2nd SIB Conference Report

SIB Conference

The aim of the conference was to provide a Meet, Learn and Share opportunity for all players in the Kenyan economy, both private and public, members o...

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Singapore aims to start drink container return scheme in 2024, targets 80 per cent collection rate

Singapore

Singapore consumers may find themselves paying an extra 10 to 20 cents (about 7 to 14 US cents) upfront for their colas come mid-2024, as authorities ...

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Reduce food waste with processing and packaging solutions

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This article is sponsored by Tetra Pak. It’s not hard to make the case for why tackling food loss and food waste is important to sustainability. About...

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Climate change’s top five tipping points are out! Tag yourself! I’m Greenland’s melting ice cap

Tipping points

There can be no more hiding, and no more denying. Global heating is supercharging extreme weather at an astonishing speed, and it’s visible in Kenya a...

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NGO retracts ‘waste colonialism’ report blaming Asian countries for plastic pollution

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An environmental watchdog has retracted an influential report that blamed five Asian countries for the majority of plastic pollution in the ocean. The...

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Plastic accounts for three-fourths of waste choking Jakarta’s rivers

Plastic Count

The Citarum River that skirts the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is infamous as the most polluted river on Earth. The rivers inside Jakarta aren’t in mu...

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How can we design happy and healthy buildings fit for future generations?

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This article is sponsored by VELUX The U.S. construction industry has a key role to play in ensuring global warming does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsiu...

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Frameworks must embrace carbon credits to spur transition to net zero

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If done right, frameworks will raise the standards of reporting and data disclosure about carbon offsets. Carbon credit ratings have a complementary r...

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This company wants your post-industrial textile waste

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verywhere Apparel wants to recycle your clothes. “The way we like to talk about our company is that we’re a full-stack materials company,&...

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This California law changes things for plastics in the state

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All businesses selling into California will need to integrate new sustainability requirements into their use of plastics and plastic packaging. Signed...

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