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Why putting used clothes in a recycling bin does not allow you to have a clear conscience

30/11/202430/11/2024 - Leave a Comment

A pair of pants spends much less time in our wardrobe than in the African landfill where it may end up after we leave it in a container, comforted by …

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Germany drafting regulations for Chinese online discounters, Capital reports

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BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Germany is drafting new regulations to ensure Chinese discount retailers such as Temu and Shein comply with standards for product safety, environmental protection, consumer rights, …

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In Southeast Asia, Ramadan is an online shopping bonanza

05/04/2024 - Leave a Comment

Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, and Tokopedia have more than half of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market. Shoppertainment, or content-driven commerce, is set to grow quickly with popularity of livestreams. Regulations could damp …

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How the Digitization of Money Is Changing Us

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Digitization has significantly reshaped our relationship with money. The convergence of technology and finance has led to a transformative shift in how we perceive, access, and interact with money in …

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Amazon’s emissions increased dramatically last year despite carbon neutrality goal

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Despite the company’s commitment to decrease its carbon footprint, Amazon’s emissions grew by 18 percent last year, according to the annual sustainability report it released today. While online shopping increased during the pandemic’s second …

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The Circular Economy and Electronics

17/02/2022 - Leave a Comment

The last couple of decades have witnessed an explosion in electronic consumer products. Our lives are now full of devices from smartphones to laptops, speakers, TVs, wearables, battery packs, and chargers …

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The Waste-Free World

27/04/202129/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

From the publisher: Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free …

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China’s economy grew in 2020, but only the rich are “revenge spending”

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China today reported 2.3% growth in GDP last year, making it the first and probably only major country whose economy expanded in 2020. But a marked decrease in consumer spending, …

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Spin Offs

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Tom Szaky started TerraCycle in high school to “end waste”. The company currently operates in 21 countries, working with some of the world’s largest retailers’ and manufacturers’ brands. In each …

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All is revealed

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Alessandra Mezzadri explains how productivity barely covers anything in fast-fashion prices. In April this year, the UK multi-channel retail brand Missguided advertised the sale of a £1 bikini. It was …

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