The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy | Greenbiz
As governments step up to address the most pressing issues, they must set a clear direction that enables private sector circular innovation.
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As governments step up to address the most pressing issues, they must set a clear direction that enables private sector circular innovation.
Source: www.greenbiz.com
The $5 million project could start this fall and wrap up by spring 2020.
Conceptual photographer Benjamin Von Wong has shared details about his latest project on his blog—an art installation made from 168,000 plastic straws called “The Parting of the Plastic Sea.” The idea behind the work is to draw attention to the “truckload of plastic flowing into the ocean every 60 seconds”—and to emphasize how a small step like forgoing a plastic straw when conducted on a large scale can make a big difference—stopping the “strawpocalypse,” as Von Wong puts it. Of course, Von Wong didn’t go out and buy the straws for the project—even if it would have only cost $10 for 100,000 of them. He took the harder route, working with Zero Waste Saigon, Starbucks Vietnam and hundreds of volunteers to gather used straws over the course of half a year. A local builder then helped to construct the frame that would support the “waves” of plastic. To generate maximum awareness, the installation was located at the Estella Place shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City. On his blog, Von Wong says “The Parting of the Plastic Sea” isn’t only about straws. He writes: “It’s about taking a first step towards paying attention to the plastic epidemic threatening the…
The centre housed in JGU in Sonipat, Haryana, aims to deliver knowledge services to higher education institutes, industry and other players in India’s development sectors.
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The demand for strong (NdFeB) magnets will increase rapidly in the coming decades as a result of our push toward newer forms of clean energy Magnets are used in wind turbines, electromotors and generators.
With vast swaths of Tunisia’s countryside turning to desert, the race is on to ensure there is land left to cultivate…