Here's a useful overview of the World Economic Forum's platforms, partnerships and initiatives on Circular Economy and Material Value Chains.

Dedicated efforts focus on plastics, electronics, batteries, trade, innovation, and net-zero industry transition.

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Check out this latest blog by UNEP Executive Director on eco-innovation approach that helps SMEs to be more agile and competitive.

The Netherlands’ Wastewater Treatment Plants are Resource Factories

The sharing economy is often touted as a win-win solution for both environmental problems and economic efficiency. However, new studies give a fresh perspective on just how much sharing helps reduce our carbon footprint. Some of their findings are surprising.

Smartphones contribute to approximately 10% of global e-waste, which was estimated to weigh more than 50 million tonnes in 2019. And according to the Royal Society of Chemistry, 6 of the key elements for mobile phones will run out in the next 100 years. What's the average of your smartphone's lifespan? Is it better to repair or recycle?

Turning Negatives of Climate Change into Positives

Greenhouse gases are globally agreed as the main causes of climate change. But is it possible to be consuming instead of just emitting nightmarish greenhouse gases? YES IT IS !

Oh, do you know that some products we use can actually be produced from greenhouse gases? And do you know that some products we use can be produced without emitting greenhouse gases?

Let us start giving affirmation to new production pathways that can be created with Circularity in Mind, just like we are aiming to create e-fuels and diamonds from consuming greenhouse gases and emitting no waste.

So much greenhouse gases are generated annually from mining and production of new aluminium but yet everywhere is aluminium waste. Quantitatively, the global aluminium waste per annum is more than the amount of aluminium mined annually.

If we recycle aluminium waste instead of producing new aluminium, then we delete emissions from aluminium mining industry. If we use a process that consumes greenhouse gases to recycle aluminium waste, then we reset the negatives of climate change to positives. Voila!

Maine in the US bans toxic ‘forever chemicals’ under a groundbreaking new law. The state is the first to enact a broad ban of PFAS compounds, which are found in everything from cosmetics to cookware.

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