The Road to Net Zero: How Manufacturers Can Prepare For a Zero-Carbon Future
Consensus can often be difficult to reach. Whether around public policy or business actions, there are usually differing views, priorities and objectives that need to be aligned to reach agreement. As we look towards the future of manufacturing, there is one area where all stakeholders in the sector are united: the critical importance of decarbonizing […]
Water Circularity Put to Practice in a Water-Intensive Industry
The Great Lakes are an invaluable freshwater resource, holding eighty-four percent of North America’s fresh surface water, providing drinking water to more than 40 million people, and acting as the lifeblood that fuels much of the region’s economic activity. Green Bay Packaging (GBP), headquartered along an arm of Lake Michigan in Green Bay, Wisconsin and […]
Bringing Circularity to the Great Lakes Region and Beyond
As we consider the path to a more sustainable future for our region and world, we are faced with the challenge of navigating the way forward. One thing is certain: the process must be inclusive and empower everyone to be part of the solution. The way to make that happen? Build a circular economy. Circular […]
Sustainable Great Lakes: A Regional Assessment of Sustainability in the Binational Great Lakes Megaregion
For over fifty years, governments around the world, including in Canada, have discussed the importance of sustainability or sustainable development. One of the more prominent undertakings was the Rio Summit in Brazil in 1992, which led to the creation of Agenda 21. Subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2000, […]
Recovery, Resiliency, Regeneration:
The Path to a Circular Economy in the Great Lakes Region
Climate change and the circular economy are inextricably linked. We cannot address one without the other. The tr.ansition requires recovery, resilience, and regeneration
Green Batteries for Green Vehicles: Principles for Responsible Battery Management in Mobile Applications
Dr. Gregory Keoleian summarizes the 10 principles for green batteries, essential to Electric Vehicles.
The Waste Free World: How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, & Save the Planet
Ron Gonen’s 2021 book regarding the Circular Economy is based on his extensive work with the Closed Loop Fund.
Bringing the Circular Economy to Life in the Great Lakes
UBQ Technology Converts Plastic & Waste to New Plastic
By Derek Schaefer UBQ Materials Inc. is a certified B Corp headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, committed to the circular economy, with unique manufacturing technology to convert waste into thermoplastic material that can be used for the manufacturing of thousands of products. Made from materials otherwise landfill or incinerator-bound, it is itself recyclable. This is sustainability […]
Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste and Pollution
Announcing Circular Great Lakes by CGLR.
For Immediate Release:
Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste and Pollution
Press Release March 31, 2021: Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste & Pollution