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Startups Accelerating Circular Economy for a Sustainable Bharat

Survey Report | July 2024 New Delhi, India India is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy, entering a crucial phase in its sustainable development journey. As the nation aims for economic growth and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enhancing waste management infrastructure and transitioning to circular practices becomes increasingly urgent. A circular …

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New AI recycling solution is good news for the circular economy

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Sorting post-consumer waste is one of the key steps towards creating a circular economy for the materials we produce. According to Plastics Europe over 10 million tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste is sent for recycling every year, yet 65% of this plastic waste is still going to energy recovery or to landfill. Over the last …

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New $65k circular design competition open to students worldwide

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The 2025 edition of the international ‘Wege Prize’ design competition is now open to college and university students worldwide. Led by the Wege Center for Sustainable Design at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD), the annual five person team competition asks students to collaborate ‘across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries …

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Berlin-based Grover secures €50 million to make rental commerce lead the circular economy

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Grover, a market leader in rental commerce for consumer electronics, announced the completion of a bridge financing round in which a total of €50 million was raised. For the first time, the investors in this financing also include Cool Japan Fund (CJF), a public-private fund from Japan. Existing investors such as Energy Impact Partners, Korelya, …

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India should be leading the Global South to a circular transition!

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With India being viewed as an engine for global growth, along with a growing culture of innovation and technology, it has the potential to support a circular transition in the Global South. New Delhi, July 15th, 2024. The New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration at the G20 served as an example of India’s growing influence and its …

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Can new 3D printing options tackle scourge of plastic pollution?

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Innovators may have contradicting opinions regarding plastic packaging. On the surface it is an accessible option, benefiting corporate resilience and customer affordability. But microplastics pollute oceans, impact human health and worsen climate change. Balancing plastic’s perk with a more eco-conscious composition may now be possible though, thanks to advancements in 3D printing. Closing in on …

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New passport lets people talk to the circular economy

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Europe’s transition to a circular economy took a giant leap forward this week after lawmakers approved new ecodesign legislation that will transform the way products are traded in the EU. Circular products will become the rule rather than the exception, with industry now set on a path to ‘think circular from the very design conception …

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Here’s what the new circular fashion industry looks like

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The new What Goes Around Comes Around exhibition in Amsterdam is showcasing the best of circular fashion. On at the soon to be retired Fashion for Good (FFG) museum, it displays the range of regenerative fashion emerging from the chrysalis of an industry responsible for 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Clothes maketh the …

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Europe’s new world of innovation

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A special edition of Innovators Magazine was released in the European Parliament in Brussels this week. It explores the past, present and future of Europe’s 21st century innovation story, and how every decade of it has been shaped by the ingenuity and drive of the Knowledge4Innovation Forum (K4I Forum) in the European Parliament. Join European …

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Fashion for Good museum is going out in style

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Fashion for Good (FFG) is synonymous with the world of regenerative fashion. This month we reported the impact being made by the Amsterdam-based platform’s investor network, which since 2017 has ploughed €1.9 billion into reshaping the future of the industry. Now, as it plans for the next stage in its evolution, FFG is bringing the curtain …

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