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Circular Economy/Fall 2024

New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris

by Rick Spence

The findings from the Washington-based Ocean Conservancy offer a ray of hope as nations draft a plastics treaty to curtail the half

Circular Economy

What to do with old coal plants, gas stations in the energy transition? Recycle them

by Martin J Pasqualetti, Chad Walker and Michelle Adams

Abandoning exhausted energy sites is wasteful, unnecessary and costly. Recycling them would prepare the land to be reimagined

Circular Economy

U.S. will support limits to plastic production in major reversal

by Joseph Winters

Biden administration says it will also support creating a list of problematic plastics and hazardous chemicals – important signals as the world

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Circular Economy

How TikTok’s ‘underconsumption core‘ trend is challenging consumer culture

by Omar H. Fares and Seung Hwan Lee

Driven by an erosion in purchasing power and a rise in environmental consciousness, Gen Z and younger Millennials are pushing back against

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Circular Economy

Would a Harris presidency tackle plastic pollution?

by Joseph Winters

It's hard to glean whether plastics would be a priority for a Harris administration, but experts say her past record is encouraging

Circular Economy/Summer 2024

These designers are making the most of Africa’s fast fashion waste crisis

by Shilpa Tiwari

Is it enough to take on the torrent of second-hand clothing flooding the continent?

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Circular Economy

This Canadian city is finding rare earth minerals needed for the green transition through recycling

by Chris Arsenault

Kingston has become a burgeoning hub of start-ups processing and recycling critical minerals for the North American market in a challenge to

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Circular Economy

As fast-fashion giant Shein looks to go public, the industry’s eco claims come under the microscope

by Elaine Ritch

With more regions cracking down on the fast fashion industry, getting listed on the London Stock Exchange could spell trouble for the

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Circular Economy/Summer 2024

Can a global plastics treaty be reached after talks languish in Ottawa?

by Alex Robinson

Environmental groups blast the lack of progress made at INC-4, which 196 petrochemical industry lobbyists attended

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Circular Economy

How the plastic industry lied about recycling for decades

by Joseph Winters

A bombshell report documents a “decades-long campaign of fraud and deception” from Big Oil and the plastics industry to promote recycling as

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