This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bontu Yousuf, Specialist, National Platforms and Circular Economy, World Economic Forum The African continent faces a number of challenges to solving its plastic pollution problem despite being one of the lowest ranked in terms of global primary plastic […]4 promising approaches to eliminating plastic pollution in Africa
November 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bontu Yousuf, Specialist, National Platforms and Circular Economy, World Economic Forum The African continent faces a number of challenges to solving its plastic pollution problem despite being one of the lowest ranked in terms of global primary plastic […]Protecting environment and health: Commission adopts measures to restrict intentionally added microplastics
September 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission takes another major step to protect the environment by adopting measures that restrict microplastics intentionally added to products under the EU chemical legislation REACH. The new rules will prevent the release to the environment of about half a million tonnes of […]Why it’s time for a coordinated global approach to plastic pollution
June 2, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mark Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive Officer, Danone With the United Nations member governments negotiating on a plastics pollution treaty this week in Paris, the need for coordinated, consistent action across all private […]These refill innovations are stemming the flood of single-use plastics
April 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Global plastic production is 400 million tonnes a year and rising, while at the same time, recycling rates are slipping.One of the solutions that world needs now is more refillable containers.Here are some […]This is why microplastics should keep us up at night and what we can do about them
March 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Nina Jensen, Member of Friends of Ocean Action and CEO, REV Ocean, Declan Mc Adams, UpLink Top Innovator and Chairman, Pinovo With every new piece of scientific research, the scale and impact of plastic pollution become ever more glaring. […]8 inspiring innovations tackling plastic pollution
August 5, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Poonam Watine, Knowledge Specialist, GPAP, World Economic Forum Geneva The Global Plastic Innovation Network unveils its second cohort of geographically diverse innovators tackling plastic pollution, of which 50% are female-led.The bold innovations offer key solutions to tackling plastic […]Our waste is valuable: how one company is creating a circular economy for plastics
June 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jean-Marc Ollagnier, CEO, Accenture in Europe & Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Just 9% of the world’s plastics waste is recycled, yet plastics have a wide range of applications – from packaging to cars and textiles.Making […]Which priorities should a global plastic pollution treaty focus on? 5 leaders weigh in
May 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kristin Hughes, Director, Global Plastic Action Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva The United Nations Environment Assembly made history in March 2022, by adopting a resolution setting up the path to a legally binding […]These innovations are pulling plastic pollution out of rivers to stop it reaching our ocean. Here’s how
February 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Simon Torkington, Senior Writer, Formative Content Over 90% of the plastic waste in our oceans is discharged by just 10 rivers.Small, innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions to capture plastic from rivers.The projects are easy to deploy, […]It’s time to shift to net-zero emissions plastics
January 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Markus Steilemann, Chief Executive Officer, Covestro Plastics play a big role in daily life – and in the technology that will power the green transition.But they’re made from fossil fuel, and this accounts for 4-8% of global oil […]This start-up can turn dirty nappies into sustainable plastics
July 28, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content About 2 billion tons of household waste is generated a year.Almost 70% of it is sent to landfill or openly dumped.Tel Aviv company UBQ can recycle household garbage into reusable plastics.This can […]We can use plastics to change the world for the better
December 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lesley Van Staveren, Co-founding director, ReGen Plastics Plastic is often referred to as a material that needs to be eradicated. There is no doubt that the way we use plastics and our understanding of it as a resource […]Microplastics have spread right to the sea bed, study finds
June 20, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content Microplastics are pervasive from the surface to the seafloor and are probably entering the food chain. That’s the conclusion of a new study of plastic debris measuring less than 5 millimeters across carried […]
