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Circular Economy

How Li-Cycle went from battery-recycling darling to the brink of bankruptcy

by Julian Spector

The Canadian-founded start-up's collapse underscores the struggles of the fledgling battery recycling industry

The future of recycling
Circular Economy/Spring 2025

Four ways that recycling is finally changing for the better

by John Lorinc

The world of waste diversion has hit a turning point, as a boom in R&D propels recycling innovation forward

Waste

The moment of truth is now here for plastic pollution

by Rick Smith

OPINION | A recent study that found microplastics in men’s testicles is the latest to drive home the reality that we can’t

plastics, oil companies, petrochemicals
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

2024 Global 100/Winter 2024

This scrappy Australian recycling pioneer is the most sustainable corporation of 2024

by John Lorinc

106-year-old Sims Ltd. isn't new to circular economy party, but it topped our 2024 Global 100 by forging a role for recycled

Lego recycled plastic stumbling block
Circular Economy/Fall 2023

Lego says it hit a recycled plastic stumbling block. Do its claims stack up?

by Adria Vasil

The Danish toymaker says its prototype recycled plastic blocks had a higher carbon footprint. Is it missing the point?

fast fashion, recycled fashion
Circular Economy

The secret to fixing fast fashion’s waste problem

by 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

plastic, recycle, Knight Bites, pollution
Circular Economy/Summer 2023

Knight Bites: 6 ways to win our battle with plastic pollution by 2040

by 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

Waste/Winter 2021

Knight Bites: Amazon plastic is flooding the world

by CK Staff

Amazon plays major role in ocean plastic pollution, says Oceana Canada. Our illustrator outlines what it means for the planet

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