Insights
Eat your packaging: greening the food chain with edibles
In 2022, biodegradable packaging materials accounted for around 9% of the global packaging market. A niche sub-segment within biodegradable packaging are edibles, whose materials are made from organic materials.
Agro-Waste startups tackle India’s plastic waste and smog
India is one of the top food producers in the world, up there with other global breadbaskets like China, the US and Brazil.
The Hague’s living labs yield practical insights into green transition
If you were asked to think about the global hotspots for the circular economy, the tech start-up hubs of the US’ east and west coasts may spring to mind. Yet the Netherlands, better known for tulips and canals, boasts perhaps…
Why EV makers want circular batteries
In 2019, JB Straubel left his role as Tesla’s chief tech officer to venture into the recycling business.
Who leads Europe’s circular economy?
Since 2022, advanced economies that have traditionally centred around services are turning their attention back to the making and procuring of commodities.
The US-China tech war: Will biotech be next?
If anyone had doubts that Cold War dynamics had re-emerged in the international arena, Biden put them to rest in October 2022 with draconian restrictions on computer chip exports to China. Dubbed a “watershed” moment in US-China relations, it promises…