Eco Policy Watch

Investors expect energy security and AI to accelerate renewables, with 75% citing Middle East conflict and 57% seeing AI benefits.

Yet challenges...

• Energy upgrades unlocked $43,150 in retroactive rebates and over $108,000 in annual savings for the 300,000 sq ft facility.
• Plastic film recycling...

New York’s new $37 million Commercialization Cohort will fund four stage-specific accelerators for clean energy startups, extending NYSERDA’s record...

Westfalia Fruit reports measurable progress on renewables—rising from 18% in 2021 to 58% in 2025—with a ~50% Scope 2 emissions cut and several...

• Republic Services' upgraded Forward Landfill facility now recycles up to 147,000 tons of food and yard waste annually into compost for farms and...

Digital transformation boosts green innovation in SMEs only under specific conditions, not by default.

• Absorptive capacity mediates the link: firms...

Longmont coordinates with jointly owned Platte River Power Authority to advance a shared 2030 goal of 100% carbon-free electricity.

• Voluntary...

Reduce and reuse sit at the top of the EPA waste hierarchy, ahead of recycling, because preventing waste beats managing it. Food scraps and soiled...

Can river-waste interception become a genuinely circular system rather than merely moving collected pollution elsewhere?

• The Musi Trap in...

Field surveys along the Gomeral Touristic Circuit revealed plastic as 44% of all waste, with 668 items at 95.5 per km, dominated by PET bottles (32%)...

Nepal generates 600 tonnes of plastic waste daily, with rugged terrain blocking collection and driving toxic open burning.

• Promise: P2G project...

PDI散装包装创新通过直接分配设计，省去桶装补充步骤，简化库存管理。

• 塑料减量：比标准桶装系统减少高达76%包装塑料，大型机构每年可避免数千磅塑料。
• 采购与运营：自包含包装减少SKU，适应现有推车，支持Sani系列消毒剂性能不变。
• 源头减量价值：包装、湿巾与消毒剂一体设计，在不妥协感染防控前提下降低废弃物。

肯尼亚塑料铺路项目显示出回收创新的潜力，但也暴露明显局限。

• 回收规模有限：内罗毕日产废物3085吨，仅15%被回收，Gjenge无法独自解决。
• 材料与耐久性：公司称其高密度聚乙烯混合砂块“强力替代”混凝土，但未提供长期耐久或安全数据。
• 源头减量风险：项目强调创造就业与循环经济，却未触及减少塑料生产本身的需求。

Brazil added 4.85 GW of capacity from January to August 2026, with 3.5 GW from solar projects out of 1.68 GW added in August alone across 15 solar...

Oakland County is advancing its 50% greenhouse gas reduction target by 2035 by purchasing renewable energy for 46 county buildings from the new Hart...

U.S. plastics processors lag globally on energy conservation because cheap electricity makes it just 6-7% of costs, reducing urgency for change.

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Updated Approved Methods for air pollutant modelling now deliver stronger thresholds to protect community health from industrial sites like mines and...

Indonesian firms convert dynamic capabilities, institutional stakeholder pressure, and consumer sustainability expectations into actionable green...

Hydropower now delivers critical system stability and flexibility for integrating variable renewables like wind and solar, moving beyond new capacity...

南非Eskom Green正通过招标寻找联合开发与投资伙伴，推进高达6GW公用事业级可再生能源及电池储能项目，首期将贡献至少2GW太阳能和1GW/4GWh储能。项目将以独立SPV形式采用有限或无追索权融资，五年期伙伴面板后续通过招标落地具体项目。