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Resource recovery, reuse, industrial symbiosis, circular procurement, waste systems, and material transitions.
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Japan’s first review of its Fifth Fundamental Plan finds final disposal and circular-business growth broadly on track, while resource productivity, circular inputs, circular-use rates and public behavior need more work. The value lies in separating motion from sufficient progress.
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Japan's Environment Ministry has selected a Koriyama demonstration that links carbon capture at a municipal waste facility with regional conversion and use, testing whether public infrastructure can anchor a local carbon-utilisation chain.
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Australian federal, state and territory ministers have agreed national principles for reusing surplus government information and communications technology devices.
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Indonesia plans 11 waste-to-energy facilities to enter service progressively through 2028.
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Regions of the U.S., and overseas, are facing energy-water nexus pressures. Read how utilities are implementing demand management strategies.
Read analysisThe Nordic Ecolabel is successful 25 years because of evolving criteria that accounts for resource efficiency, climate change and new chemicals.
Read analysisUnder Europe 2020, Amsterdam is leading the way in resource efficiency by reducing water-energy nexus pressures.
Read analysisThe average French citizen throws out 20-30kg of food a year. To reduce this, France is cracking down on food waste through severe penalties.
Read analysisAmsterdam's renewable energy aspirations will contribute to economic growth and an affordable residential and business environment.
Read analysisIn Europe there is a move towards a circular economy. Two leading examples are the Netherlands and UK.
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