Circular Economy

Biden administration says it will also support creating a list of problematic plastics and hazardous chemicals – important signals as the world tries to hammer out a global plastic treaty

Circular Economy

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

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 influencer culture of big haul shopping

Circular Economy

Would a Harris presidency tackle plastic pollution?

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

Shilpa Tiwari

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

Circular Economy

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

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 China's EV supply chain dominance

Circular Economy

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

Elaine Ritch

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

Circular Economy | Summer 2024

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

Alex Robinson

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

Circular Economy

How the plastic industry lied about recycling for decades

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 a solution to the plastic pollution crisis

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

Europe is setting the standard for sustainable business – and earning the rewards

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