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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

By 2013, following several years of studying, research and development, Hijosa had a Ph.D., Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex. Producing just 2.69

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

Except for one thing: nothing in that house was wasted. Cities are incredibly wasteful places. And then there’s the waste that results from poor policy and planning: roads clogged with single-driver SUVs, suburbanites commuting hours to work, the unhoused having to pitch tents in parks for lack of affordable housing.

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Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Is the Circular Economy?

3BL Media

This includes waste reduction and the environmental impact of packaging, such as using recycled paper and cardboard. This increasing gap is also evident in the European Environmental Bureau findings that more than 13 million tonnes of electrical and electronic equipment were sold in the EU in 2021 – an increase of over 85% since 2013.

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Whole Planet Foundation Announces $10,000 Fund Donors

3BL Media

Their work includes maternal health care, education, reforestation, and regenerative agriculture. Cedar’s has been a proud supporter of Whole Planet Foundation since 2013, helping to fund economic opportunities for microentrepreneurs to change their own lives. “It With Appreciation.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

With Michael Braungart, 2013. Ellen MacArthur has adopted biological, technical, restorative, regenerative. So, I just see the obvious, like when I first said "waste equals food." It had shutters and skylights operated by children so they could let the sun in, keep the sun out, put them to bed at night, that kind of thing.

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Winners of the Futur/io CSO Awards North America Revealed in New York

3BL Media

Sophie has been advancing IP's planet stewardship initiatives since 2013, serving in various roles throughout her time with the company. About Futur/io Institute We believe in co-creating desirable futures where ideas and innovation drive a regenerative economy that benefits people and the planet within the planetary boundaries.

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On the road to greater water resilience

Sustainability Matters

Since 2013, extensive modernisation works have replaced and automated ageing water delivery infrastructure, saving hundreds of gigalitres of water and increasing food security. We need to prioritise solutions that are regenerative and circular, that are deeply connected to place and that have more scope for community benefit,” Brown said.

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