Circular economy

• [New] Moving towards a more circular economy in which economic growth is decoupled from intensive resource use and waste generation will make a marked contribution towards achieving climate neutrality by 2050. / The European Sting - Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology - europeansting.com
• [New] Sinopec will look to cultivate the development of a circular economy and reduce the carbon footprint of products throughout their life cycle, and actively participate in global methane emission reduction actions. / Hazardex
• [New] The EU Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan, which, as an integral part of the European Green Deal, aims to support substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, contributes to achieving climate neutrality in 2050 and decoupling economic growth from resource use. / Sitra
• Over the next five years, MOL will spend US$ 1 billion on new, low-carbon and sustainable projects to become a key player in CEE in the circular economy and to get closer to its net-zero CO 2 emitter goal by 2050. / Green Car Congress
• The circular economy offers Australia the opportunity to generate $1,860 billion in direct economic benefits over twenty years and save 165 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2040, finds a new report from PwC Australia. / Holding Redlich
• Innovative Financial Initiatives for Africa will help close adaptation finance gaps, enhance access to existing finance and mobilize new public and private sector investment. / Global Center on Adaptation
• Fast Company cited companies measuring their progress on the circular economy as one of the seven ways the circular economy will grow in 2021. / GreenBiz
• Indonesia has an ambitious plan to reduce marine plastic leakage by 70% by 2025, as well as achieve near-zero plastic pollution by 2040 through transitioning to a circular economy for plastics. / The European Sting - Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology - europeansting.com
• Ireland has the opportunity to introduce systemic change in waste management through policy and planning to drive circular economy and climate action in Ireland. / Environment Protection Agency
• Technological innovations in plastic recycling are an opportunity for Australia to take a leadership role in creating a circular economy, where materials are produced, recycled and reused. / intheblack
• With a scope to reach climate neutrality by 2050, the EU Green Deal seeks to develop a long-term framework to accelerate the clean energy transition on all EU islands, as well as to support circular economy and biodiversity conservation. / European Parliament
• In the next five years, MOL will spend US$ 1 billion on new, low-carbon and sustainable projects to become a key player in CEE in the circular economy and to get closer to its net-zero CO 2 emitter goal by 2050. / Hydrocarbon Engineering
• The industry group American Chemistry Council has praised the emerging technology for the significant role it could play in a circular economy by reducing plastic waste and repurposing it into new products. / new-plant-based-plastics-can-be-chemically-recycled-with-near-perfect-efficiency
• A tracking and trading platform for textile waste working to promote the concept of circular economy, it is possible to replace 40% of waste materials from garment manufacturing with recycled fibres by 2030. / The Daily Star
• The CEP maps out a path to a circular economy for electronics by 2030, considering the value chain from manufacturing to logistics to material recovery. / Cosmos Magazine
• Top tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Dell have released a vision for a circular economy for electronics by 2030, in order to eliminate e-waste. / Cosmos Magazine
• A circular economy will play an increasingly important role in coming decades, contributing to reductions in energy consumption and increases in the efficiency of resource use, alongside improvements in material efficiency in industry due to innovations. / IRENA
• To safeguard reserves of raw materials, the BMW Group has set itself the goal of further increasing its percentage of recycled raw materials, so-called secondary material, by 2030 and using raw materials multiple times in a circular economy. / Automotive World
• Other factors that will come into play for circular fashion in 2021: practicing the future we want right now; investing in technology; and supporting legislation that would support a circular economy. / GreenBiz
• A McKinsey study demonstrates how a circular economy could boost Europe's resource productivity by 3% until 2030, allowing companies to save €600 billion in cost per year and generating an additional €1.8 trillion in other economic benefits. / Planetly

Last updated: 02 May 2021