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This week's newsletter offers the latest insights into #Bioenergy #Plastics&Packaging, #Investment #Circulareconomy, and #Regulation, covering topics that range from bamboo as a biofuel to haunted oceans and weather-resistant crops.
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Feature Articles from our journalists and contributors
Weather-resistant crops: the bioenergy fuel of the future #Bioenergy
Boosting crop resilience has been harnessed in the food industry for years to strengthen food security in the face of weather volatility from climate change and rising demand from an expanding global population. Now, this same principle is being applied to bioenergy crops. >> Read the article
Bamboo: A Substitute for Wood for Biofuel #Bioenergy
Seeing the possible benefits of using different types of energy created by bamboo, the CPI joined the local government and started a pilot project in February 2021 in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia; a chain of islands and islets where more than 85,000 people live. Now that the pilot has concluded, the CPI shared its amazing results. >> Read the article
Ghost nets: the plastic haunting our oceans #Plastics&Packaging
In the fight against plastic great attention has been paid to the terrestrial waste that finds its way to our oceans through landfill and littering, what about the plastic designed for use in our oceans?>> Read the article
Best of the Newsroom
💳 Recycled Ocean Plastics Could Be Your New Credit Card
Around 160 million payment cards are made each year and are replaced every three or four years, which makes for about 5.7 million tons of plastic, UK eco-startup Tred is a finance company that is fundraising to produce and offer debit cards made from recycled ocean plastic. #circulareconomy >> Read the article
⚖ Germany Pulls Tighter Grip on Supply Chains
In June, Germany’s Parliament passed a bill that will hold German multinational corporations accountable for all environmental and human rights abuses found in their supply chain. #regulation >> Read the article
🐄 US dairy industry launches pilot program to target net-zero emissions California’s dairy industry is one step closer to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, with Trinkler Dairy Farm selected as the first site for a pilot program looking to test novel methane-cutting technologies. The project - Dairy Scale for Good - is being undertaken by the Innovation Center for US Dairy under its Net Zero Initiative (NZI). The scheme has already received a $10m investment from Nestlé #investment >> Read the article
🧃EU single-use plastics ban comes into effect
Last week, ten single-use plastic (SUP) products including straws, cutlery, and cotton buds were banned in the EU, with the measure coming into effect on Saturday 3rd July. #Plastics&Packaging >> Read the article
Reads & Resources; what we're into this week
When the power of nature meets design. 5 amazing projects in Latin America, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, that are exemplary in showing how designers create economic opportunities from local natural resources. #Latinamerica #designcircular
Mobile's push towards circular.Sustainable announcements from last weeks mobile industry gathering at MWC Barcelona were led by Deutsche Telekom who are working with Samsung to develop a green 5G smartphone, and advance their partnership with Fairphone, the maker of modular devices. #5Ggreensmartphone #circulareconomy
Sustainability is the subject on everyone's lips, but few do it as well as Kamea Chayne in her podcast Green Dreamer, chatting to different sustainability innovators each episode. This week we loved episode 307 ‘Reviving seed-to-sew fashion systems based in community’, with CEO of Oshadi Collective Nishanth Chopra - an Indian organisation working to create a regenerative fashion and textiles industry. #greendreamer #sustainablefashion
Since the 1970's businesses and governments have invested heavily in algae biofuel but with little luck in creating any return. However, ExxonMobil is hell-bent on succeeding with Shell and Chevron has already left the race. Alternative energy is big business, but algae is not seeing the same level of investment as other alternatives like wind and solar power. Is ExxonMobil right to continue investing or is algae simply not going to be a viable source of future energy? This article raises interesting points. #biofuel #algae
Bio Market Insights will be keeping an eye on this story about insect meal to replace soy in fish and livestock feed, according to a new report published by the UK’s largest retailer Tesco and environmental charity WWF. #insectfeed #greenjobs
Magazine Feature
4 Sustainable Packaging Solutions Leading the Way Our editorial team takes a look at some awesome #packaging solutions having a huge impact throughout #plastics lifecycle, featuring Vegware, Aggarwal Biotech, Envision Plastics, and The Plastic Bank >> Read the article
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