Assets About Extended Producer Responsibility
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Empowering Waste Pickers, Building Communities and Closing the Loop
In Latin America, where recycling rates remain below 10%, grassroots circular solutions are slowly beginning to scale — thanks to growing legitimacy, education, organization and protections for informal waste workers, who remain the backbone of the... View More
E-Waste No More: Fairphone and Framework Show a Better Way Forward for Personal Electronics
Recycling, circular industry partnerships and marketplaces for refurbished devices are growing in popularity, but they won’t be a match for the tech industry’s throwaway approach anytime soon. But some smaller, more intrepid brands are proving th... View More
Selfridges & Circularity: Signs of a Shift, But Still a Bit Short
More brands seem to be taking a two-pronged approach to growth — continuing to sell new products while demonstrating their ‘care’ for the planet through circular initiatives and takeback schemes. When will companies truly commit to changing th... View More
Trending: Industry Continues to Arm Itself in War on Plastic Waste
A new accelerator from the US Plastics Pact aims to catalyze broader adoption of reusable and refillable packaging options, while an upskilling program from rePurpose Global aims to help sustainability leaders more effectively tackle plastic pollutio... View More
Technological Ingenuity in African Nations: How They Are Solving the Plastic Waste Challenge
Enabling a circular economy is a complicated challenge that governments, communities and businesses globally are struggling to solve. But as Dow’s work in Africa proves, solutions exist — and success comes when organizations and communities colla... View More
Recurate’s Inaugural Resale Report Highlights Goldmine in Brand-Owned Recommerce
Many brands that offer pre-owned merchandise through their own retail channels initially do it for sustainability reasons — to keep useful products out of landfills. While that is an important benefit of recommerce, thinking of it only in those ter... View More
Report: An Asset Mindset Is Needed to Make a Circular Economy a Reality
Latest research from Planet Tracker proposes a practical business solution to the problem of plastic waste, whereby packaging is treated as an asset to be returned, rather than a liability to be tossed. ... View More
Trending: Pangaia, Primark Expand Efforts to Turn Waste Textiles Into New Colors
The latest in a growing wave of circular textile innovations, the materials-science company and the global retailer have both launched collections that turn waste materials into new, colored textiles that require no dyeing. ... View More
The Problem with Plastic-Free July
The problems we’re facing aren’t going to be solved by forgoing plastic straws. Yes, every small action makes a difference; but these actions need to be a piece of a greater puzzle in which every council, government, company and community is buil... View More
ISS National Lab, Estée Lauder Choose 2 Potential Plastic Pollution Solutions to Launch into Space
The Beyond Plastics Challenge aims to address the plastics dilemma on Earth through the design and production of solutions aided by access to space. The two winning concepts will be able to conduct research in the International Space Station’s uni... View More
MiiR’s ‘Re:Claimed’ Program Gives Rejected Custom Products a Second Chance
The design-focused drinkware company used existing production channels to find a new path to market for would-be-wasted units from its B2B program. ... View More
Circularity Is ‘Izzy’: Meet the Clean Beauty Startup Creating a Blueprint for a Waste-Free Industry
New York-based startup Izzy Zero Waste Beauty is out to show the incredibly wasteful beauty industry that it can mend its wicked ways — vastly reducing its footprint through a hyper-local supply chain and 100% refillable, recyclable products. ... View More
What Is Plastic Neutrality and How Do We Get There?
Plastic neutrality is achieved when an individual or organization’s plastic footprint is measured and balanced by the removal and recovery of plastic waste from nature, and complemented by reductions in plastic use. ... View More
Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA, Salomon Team Up to Advance Circularity of Textiles
After achieving a milestone in packaging recycling, Carbios’ unique biological recycling technology stands to fundamentally change the circularity of textiles. ... View More
In Conversation with Dow: The Unexpected and Unconventional Partnerships That Launch Circular Solutions
Dow Sustainability Director Julie Zaniewski kicks off this conversation series by sharing insights into how the chemical giant is shaking up business as usual to deliver solutions. ... View More
How Brands Can Help Turn the Tide on Plastic Pollution in the Caribbean
Our vision is to embed effective recycling across the region’s islands and enable value-added processing of materials where it makes commercial sense — but we’ve been held back by many challenges. For businesses and brands that sell into the Ca... View More
Protecting the Collectors: A Case Study in Ensuring Safe, Sustainable Livelihoods for Workers in the ‘First Mile’
Many companies still shy away from responsibility for what’s happening in the first mile of their supply chains; but First Mile, along with its nonprofit and brand partners, is actively engaging with these issues — and creating positive impacts f... View More
Shein Acknowledges Textile Waste with $50M EPR Commitment; But Critics Say It’s Small Change
What some are calling 'a significant step toward accountability' for fast fashion brands, others say is lip service and an inadequate approach to supporting waste-management efforts in communities deeply impacted by textile waste. ... View More
Groupe Rossignol CEO Offers Measured Hope About the Future of Winter Sports
The leading ski and snowboard maker is a case study in outdoor economy resilience amid several unknowns — including climate change. CEO Vincent Wauters is committed to working with competitors for the greater good. ... View More
