Circular Economy ‘Retired’ Honda and Nissan EV batteries get second crack at life on California solar farm Gabriela Aoun Angueira “This is what’s needed at massive scale,” says Freeman Hall, CEO of Los Angeles-based B2U Storage Solutions
Circular Economy | Fall 2023 Lego says it hit a recycled plastic stumbling block. Do its claims stack up? Adria Vasil The Danish toymaker says its prototype recycled plastic blocks had a higher carbon footprint. Is it missing the point?
Circular Economy The secret to fixing fast fashion’s waste problem Quynh Do Nhu and Mark Stevenson Textile recycling is no longer for a few “sustainable” fashion firms – it is quickly becoming a reality that no fast fashion firm can ignore
Circular Economy How restaurants can turbo charge Canada’s war on plastic pollution Bruce McAdams and Emily Robinson Restaurants are on the front lines of plastic waste. They need to shift to reusables for Canada to meet zero waste targets.
Circular Economy The vapes we throw out could be powering thousands of EVs Chris Bonasia As demand for lithium soars, there's an untapped trove of the precious mineral in the millions of e-cigarette batteries that end up in landfill
Circular Economy | Summer 2023 Knight Bites: 6 ways to win our battle with plastic pollution by 2040 CK Staff From eliminating single-use plastic to ramping up refill models and engineering sustainable alternatives, here are six system-changing solutions to our plastic woes
Circular Economy Europe’s bid to ban single-use packaging riles up the McDonald’s machine Natalie Alcoba Fast-food lobbyists are pushing back on rules designed to cut the rising tide of waste
Circular Economy Saving forests one piece of clothing at a time Natalie Alcoba Canadian non-profit gets major boost to save forests by turning discarded fashion into new clothes
Circular Economy | Spring 2023 Petrochemical industry influence looms over treaty to end plastic pollution Alex Robinson Environmentalists are hopeful that upcoming negotiations in Paris will break free from the sway of lobbyists