Ocean Conscious MerMade Launches First-of-its-Kind Recycling Bins Made From 100% Certified Ocean Plastic

In celebration of World Oceans Day, Los Angeles-based start-up MerMade is officially launching its flagship product, a 65 gallon recycling cart made from 100% certified ocean plastic. Founded with the goal to help clean our oceans by showing the world how useful ocean plastic can be, MerMade’s recycling bins each contain 3.5 pounds of fully traceable ocean plastic sourced through fellow L.A. company, OceanWorks. Each cart has a 10-year warranty and is itself 100% recyclable. The idea for MerMade was born in 2019 by ocean lovers Tessa Hayward, Matt Hartz,…

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Americares, Xylem Partnership Delivers Clean Water And Sanitation To 3.5 Million People In 10 Countries In 2020, Aiding COVID-19 Response

Xylem Watermark, the corporate social responsibility program of global water technology company Xylem Inc., and health-focused relief and development organization, Americares, aim to reach 1 million people in 2021, through their collaboration to improve access to clean water and sanitation. The program builds on the first year of the partnership, which delivered clean water and sanitation services to over 3.5 million people, helping to slow the spread of COVID-19. In 2021, the partners will provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure repairs and education to frontline healthcare workers and communities…

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First Plastics Pact in the Pacific region galvanises organisations across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island Nations for a circular economy for plastic

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact Network is pleased to welcome the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which includes Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. Led by the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), the ANZPAC Plastics Pact brings together 60 businesses, governments and NGOs from across the plastics value chain and throughout the region, towards a circular economy for plastic, in which it never becomes waste or pollution. APCO has worked closely with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WRAP UK, who brought expertise to the development process and support when…

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New Report states Nature Based Solutions (NbS) is an emerging institutional asset class

The Green Purposes Company, in partnership with Finance Earth, has published a ground-breaking report on the urgent need to accelerate and scale up investment in nature.  This report is published at a critical time: we are facing an environmental crisis with global wildlife populations plummeting and the impacts of climate change increasingly being felt around the world. It is estimated that the global need for biodiversity conservation financing will reach approximately $854 billion annually by 2030 in order to safeguard the natural environment. With current spending only around $130 billion…

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Recipe box meals use 23% less carbon than supermarket alternatives

Findings from environmental services company Foodsteps, reveal that dinners from leading recipe box Gousto, produce 23% less carbon emissions than equivalent meals from supermarket stores. A short supply chain and reduced food waste, contributes to each Gousto order saving 7kg of carbon dioxide (CO2e) emissions compared to the equivalent supermarket shop. In 2020 – a record year for sales – ordering from Gousto saved 40,000 tonnes of CO2e, which is like removing 4,905 cars from our roads for a year. If every home in the country replaced supermarket dinners with…

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