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VMWare's Pratima Rao Gluckman on using blockchain to rescue ocean-bound plastics

GreenBiz

Pratima Rao Gluckman shares how VMWare and Dell are working together to collect ocean-bound plastics and using blockchain to track packaging materials. As companies continue to innovate technological solutions, there's always challenges.

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Feasibility study will examine plastics circularity in Nigeria

Envirotec Magazine

A new study will examine the feasibility of advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, to help close the loop on plastics waste. The work is being undertaken by an ongoing partnership between chemicals firm Dow and Empower, a Norwegian circular platform company which uses blockchain technology to track plastics waste.

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Circulor, TotalEnergies and Recycling Technologies unveil plastic waste traceability software

Business Green

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material. By using the innovation, stakeholders in the polymers industry can benefit from visibility of the provenance and quality of the materials entering and exiting their facilities, Circulor said.

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

Powered by accelerative technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the cloud and the internet of things, digital ecosystems successfully marry forward-thinking partners and cutting-edge technologies to tackle the biggest threats that humanity faces today. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling.

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VMWare’s Pratima Rao Gluckman on using blockchain to rescue ocean-bound plastics

AGreenLiving

Pratima Rao Gluckman shares how VMWare and Dell are working together to collect ocean-bound plastics and using blockchain to track packaging materials. As companies continue to innovate technological solutions, there’s always challenges.

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Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. Digital and 3D is becoming integral for every fashion brand," said Matthew Drinkwater, head of Fashion Innovation Agency at the London College of Fashion. More investments to scale circular innovation are critical. Lilian Liu.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. Government must provide the regulatory support to amplify transformative innovation from the intersections of converging exponential technologies.