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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

fast food, zero waste, plastics packaging, single use
Circular Economy

Europe’s bid to ban single-use packaging riles up the McDonald's machine

by Natalie Alcoba

Fast-food lobbyists are pushing back on rules designed to cut the rising tide of waste

Circular cities zero waste
2023 Sustainable Cities Index/Spring 2023

These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

by Naomi Buck

Surrounded by mountains of discarded garbage, more cities are embracing circular economy models to dream up a zero-waste future

Canada bans single-use plastics
Summer 2022/Waste

Canada bans some single-use plastics; are takeout containers enough?

by Adria Vasil

Some corporations pilot refillable packaging as the world struggles with a plastic hangover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Wins and losses in the world of single-use plastic | An illustration of two people with plastic jugs
Leadership/Spring 2022

Heroes and Zeros: Eastman Chemical vs. Keurig

by Bernard Simon

Eastman Chemical looks to break down plastic, while Keurig gets fined for greenwash

Climate Crisis/Waste

The circular economy isn’t just a zero-waste goal – it should be critical to Canada’s action on climate

by Stephanie Cairns and Alice Irene Whittaker

Beyond tackling our waste problem, a circular economy can help curb global emissions by 39%

Plastic bag in ocean
Waste

Curing the plastic pollution pandemic

by Adria Vasil

While the pandemic has disrupted the movement away from single-use plastic, it could be helpful in the long run.

Climate Crisis/Health & Lifestyle/Waste/Workplace

Can the music industry go green?

by Genna Buck

It may not feel like it now, but the summer festival season is right around the corner—and then it will be gone

Finally, zero-waste grocery stores
Fall 2017/Waste

Nude food

by Adria Vasil

The letters glazed on the large shopfront window promise something most grocers don’t typically offer: food in the buff. This is Nu,

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