Jin Shirai has mastered each of the traditionally separate roles of Japan’s handicraft textile industry — from growing cotton, spinning it and dyeing the yarn, to weaving and designing fabrics.
Source: www.japantimes.co.jp
On 18 October, 13 partners from 6 EU Member States conducted the kick-off meeting of the European Project ‘LOOP-Ports – Circular Economy Network of Ports’ in Valencia. The main goal of the LOOP-Ports project is to facilitate the transition to a more circular economy in the port sector, where products, materials and resources are maintained in the economy for as long as possible, and the waste generation minimized.
This project, coordinated by the Port of Valencia and funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) through the EIT Climate-KIC initiative, will run for 26 months, ending in November 2020.
Start with the low-hanging fruit.
China is the world’s No. 1 creator of single-use plastic waste. The US is No. 2. China will ban single-use plastics across the country.The US has no plan…
The carrier recently operated a flight to Brisbane without any single-use plastics on board to celebrate Earth Day……
Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to better address e-waste challenges. …
Source: www.biztechafrica.com
Logitech is excited to announce that we will fund breakthrough research into more sustainable materials at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
This step is part of a joint initiative with Nestlé, SIG and other industry players, and furthers Logitech’s commitment to better the world for future generations. It also furthers our decades-long, collaborative relationship with EPFL, one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan science and technology institutions, whose history is entwined with Logitech’s.