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Governance for Sustainability
How technology transformation can drive climate change action
If technology companies are to meet ambitious climate change targets there must be a fundamental transformation in the way their products are manufactured.
Circular Economy
As the world’s waste mounts, technology is helping communities reduce, reuse and recycle
This India-based social enterprise is using cloud-based web and mobile applications to track waste and promote recycling.
Circular Economy
9 things you didn’t know could be made from wood
Wood is a vital renewable resource which can be found in everything from skyscrapers to gum and medicine, but it needs to be sustainably grown and managed.
Circular Economy
This Chilean start-up is revolutionizing reusable packaging
Chilean start-up Algramo uses an app and smart packaging to reduce the waste and costs of household staples such as laundry detergent and basic foodstuffs.
Mining and Metals
Here’s a safer, cleaner way to recover rare-earth metals from our old phones and laptops
This research is a positive step towards increasing the sustainability of rare-earth metals, while helping the supply chain in the digital revolution.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Embracing technology as a service will fuel the circular economy. Here's how.
Technology as a service generates significant growth opportunities for industry, as well as sustainable outcomes. It's a win-win situation, but requires strategic overhaul.
Circular Economy
This start-up has developed a way for businesses to quickly compost food waste
Composting food waste into fertilizer can be a lengthy process – but this Malaysian start-up has found a way to do it in just 24 hours.
SDG 13: Climate Action
4 ways the circular economy can help heavy industry reduce emissions
The majority of industry emissions comes from four material groups: Steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals. Circular economy solutions focused on these materials can help industry reduce emis...
Circular Economy
The circular economy transition is a billion-dollar opportunity for Africa: here’s why
New research shows that creating five new industries in Africa could pose the biggest opportunities for increased circularity in sectors that will support the economy, jobs, and the envir...
Circular Economy
This is how CO2 can be transformed into food for animals
A UK start-up is converting an industrial greenhouse gas into protein that can be fed to livestock, reducing the need for resource-sapping traditional animal feeds.
Africa
African Circular Economy Alliance Annual Meeting
Join on the 15 April 2021 at 10.00 CEST to hear from our panellists.
Circular Economy
17 innovations accelerating the transition to a circular economy
The world faces unprecedented challenges caused by our current approach to production and consumption. These innovators think they have the solutions to change that.
UpLink
This company recycles gold from electronic waste
New Zealand company Mint Innovation is using microbes to extract valuable metals like gold from powdered electronic waste.
Circular Economy
This start-up is recycling abandoned wooden homes in Baltimore
The Baltimore Wood Project reclaims wood from empty properties to create a circular economy - repurposing material, reducing landfill waste and providing much-needed jobs.
Plastics and the Environment
Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality
Women's inclusion in the waste sector needs to go all the way up to policy level to enable a plastic waste management sector that reflects gender parity.