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Robotic Startup Ishitva Raises Over $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round in India
Ishitva’s model is particularly innovative as they are leveraging cutting-edge technology to sort out the waste which is already being generated.
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- Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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Three Reasons Why Zero Waste is Essential to a Green, Fair Economic Recovery from COVID-19
The global waste problem is tremendous — the amount of plastic the world produces is set to quadruple in the next 30 years, and yet we’ve only been able to recycle 9% of existing plastic. But according to Claire Arkin of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, there are solutions. She explores the multiple benefits of a waste management approach that prioritizes waste reduction and material recovery, lays out three reasons why this zero-waste model is key to producing jobs and building healthy economies, and highlights some businesses that are working toward this goal.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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Food Waste Start-up Agricycle Global Raises $2.4 Million Seed Round
The start-up works across Sub-Saharan Africa with local farmers and communities to upcycle food ingredients and build a sustainable supply chain.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Trash Talk: Why the Circular Economy Could be Sub-Saharan Africa’s Latest Leapfrog Industry
From mobile banking to off-grid energy, sub-Saharan Africa has shown a tendency to leapfrog the rest of the world in establishing widespread access to digital infrastructure and new technologies. Tine Fisker Henriksen at BESTSELLER Foundation explores how the continent is making similar strides in the circular economy. She shares how enterprises across the region are taking innovative approaches to waste management, developing groundbreaking approaches to waste collection and recycling – while also supporting the often-informal workers who power the industry.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology, WASH
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Coca-Cola Partners with PBSP, PLAF to Collect, Recycle Plastic Packaging
Plastic waste pollution continues to be a growing problem in the Philippines and the world as millions of tons of plastic end up in our oceans, endangering marine life and contributing to climate change.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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- environment, oceans, pollution, recycling, social impact, WASH
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Asian Development Bank, China Everbright Environment Form Strategic Partnership for Ocean Health in Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China Everbright Environment Group Limited (CEEGL) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on efforts to promote the circular economy and protect ocean health in Asia.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- circular economy, environment, impact, oceans, partnerships, recycling, WASH
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South Africa: Lesedi to Convert Plastics Into Electricity via Pyrolysis
Lesedi Nuclear Services has been appointed by Kibo Energy to build the EPC for the waste-to-energy plastics plants using pyrolysis technology in South Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy, innovation, LMICs, recycling, technology, WASH, waste
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Press Release: DigiPlex Supports Sustainable School-Building in Cote d’Ivoire with 1.2 Million NOK Donation to UNICEF
DigiPlex is supporting a pioneering UNICEF scheme that empowers mothers economically by creating an innovative recycling market, transforming plastic waste into building bricks for new school construction.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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