In October last year, in India, the first recycling plant for construction and demolition waste was launched. The company Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited, together with the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, inaugurated the facility, which is located at sector-80, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, under a public-private partnership basis. As Indian media informed, it can recycle up […]
IBM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced their collaboration to design a new data platform hosted on IBM Cloud to help track plastic waste and recovery globally. According to the Alliance, the platform – called Plastics Recovery Insight and Steering Model (PRISM) – “will aim to serve as a single source of consistent […]
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), one of the leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been supporting the country’s effort towards driving energy transition at home and around the world by financing innovative renewable-energy projects. As reported, the fund has consistently increased its portfolio of such undertakings. By now, it has […]
In 2019 alone, five European national promotional banks and institutions and the European Investment Bank (EIB), which form the Joint Initiative on Circular Economy, provided a combined financing of 2.7 billion Euro for circular economy projects. The initiative, launched by the six largest public financial institutions in the EU, aims to finance at least ten […]
CELAB (Circular Economy for Labels) is an industry initiative founded by companies in the self-adhesive label industry. The aim is to create greater circularity for its products by enhancing and promoting matrix and release liner recycling worldwide. With a shared goal of creating a sustainable self-adhesive labeling industry, more than 30 companies from around the […]
Key patents were granted in several countries of the world as Ecogensus expands solutions for the circular economy. According to USA-based Ecogensus, a technology company in the resource recovery and waste management industry, it has been granted patents in several countries, including a patent for its proprietary coal-displacement fuel in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Argentina. […]
TradeCloud aims to bring the commodities industry into the digital world, leveraging technology to improve the trading experience and make it more accessible. Singapore-based company TradeCloud is a communications platform designed specifically for the physical commodities industry. By its own account, it provides a secure and compliant environment, open to all market participants. Furthermore, the […]
According to market research and business consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan, the e-waste management market in India is expected to offer major opportunities for existing as well as new participants in the market. With current levels of installed capacity catering just to 25 percent of the total e-waste generated in 2019, capacity additions are highly […]
A study on impact on businesses and policy responses. Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease pandemic, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims to raise awareness of the opportunities emerging from the crisis through increasing the uptake of e-commerce and digital solutions. At the same time, it has voiced concerns […]
The global spread of the Coronavirus not only disrupted international value chains. It has also accelerated the digitalization process in many countries around the globe. According to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), digital trade has an essential role in helping to mitigate some of the consequences of Covid-19. The benefits of digital […]