MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
The auto giants are collaborating with makers of hemp- and flax-based materials that reduce weight and manufacturing emissions and enhance recyclability.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Current, fragmented approaches to fashion circularity are
failing to achieve commercial viability and scale. Deeper collaboration with
logistics partners can streamline operations and aid compliance with tightening
regulatory requirements.
REGENERATION & RESILIENCE -
In our VUCA world, the ability to adapt and thrive amid compound challenges is crucial. Here are just a few examples of future-proof models for communities, businesses, ecosystems, technologies and more that have us excited about the growing resilience movement.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
The collaboration will see end-of-life tires transformed through pyrolysis into
elastomers, which Bridgestone can then use to produce new tires.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
In partnership with EY and USAID, the CIRCLE Alliance collaborative model of
enterprise acceleration will help scale new and existing solutions for packaging
circularity in areas where plastic pollution is especially severe.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
The new product, 60% minced beef mixed with 40% pea protein, aims to reduce environmental impact while providing customers with a familiar taste at a lower cost: It has a 37.5% lower carbon footprint — and is 33% cheaper — than traditional ground beef.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Economic models shift slowly, and consumer habits are hard to break. A shift
from linearity to circularity won’t happen overnight, but there are tangible
ways businesses can help consumers shift their behaviors today.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
The researchers think adding glass to soil could help prevent wind erosion in
coastal regions and ecosystems whose preservation is an increasingly valuable
aspect of climate resilience.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Pipeline Organics’ technology will convert sugar-rich wastewater into clean,
cost-effective renewable electricity to help power CCEP’s food and drink
manufacturing operations.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
The Toronto-based startup creates high-performance biomaterials that
seamlessly integrate into manufacturing systems and supply chains five times
faster than industry standard — eliminating a barrier to widespread adoption.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
The engineers believe they have discovered the recipe for running a sustainable
hydrogen reactor, which they plan to test first in marine and underwater
vehicles.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
University of Maryland researchers have developed a new type of porous material
made of chitosan and copper to spray on fresh produce that absorbs chemical
pesticides, extends shelf life and easily washes off.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
The UK startup is partnering with the University of Edinburgh to use waste sails
in the creation of high-value chemicals used in everyday products — even,
potentially, food ingredients.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
These two women-owned startups are repurposing waste streams from food
manufacturing into striking interior finishes and “leather” handbags and
accessories.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The Circulate Initiative’s latest Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker
reveals investment amounts not only fall short of financing needs across the
plastic lifecycle, too many are focused on reactive — vs proactive — solutions.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
The retail giant recently launched two partnerships aimed at recycling food
waste and enabling better-informed food-sourcing decisions.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among companies working with partners to swap out single-use cups and trays for reusable serveware systems at big events.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Brands, take heed: This legislation will apply to all products that are sold in
Europe, not just manufactured in the region — impacting manufacturers,
importers, distributors, retailers and sellers all around the world.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
The film industry is one of the largest producers of unnecessary waste in the
world. Avoiding or repurposing that waste has become its own industry within
entertainment, and circular service providers such as EcoSet are leading the
charge.