Investment Plastics Pollution Recycled materials 
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2021
360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. A group from the University of Pittsburgh explains, and offers a view on why the world must transform plastic use from linear to circular. In 1950, 2 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced globally. Where did it all go?
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Business Green
MAY 17, 2021
Petrochemical firms such as ExxonMobil and Dow responsible for half of global single-use plastic waste, research finds. Of those 20 companies, which together contribute 5.9 Of those 20 companies, which together contribute 5.9
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 24, 2021
The two companies are raising money to benefit 4ocean’s Pound + Program, whose mission is to end the plastic pollution in our oceans. In its long-standing work with 4ocean, the brand has helped remove 20,000 pounds of plastic from the world’s oceans. Rum and beach bag collaboration is ending plastic pollution.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 30, 2021
One of the projects, AACEAM Ambiental, collects plastics from the Amazon rivers and other natural areas, and sorts and recycles it. AACEAM operates in 5 municipalities around Manaus, Brazil, mainly using ferries, and processes some 600 tons of plastics per month. All aboard with AACEAM Ambiental.
Grist
OCTOBER 1, 2022
When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.
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