The United Nations has agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet.Nearly 200 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalize a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024.https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-as-un-set-to-deliver-a-global-treaty-on-plastic-waste-by-2024
In 2005, when the Founders of Elvis & Kresse learned that London's damaged decommissioned fire-hoses were headed to landfill, they set up their operation to save and recycle them.
For over a decade none of London’s fire-hoses have gone to landfill and over 300 tonnes of material has been reclaimed.
In 2017 the Burberry Foundation partnered with Elvis & Kresse to tackle the even greater global problem of leather waste. This Five-year partnership is resulting in 120 tonnes of leather off-cuts from Burberry being re-crafted into new luxury items, designed and sold by Elvis & Kresse.
https://www.elvisandkresse.com/pages/about-us-2
Amazon Fresh offers Just Walk Out Shopping. I saw this store today in London. You can only enter if you have an Amazon app and you scan the QR code at the gate to enter. Looks like this could be the future of grocery shopping.
In years gone by, Australian manufacturing had the benefit of cheap, abundant energy. This helped companies like BHP to build steel mills and for Boral to produce roof tiles, plasterboard, asphalt, and bricks. However, over the last 10 years, Australia’s high energy costs and declining energy security have impaired the ability of local manufacturers to compete globally.“The cost of energy in Australia has gone through the roof. It is pulling the handbrake on business and cutting the opportunities for the next generation of manufacturers. It is time for the nuclear option,” said Michael SharpeSee https://www.amgc.org.au/news/powering-up-australias-nuclear-skills-forum/
Polestar and AMGC, is calling on Australian and global suppliers, researchers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors to put forward the best cleantech ideas to assist with the development of a truly climate-neutral vehicle – a feat yet to be achieved by any automotive marque.
The vehicle, aimed to be launched in 2030 and code-named the Polestar 0 Project, will be developed with the single goal of eliminating emissions from the entire supply chain including all logistics and support functions rather than planting trees to offset CO2 emissions.See https://polestar.teamtailor.com/jobs/1568422-polestar-0-project/3cefb7c2-aa3a-4f97-ba2a-2559353e7a05
