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Report: 9% Of Global Plastic Waste Is Recycled While 22% Is ‘Mismanaged’ – OECD
The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report.
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- WASH
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- Global
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Digital, Circular Economy Can Earn Thailand $3.4 Billion a Year Extra – World Bank
Digital and disruptive technologies and development of a circular economy can earn Thailand up to $3.4 billion each year in additional investments, savings and revenue, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
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- Technology, WASH
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- South Asia
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The Rise of Circular Fashion Brings Opportunity to Design a Fashion System That Works for All
The significant momentum behind circularity begs the question for both industry and policymakers: How can we leverage this transformation to reimagine and rebuild the global fashion system so that it works for all?
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- WASH
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- Global
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Analysis: Secondhand Fashion: Is It Really Good for Africa?
Used or surplus clothing from Western countries often ends up in Africa. Whether that’s good remains open to question.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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From Problem to Profit: Rewiring the E-Waste Value Chain in Africa
Africa is home to bountiful reserves of metals and minerals, but these resources have not unleashed widespread economic growth. However, as Anne Cathrine Garde and Blessing Layee-Maima Caine at the BESTSELLER Foundation explain, an “urban mine” is quietly growing on the continent, in the form of discarded electronic devices loaded with precious metals. They discuss how trailblazing trash entrepreneurs are tapping the riches sitting in Africa's overflowing landfills, and turning this problem into profit by rewiring the broken e-waste value chain.
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- Technology, WASH
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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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- circular economy, COVID-19, recycling, waste
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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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