How to get plastic recycling to real scale
by Tom Idle, Innovation Forum Waste recycling rates are improving overall, but what are the measures that can really drive plastic recycling forwards? Legislation designed to promote waste recycling...
View ArticleTechnology: How Used Solar Panels Are Powering the Developing World
An overlooked niche in the energy trade is keeping high-tech waste out of the trash — and helping to connect millions of people to reliable electricity. Bloomberg columnist on emerging markets,...
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Women tackling The Gambia’s waste problem
The Gambia’s famous food markets attract tourists and local residents alike. From the sprawling Bakau fish market to the fruit and vegetable stalls at Abuko, the markets dotted around the Greater...
View ArticleThe growing problem of e-waste should play a bigger role in the climate...
By Steve Oliver, Founder & CEO musicMagpie With COP-26 fast approaching, much of the attention around the event has been centred on the key themes of ending coal power, phasing out polluting...
View ArticleCircular Innovation Hub: Moving Women Waste Pickers in Ghana from Collectors...
In Ghana, waste segregation is the job of informal waste collectors, as is the case for most lower- to middle-income countries. Founder and Executive Director of Environment360, Cordie Aziz, shares how...
View ArticleWhy National Governments and the International Community Should Give More...
A thought piece from Sandra Mazo-Nix, United Nation’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition, on the why national governments and the international community should give more attention to waste management as...
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Better waste and resource management can contribute significantly to climate...
Article contributed by David C Wilson, Visiting Professor in Waste and Resource Management at Imperial College London and Patron of WasteAid. I want to talk about how much the waste and resources...
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Waste as a Valuable Secondary Resource Material – The Paradigm Shift
It is not enough to manufacture recyclable products, collectively we have to build the systems to recycle all waste and focus on reducing our carbon footprint now. Real change requires collective...
View ArticleFrom Business-as-usual to a Circular Economy: raising ambition for climate...
In 2015 at the COP21, almost all nations signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty that commits us to jointly combat global warming. This treaty was welcomed as a breakthrough and brought...
View ArticleJoining the Dots: Addressing the Climate Crisis Means Transformational Change
Addressing the climate crisis means transformational change across sectors, geographies, and the entire value chain, writes Zumo’s Environmental and Sustainability Advisor, Kirsteen Harrison. Zumo is a...
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