Read more about Rethinking circular economy on Business Standard.It was in 1991 when the then chief economist of the World Bank, Larry Summers, had advocated that toxic waste, polluting factories should be moved to least developed countries…
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Single use plastic is everywhere from inside your coffee cup to cotton bud sticks.
Sep.24 — Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and co-chief executive officer at Atlassian, discusses why the tech community needs to take the lead in sustainabil…
The US Plastics Pact — a consortium launched in August by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact Network — unveiled an aggressive national strategy to ensure all plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Roadmap to 2025 is supported by nearly 100 corporations, startups, research entities, NGOs, universities, and state and local governments across the plastics packaging value chain; and includes mandatory reporting and specific timeframes for realizing meaningful and targeted outcomes for a truly circular plastics economy.
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A Inspire 2020 finalist project that proposes to reach more people with biofortified crops by improving their traceability in the supply chain. The project plans to implement blockchain technology on the farmX app to help value chain partners improve transparency and efficiency of business…
The Circular Economy Forum (CEF) to the Northern States of Mexico is an initiative of the European Union, represented by the European Union Delegation to Mexico. It counts with the active collaboration of the Mexican Employers’ Confederation (COPARMEX) Delegation Chihuahua. Likewise, participation from COPARMEX Delegations in the states of Coahuila, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, Desarrollo Económico del Estado de Chihuahua DESEC Chihuahua, Energy Clusters in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Baja California, along with relevant Universities and Research centres in the Region.