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Bookmark or Share- Why is black plastic packaging so hard to recycle? - The World Economic ...Plastic waste is polluting our ecosystems. About 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans every year. But despite the growing environmental threat from plastic waste, only 14% of plastic packaging worldwide is collected for recycling. Greenpeace says changing recycling systems to detect black plastic would take “a lot of ...
- 8 innovations that are helping to fight plastic pollutionInnovations that are fighting plastic pollution. Learn more about the eight innovators that are making an impact on the ground to fight plastic pollution: Siklus is reinventing the future of retail in Indonesia by delivering refills of everyday needs to people's doors - without plastic waste. They offer an alternative by replacing low value ...
- 5 unusual waste products recycled into something new | World Economic ForumThe drive to recycle more has led to some unusual innovations. Here are five examples of things that would usually go to waste, being put to good use. 1. Coffee grounds. Belgian company PermaFungi says it harvests around 900 kilos of mushrooms a month from used coffee grounds. The grounds are collected from local coffee shops and packed into ...
- Tech helps Egypt's informal recyclers build circular economy | World ...As the world’s waste mounts, technology is helping communities reduce, reuse and recycle. Now that is starting to change. A new scheme backed by some key multinational corporations and supported by the Egyptian government is putting the zabbaleen centre-stage and empowering their informal businesses, with the help of simple digital technology.
- Repair, reduce, recycle: Ways to tackle mounting e-waste | World ...Using smartphones for seven years instead of two-and-a-half saves around 100kg of greenhouse gases. Changing the way we consume is at the heart of the solution, according to the World Economic Forum. A circular vision for the e-waste sector will promote the elimination of waste and could yield up to $4.5 trillion in economic benefits by 2030.
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