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Power outages in Texas dropped below 1 million on Thursday for the first time in four days, but many still remain without electricity or safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and utilities, according to the Associated Press.
About 560,000 homes and businesses in Texas were still without electricity on Thursday morning, down from 3 million the day prior. Texas’ grid manager, under fire for its response to the winter storm, warned that outages could still fluctuate during hours of peak energy demand, the article said.
The week of extreme weather has led to the deaths of more than 30 people, some of whom struggled to keep warm inside their homes. While the electricity grid tries to keep up with demand, the snowy weather also jeopardized drinking water systems throughout the state.
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Feb 17, 2021
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces the nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway. The winning solutions fall into three categories: Reuse and Refill; Enabling Technology; and Innovative Materials. Their work ranges from reusable packaging systems, to technology that incentivizes consumers to make the sustainable choice, to bags derived from seaweed or agricultural waste. The winners now enter the next phase of the initiative: working closely with the Consortium to prototype, refine and test the viability of their designs to scale as long-term solutions.
Digital Editor The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces winners of its competition: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway.
The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners has revealed a nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge, which aims to identify innovative new design solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag delivering ease and convenience for consumers in a sustainable way
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The winners are ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway. The winning solutions fall into three categories: Reuse and Refill; Enabling Technology; and Innovative Materials.
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GUELPH, ON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Fill it Forward (FiF), a company inspiring the world to reuse through its interactive technologies, global giving initiatives, and sustainable products, is thrilled to announce that they have been selected as a winner of the Beyond the Bag Challenge. This open competition led by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, a collaboration convened by the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners in partnership with leading retailers in the United States, global design firm IDEO and others, focused on innovations to reduce or eliminate the single-use plastic retail bag.