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May 7, 2021

This is How Unilever Can Increase Profits While Saving the World From Plastic

A letter to Alan Jope, Richard Slater, Rebecca Marmot, and John Coyne Unilever is now in the position where its near-term future growth will largely depend on what happens in emerging markets. In 2019 these markets accounted for 60% of global turnover and much higher growth (5.3%) than the company experienced as a whole (2.9%) that year. Much of this future growth…

Plastic Pollution

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This is How Unilever Can Increase Profits While Saving the World From Plastic
This is How Unilever Can Increase Profits While Saving the World From Plastic
Plastic Pollution

4 min read


Apr 21, 2021

Plastic Pollution Sequestration in the Eastern Caribbean

A Pilot Study to Reduce the Impact of Tourism in the OECS — Summary We at EcoServ intend to put a bounty on unrecyclable plastic waste, which will then be heat-compressed into blocks and subsequently stored in a network of mini resource depots distributed around the islands of the Eastern Caribbean. A modest premium of 2 dollars (USD) per kilogram for single-use films…

Plastic Pollution

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Plastic Pollution Sequestration in the Eastern Caribbean
Plastic Pollution Sequestration in the Eastern Caribbean
Plastic Pollution

7 min read


Nov 14, 2020

Collection, Compression, and Sequestration of Plastic Waste

A solution to the global crisis in food packaging management Summary Plastic pollution is a serious and rapidly growing global environmental threat with potential implications for human health. In much of the world, mismanaged municipal solid waste levels are high, resulting in considerable levels of open dumping and burning. Globally, plastic recycling is hindered by low collection rates, high costs…

Plastic Pollution

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Collection, Compression, and Sequestration of Plastic Waste
Collection, Compression, and Sequestration of Plastic Waste
Plastic Pollution

20 min read


May 19, 2020

The Ocean Cleanup: Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The Ocean Cleanup has pivoted, or rather expanded its remit from a technically challenging mid-ocean plastic removal system to a riverine-based one, and while not quite yet at the source of the plastic problem, (that would be households) they are mopping closer to the taps. …

Environment

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No, Removing Plastic From Rivers Is Not Easy
No, Removing Plastic From Rivers Is Not Easy
Environment

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