China moves to phase out single-use plastics
Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state planner…
Source: www.theguardian.com
Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state planner…
Source: www.theguardian.com
A NEW factory dedicated to turning plastic waste into material for roads and car parks has opened, as part of efforts to tackle ocean pollution.
Porous ceramics hold great promise as value-added products for waste materials. Two recent ACerS papers explore creating foam glass from waste.
Infrastructure investment demand has skyrocketed in response to the Covid-19 crisis as investors look to defend their returns amid a volatile market, new research suggests.
Danone has announced that it is making its packaging 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 as part of its new commitments.
WBCSD joined the Call to Action of the Green Recovery Alliance calling for an EU-wide green recovery strategy focused on sustainability after COVID-19. …
As circular economy thinking takes hold among policy makers, civil servants and scientists, policy is tending towards circular as a strategy to reach environmental objectives. Hopes are that production systems will continue to deliver and indeed grow economically, but with far less material and fossil energy intensity. The Swedish Government formed its own Circular Economy Delegation last year and recently announced its national strategy for the Circular Economy and 100 measures to transition to circularity. Policy needs to align, but this raises questions. The economy is a complex adaptive system, and any intervention may cause the opposite of the intended effects. This article explores my own very personal reflections based on earlier work together with my recent work with the local university.