Category: Circular Economy
A new public private collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory, the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, and Amazon is targeting one of the most pressing vulnerabilities in...
• EU packaging waste reached 178kg per person in 2023, with projections showing a 19% rise by 2030 without intervention• New guidance aims to harmonise fragmented national rules, reducing compliance...
Lululemon has joined a $12 million funding round for Epoch Biodesign, signalling a deeper shift within the apparel sector toward material circularity and next-generation recycling technologies. The investment brings Epoch’s...
• 15,000-ton annual capacity facility converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into petrochemical feedstock• Anchors TotalEnergies’ transition of Grandpuits refinery into a zero-crude industrial platform• Secured long-term waste supply through partnerships with...
Google has released a detailed engineering and supply chain playbook designed to accelerate the use of recycled materials across the consumer electronics sector, as its own hardware portfolio approaches significant...
FedEx Moves To Scale Circular Packaging In B2B Logistics FedEx has launched a reusable packaging system for business-to-business shipments, marking a shift toward integrating circular logistics into mainstream parcel networks....
Industrial Water Risk Moves to the Forefront Private equity firm Ambienta has invested in P.I.ECO, a global provider of industrial water treatment and recycling solutions, positioning itself at the center...
L’Oréal Groupe has entered a multi-year partnership with clean chemicals startup Dioxycle to transform captured carbon emissions into sustainable packaging materials, marking a significant step toward decarbonizing plastics used across...
Ireland has unveiled a national plan to shift its economy away from the traditional take make waste model, positioning circularity as a core pillar of climate policy, industrial competitiveness and...
Circularity is a topic growing in importance. It has been moving up the priority list for business leaders, regulators, and sustainability practitioners, primarily for its business value and material security,...
A coalition of chemical producers, material innovators, and trading houses has launched what participants describe as the world’s first global supply chain dedicated to renewable plastics for high performance consumer...
Brussels is tightening the regulatory net around fashion waste, adopting new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation measures aimed at ending one of the sector’s most controversial practices: destroying unsold stock....
BMW Group and PreZero have launched a strategic cooperation aimed at reshaping how Europe’s automotive industry manages end of life vehicles and material recovery. The agreement, signed at the Innovation...
French climate tech startup bobine has secured $14 million (€13 million) in fresh funding to advance the industrialization of its process electrification technology for chemical plastic recycling, positioning itself at...
Tetra Pak is expanding its sustainable packaging research agenda with a €60 million ($65 million) investment in a pilot plant in Lund, Sweden, aimed at commercializing a paper-based barrier that...
• The European Commission plans legal changes in early 2026 to tighten documentation, customs tracking, and audits of recycled plastic imports.• Europe’s plastics recycling industry has lost more capacity in...
Prysmian and Versalis have signed a strategic partnership aimed at tackling one of the cable industry’s most persistent waste challenges: the recycling of complex plastic insulation layers used in energy...
A global shift in how LEGO boxes are packed The LEGO Group has crossed a major point in its multiyear effort to remove single-use plastics from inside its boxes. More...
Creative Tech Textile has collaborated innovatively with Taiwan’s oyster farming industry to create Seawool®, a multifunctional composite material that blends oyster shells with recycled polyester, giving new life to discarded...
PATH Water CEO Shadi Bakour sits down with ESG News and Kristen Siemen, former Chief Sustainability Officer at GM, to explore the global movement against single-use plastics and virgin plastic...
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