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The vaping craze sweeping the globe is leaving a legacy of contaiminated e-waste in landfill while waste management authorities scramble to set up recycling schemes.
The planet is entering its sixth mass extinction event. This global nature summit is our best change to stop this tide of destruction.
Product standards have real power. We could use them to reduce waste at every part of the plastic lifecycle.
It’s important to look at the whole value chain in the plastics economy, starting with design of products that can be reused and recycled.
Japanese people had to rely totally on materials already present within the country.
A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a take-make-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.
Plastic waste is a huge problem. To fix it, we need systemic change, not just a focus on picking it up or recycling plastic once it becomes rubbish.
The inside of story of a pioneering programme to convert nitrogen into microalgae that can generate sustainable animal feed.
Representatives of 175 countries voted to start developing a global treaty to reduce plastic waste. Treaties addressing mercury, long-range air pollution and ozone depletion offer some lessons.
New production methods, consumer trends and good ideas have the potential to bring manufacturing back into city centres. Can it coexist with housing?
There are myriad benefits to recycling human waste but our reluctance seems to be based on distaste.
Canada could become a global leader in the supply of materials needed for renewable energy systems if it finds ways to control the environmental footprints associated with their extraction.
It’s not just about finding bargains.
One-tenth of global emissions result from the production and supply of building materials – and the construction process itself.
Plus, why reusable food containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
New Zealand plans to shift to a circular economy but planning is split between agencies, is inconsistent and and contradictory, and it perpetuates a business-as-usual approach.
Many argue that the end of the pandemic is an opportunity to move towards a circular economy in clothing.
Financial accounts don’t currently factor in environmental problems.
Carbon emissions from maritime shipping and port activities are on the rise. But city ports are finding ways to reduce their carbon footprints and reconnect with nearby cities.
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Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Fashion, Marketing and Sustainability, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor, Global Management Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster
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Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Science Leader, CSIRO
