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Bangkok Post - Toward zero waste

After a ban on plastic shopping bags, Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has set his sights on cups, straws and styrofoam food containers in a continued push to end plastic waste

The indoor urban farm startup that’s undercutting importers by 30%

Benjamin Swan, co-founder and CEO of Sustenir Agriculture, is an Australian living in Singapore who wanted to find a way to grow produce for his own salads. “I’d buy a bag of [imported] lettuce and within 24 hours you could literally watch the produce melt in the bag. It was just because of the time it took to get to us.” The exorbitant carbon footprint it takes to import food from abroad pushed Swan to consider indoor farming.

Demonstrating Circular Design FULL video

“If you want to go quickly go alone. If you want to go far go together”
In 2016 Sustainability Victoria gave a research grant to Monash University which enabled an analysis of flexible plastics in a railway sleeper environment. Sustainability Victoria are an invaluable partner and this grant was critical to the development of the Duratrack® sleeper. It is our goal to create a new industry in Australia.”

The Circular SCOR Model: Bizarre Theory or Accelerated Shift in Habits?

Organizations around the world are experiencing Industry 4.0 in full swing. Advancements in technology are happening faster than ever and digital solutions are increasingly more affordable. These new technologies will shift supply chain habits. Supply chain habits are found in the SCOR model, which has guided the supply chain practitioner community for over 20 years. When combined with the capabilities of Industry 4.0, these habits will accelerate the global transition to a global, circular economy at scale.

Commentary: Keeping trees where they are is a low-tech way to slow climate change

They don’t require complicated technology and they can store carbon for hundreds of years even after they die. This is why trees should stay where they are, say two climate scientists.

OREGON: Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon.

And unlike some strategies for cooling the climate, they don’t require costly and complicated technology.