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- 4 charts to show why adopting a circular economy matters
A circular economy that reduces, reuses or recycles waste can cut the world’s growing municipal waste volumes, finds a new United Nations report Here’s how
- Tech helps Egypts informal recyclers build circular economy | World . . .
A group of multinationals, backed by Egypt's government, have created a plastic recovery scheme which rewards informal collectors through digital credits
- Recycling alone wont solve the plastic waste crisis
Recycling plastic is not enough to beat the global waste crisis - we need more new ways to make food packaging, including using more compostable materials
- Beyond recycling: how to solve the plastic waste crisis
Every year, humans produce over 300 million tons of plastic waste, and only a small fraction of this is recycled The rest ends up in landfills and oceans
- ‘Wishcycling’: the dos and don’ts of recycling | World Economic Forum
‘Wishcycling’ is contaminating the recycling system Our well-intentioned acts of recycling may actually be slowing the move to a circular economy More than half of people in the US believe that “most types of items” can be recycled Every year, staggering amounts of recyclable waste are exported by wealthy countries to the developing world The World Economic Forum is backing
- Heres how textile recycling can create jobs and reduce pollution
Textile recycling can help reduce landfill space, pollution from dyes and chemicals, and improve working conditions for garment workers
- Recycling metals can help the mining industry tackle e-waste
Four key steps the mining industry can take to boost recycling metals and minerals from end-of-life equipment and scrap – also known as electronic-waste
- Plastics: Weighing up mechanical and chemical recycling | World . . .
The world currently relies on mechanical plastic recycling which has a limited lifespan, but chemical recycling could support infinite use
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