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The Dark Side of Solar: How Off-Grid Products Are Creating Waste in Africa
Solar e-waste negatively impacts local communities; waste and landfill sites, commonly located close to poorer communities.
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- Energy, Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Leila Janah Foundation Announces Winners of Sixth Annual Give Work Challenge
The challenge reflects the Foundation’s mission to create equal opportunities for women and youth in low-income communities in East Africa.
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- Agriculture, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nonprofits, poverty alleviation, waste, youth
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China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: How the ‘Circular Economy’ Went from Environmentalist Dream to Marketing Buzzword
Can plastics be circular? At a recent conference, companies' answer was a resounding yes.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Amazon Invests $250,000 in the Mexican Startup Kigüi to Reduce Food Waste
The funding through the AWS Impact Accelerator for Latino Founders program provides an opportunity for Kigüi to expand its business and reduce food waste in supermarkets in LatAm.
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- WASH
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- Latin America
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- accelerators, corporations, startups, waste
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Press Release: BII and U.S. DFC Invest in SDG Blended Finance Initiative Led by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships
SDG Outcomes initiative has so far invested in three high impact educational and environmental programs in Africa.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Beyond Recycling: Is ‘Deplastification’ the Next Step for Businesses?
A new report has warned that many businesses are utilising “avoidance strategies” that fail to reduce plastic usage.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Global
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Plastic Upcycling Startup Kubik Closes $3.34 Million Seed to Scale Production in Ethiopia
The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to triple to over 1,000 million tons by 2060.
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- Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- circular economy, housing, scale, startups, waste