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May 30th 2019
Businesses that innovate towards a circular or sharing economy are predicted to grow from $14 billion in 2014 to $335 billion by 2025. How can companies unlock the economic benefits of low carbon growth? China’s increasing renewable energy investments overseas can lead to a global low-carbon economy, should this current trend continue. credit: REVE More businesses...
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Government confirms ban on sale and use of items from April next year  Plastic straws will still be made available for people with disabilities. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Plastic straws and drink stirrers, and cotton buds with plastic stems will be banned from sale and use in England from next April, the government has confirmed. The...
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The United States in 2019 will become the world’s largest market for grid-connected battery energy storage, as solar-plus-storage and peaking capacity requirements drive increased procurement, according to IHS Markit. Courtesy of NREL Deployments of grid-connected energy storage in the United States this year are expected to amount to 712 MW. This represents a near-doubling from 376...
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A UPS natural gas powered heavy duty class 8 truck.
Delivery giant UPS plans to buy a whopping 170-million-gallon equivalent of biogas converted from waste sources from provider Clean Energy over the next seven years to power its fleet of natural gas trucks, the company announced Wednesday. The contract is a big deal because it’s the largest of its kind in the United States. It...
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The business world has begun to realize the environmental and economic benefits of eliminating waste — for example, by redesigning products and processes or finding new life for existing products and materials post-use. This shift is laying the groundwork essential for building a global circular economy. REAL LIFE. REAL NEWS. REAL VOICES. Help us tell more...
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