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https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/04/20/a-designer-just-fixed-foundations-biggest-waste-problem/
A Designer Just Fixed Foundation’s Biggest Waste Problem - Yanko Design
Apr 20, 2026 - Most sustainable beauty products come with a visual apology. You know the look: matte recycled paper, utilitarian shapes, a general aesthetic that signals good...
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https://www.vogue.com/article/can-on-demand-manufacturing-solve-fashions-waste-problem
Can on-demand manufacturing solve fashion’s waste problem? | Vogue
Apr 29, 2021 - Companies specialising in the technology say they’re seeing rising demand after the pandemic as inventory problems became clear. But on-demand at scale has...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenitygibbons/2021/10/21/how-companies-are-addressing-the-e-waste-problem/?sh=6336a0ed7c21
How Companies Are Addressing The E-Waste Problem
Jun 3, 2024 - Despite receiving limited public attention, the world is in the midst of a massive crisis of “e-waste.” The main problem is that people haphazardly throw their...
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https://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/todays-headlines/indonesia-faces-a-plastic-packaging-crisis-and-it-s-not-the-waste-problem/item9911
Indonesia Faces a Plastic Packaging Crisis (And It's Not the Waste Problem) | Indonesia Investments
Besides high oil prices, another problem Indonesia faces due to the Iran War is the scarcity of raw materials for plastic packaging manufacturing.
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https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/10/feature-waste-not
The Food Waste Problem | Harvard Magazine
Feb 8, 2022 - Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.
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https://www.adexchanger.com/content-studio/programmatic-videos-waste-problem-is-a-growth-lever-if-we-choose-to-pull-it/
Programmatic Video’s Waste Problem Is A Growth Lever – If We Choose To Pull It | AdExchanger
Mar 31, 2026 - It’s widely reported that anywhere from 20% to 30% of programmatic video spend is lost due to supply-side misrepresentation, invalid traffic and low-quality...
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https://www.storybench.org/how-marco-hernandez-visualized-the-planets-plastic-waste-problem/
How Marco Hernandez visualized humanity’s plastic waste problem — and changed the way we think...
Jan 25, 2023 - Around the world, the human race manufactures and sells nearly 1 million plastic bottles every minute. That means each year, we produce over 480 billion...
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https://roanoke.com/exclusive/article_c64812ff-5ec0-527c-84ec-a4843038ed83.html
America's Paper Waste Problem Is Getting Worse, Not Better
Despite decades of recycling campaigns, U.S. paper waste has plateaued or reversed in key categories. Here's where the biggest gaps are and what businesses can...
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https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/06/small-nuclear-reactors-waste-problem-study/
Small Nuclear Reactors Still Have a Big Waste Problem – Mother Jones
By many measures, the new designs may create more, not less, refuse that's too hot to handle.
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https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Bitcoin-poses-major-electronic-waste/97/i11
Bitcoin poses major electronic-waste problem
A global race for the cryptocurrency is consuming vast amounts of energy and materials
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https://icis.shorthandstories.com/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-plastic-/index.html
Plastics aren't the problem, waste is
For 150 years ICIS has charted the price of the most versatile material on earth
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https://www.wrap.ngo/what-we-do/prevent-problem-packaging
Prevent problem packaging | WRAP - The Waste and Resources Action Programme
We’re redesigning the plastics system, across the value chain — preventing waste and keeping the material out of the environment.
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https://eit-campus.eu/course/raw-materials/inclusive-and-sustainable-e-waste-recycling-global-solutions-for-a-growing-problem
Inclusive and Sustainable E-Waste Recycling: Global Solutions for a Growing Problem - EIT Campus
Oct 3, 2025 - This online course provides you with the knowledge to manage e-waste responsibly, protect health, and support local economies through environmentally sound...
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https://sosv.com/unspun-vega-3d-weaving-machines-aim-to-fix-apparel-waste-and-huge-carbon-footprint/
unspun's Weaving Machines Aim to Fix Apparel's Waste and Carbon Problem - SOSV
Aug 1, 2024 - Funded with $57 million from DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital and SOSV, among others, unspun aims to eliminate 1% of global carbon emissions
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https://thunderdungeon.com/2026/04/27/when-your-free-time-is-a-scheduling-problem-weve-got-hobby-memes-to-waste-time/
When Your Free Time Is A Scheduling Problem We've Got Hobby Memes To Waste Time
Hobby memes about trying to find little hobbies as an adult these days—by Laura Bennett, Updated on April 27, 2026.
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https://icis.shorthandstories.com/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-plastic-/index.html?intcmp=carousel-link_how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-plastic
Plastics aren't the problem, waste is
For 150 years ICIS has charted the price of the most versatile material on earth
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https://www.zerocarbon.vc/news/exergy3-raises-10m-seed-round-to-decarbonise-industrial-heat-tackling-grid-constraints-and-energy-security
Industrial decarbonisation has a heat problem. The grid has a waste problem. Exergy3 just raised...
We are proud to announce our continued investment in Exergy3’s £10 million Seed round, led by Axeleo Capital. Exergy3 bridges the gap between grid waste and...
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