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George Kariuki
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The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger. It’s an all too familiar feeling: You’ve rushed out the door, and halfway to your destination (or perhaps just as you’ve arrived) you find your pocket empty. Your keys, your wallet, your cell phone — whatever the missing object, it’s not just desired, it is essential. And as the realization of its absence dawns, your stomach sinks and panic sets in. For those of us who strive to reduce our day-to-day impact, that feeling has a funny habit of creeping up at the grocery store when we realize we’ve left our reusable bags at home, in the car or who-knows-where-else. The unfortunate truth is: It’s easy to forget to reuse. I won’t bore you with the ever-expanding reasons why single use is bad, especially when looking at single-use plastics and bags. I can’t imagine there is anything I could write about the negative impacts on people and planet you haven’t heard a hundred times over. But in spite of this rampant knowledge, switching to reusable bags isn’t easy. The proof is in the pudding in New Jersey, where a strict ban on single-use bags took effect at grocery stores in May. Instead of spurring a reduction in bag consumption, the bill unexpectedly led New Jerseyans to purchase and hoard reusable bags at an alarming rate. It turns out Americans are particularly addicted to the single-use plastic bag, consuming an average of 365 bags per person per year. Shifting to reusables does not come naturally in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Compare that with Denmark, where citizens consume an average of 4 bags per year and one has to wonder: Is it easy to forget reusable bags or is it simply a behavior Americans have unlearned? The goal of the Bring Your Own Bag Pilot is to determine how collective retailer action can encourage customers to bring their own bag… In parallel, the goal of the Returnable Bag Pilot is to measure how well the returnable bag system resonates ... Behind the world's largest pilot for reusable bags | Greenbiz The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger. https://www.greenbiz.com/article/behind-worlds-largest-pilot-reusable-bags
Behind the world's largest pilot for reusable bags | Greenbiz
The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/behind-worlds-largest-pilot-reusable-bags
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The world economy is in crisis, and the frighteningly low circularity of just 7.2% indicates that since the previous year's report, our reliance on raw materials from virgin sources has grown. This is a serious issue because it not only strains the resources of our world but also seriously harms the ecosystem. These materials' extraction and usage deplete natural resources, contribute to climate change, and worsen other environmental problems including pollution and biodiversity loss. Read more here: https://www.renewablematter.eu/articles/article/circularity-gap-report-2023-heres-why-global-circularity-has-dropped-to-7-2
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Excellent reporting...It seems like the circular economy concept should be accorded more attention and reliance on virgin raw materials for manufacturing be highly discouraged...A literacy campaign,laws and policies would be effective in ensuring that it does gather traction.
Sarah Chabane
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The global economy is in a crisis, with an alarmingly low circularity of just 7.2% meaning that our dependence on materials from virgin sources has increased since last year's report. This is a major concern as it not only puts a strain on our planet's resources, but it is also causing severe damage to our environment. The extraction and use of these materials cause a depletion of natural resources and contribute to climate change and other environmental issues such as pollution and loss of biodiversity. The current recycling-based approach is not enough to combat this issue and we need to transform our relationship with materials. We need to shift towards a circular economy model, which focuses on keeping resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating them at the end of each service life. The report highlights 16 circular solutions that can be implemented across four key systems: food systems, the built environment, manufactured goods and consumables, and mobility and transport. These solutions if implemented can reverse the overshoot of five of the nine key planetary boundaries and help us to maintain thriving ecosystems for water, land, and air, and limit the global temperature rise to within 2 degrees. In this circularity effort, each country has a different starting point and will progress at a different pace but if all together they can make a significant impact. Read more about the Circularity Gap Report 2023 👇 https://www.circularity-gap.world/
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So sad. The 3 R should be implemented
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7.2! That's very bad
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This is alarming. The world resources are being depleted instead of conserving them by extending the life of what we produce.
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Awesome
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This sounds extra great
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Great initiative