuzzy pink "grill-stache." H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018. and Canadian cities.

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'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism

Business Green

Coca-Cola is also working towards a fresh set of goals specific to packaging, with a plan to ensure that all the materials it sells, including cans, bottles, and wraps, contain at least 50 per cent recycled material by the end of the decade.

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How to Handle the Waste We Produce

Unsustainable

Using business-as-usual projections they predict that by 2100, solid waste generation rates will exceed 11 million tonnes per day – more than three times the rate in 2013. The statement followed an earlier publication (2018) which stated that China is intensifying their waste management and recycling systems at this very moment.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

He was selected by the Office of the State Superintendent as the only high school student to attend Harvard University School of Law to take the graduate school course of International Environmental Governance, Policy, and Social Justice as well as Calculus II. More recently Ridhima joined 15 other kids in filing a complaint to the U.N.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Zimride merged into Lyft in 2013, its vehicles announced by a fuzzy pink “grill-stache.” H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018. and Canadian cities.