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Cisco's Sustainability 101: What Is E-Waste?

3BL Media

Instead of helping you listen to music, they have now become what is sometimes referred to as e-waste. The European Commission explains that E-waste contains a complex mixture of materials, some of which are hazardous. These can be recycled and re-used if the waste is effectively managed. How much e-waste is there?

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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag. For example, back in May, Timberland announced that it planned to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches, which have 600,000 acres that have been transitioned to regenerative practices.

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Regenerative Business: From Theory to Practice

GreenBiz

Regenerative Business: From Theory to Practice. How can diverse stakeholders move beyond designing out waste and keeping products in play, to regenerating local economies and natural systems? The promise of a circular economy includes so much more than just designing out waste and keeping molecules in play.

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State of the Circular Workplace 2023: A Green Standards Report

GreenBiz

Major corporations, innovative startups, ambitious non-profits, and industry associations are making progress toward the idea of the zero-waste office, and they share their best practices in this new report by Green Standards.

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

Currently, five golf organizations have joined: the United States Golf Association (USGA); Waste Management Phoenix Open; The International Golf Federation; World Minigolf Federation; and Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. We need more sustainability commitments from golf equipment manufacturers. Particularly, Laguna L?ng In the U.S.,

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Disrupting Waste Management in Emerging Markets: Four Lessons for Strengthening Businesses While Empowering Women and Communities

James Militzer

This is especially relevant for the waste management sector , which is further burdened by negative connotations associated with being a garbage collector or working for a garbage collection company. Located in Nairobi, Junky Bins aims to mitigate environmental pollution and disease while fostering employment.

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Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy?

GreenBiz

Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy? Three years ago, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University at Buffalo, Clean Production Action (CPA) and Niagara Share created the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE). Krishna Rajan.

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