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To create a circular economy, it is obvious that we need innovative solutions, which are created by looking at ordinary processes from completely different viewpoints. By blending these solutions with circular designs, we can use them in many different areas of business value chains – from supply chain to production, logistics to transportation. Efforts to ...
5 innovators making the electric vehicle battery more sustainable (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Natalie Marchant, Writer, Formative Content Global stock of electric vehicles (EVs) could reach 245 million units by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. While EVs emit less CO2, their batteries are tough to recycle. Made from cobalt, lithium and nickel, the mining of these raw materials raises ethical and environmental concerns. Creating a circular supply chain by recycli...
This Chilean start-up is revolutionizing reusable packaging (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Natalie Marchant, Writer, Formative Content Santiago-based Algramo aims to drive the refill revolution and has worked with global consumer goods companies Unilever, Purin and Walmart. Users can order what they need and pay via an app, before refilling their containers either from an electric tricycle at their door or at an in-store vending machine. Algramo is just one of 17 companies selected ...
Maeko’s process creates usable compost within 24 hours. Image: Maeko 1 billion tonnes wasted By providing onsite composting solutions for all kinds of businesses and homes, Maeko says its goal is to help “close the loop” of sustainability, ensuring that waste food goes back into farms and gardens as fertilizer to grow more food. But food waste is a global problem. A new report from the United Nations has found that across the world almost 1 billion tonnes of food waste are generated a year – nearly twice the amount previously estimated. Twenty-six percent of this comes from food servi...