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Circularity analysis details alarming trend as global resource consumption passes 100 billion tonnes a year

Envirotec Magazine

Separating recyclable materials in a local cooperative in the Glicerio neighborhood in São Paulo in 2017: The report also points to a number of encouraging ‘bottom-up’ initiatives, that are advancing circularity in certain regions of the world. billion tonnes in 2017, the latest year for which data is available.

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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. Climate is definitely one of those conversations that we're currently having.".

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Estimating The Carbon Footprint Of Utility-Scale Battery Storage

R-Squared Energy

In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. For this process, the authors estimated a range of 0-60 kg CO2-eq/kWh battery, with the range considered 100% renewable power, up to primarily power derived from fossil fuels. This is a cradle-to-gate number.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. 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.

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The plastics crisis: Are we investing in the right solutions?

Business Green

Technologies related to separate collection, which collecting high-quality streams of waste material through deposit-return systems (DRS) - present an overlooked opportunity for investors thanks to its low risk, proven model and the support of favourable regulation.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. 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.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

On April 13, 2017, she addressed a large crowd at the "Stand Up to Trump" rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., This business plan along with his VR projects allowed him to win the World Series of Entrepreneurship competition in 2017. Obama eventually authorized $100 million to fix the crisis.