Category: CGLR Dialogues

Shifting to a Circular Economy:
P&G’s iMFLUX Technology Increases Use of Recycled Plastic

December 18, 2020

“Plastic.” You’d think it was a four-letter word. You’ve seen the photos: a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in his nose, a Laysan albatross with a stomach full…

Fragile Infrastructure:
When Dams Fail

November 19, 2020

My wife answered the call on a rainy Tuesday evening in May. “Hey Jessie. Can I bring my family over to stay the night? We have to evacuate.” My brother-in-law…

Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative installs ‘Capture’Technology with support from Nova Chemicals

September 16, 2020

The recently-launched Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative is tackling plastic pollution in the Great Lakes with the largest deployment of Seabin and LittaTrap™ technology in the world The Great Lakes Plastic…

Great Lakes Company Powers Solar & Seeks to Become Even More Sustainable

August 25, 2020

Few people realize that an essential material for solar energy comes from the Great Lakes region. Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC), located in Hemlock, Michigan, is one of the world’s leading producers…

Wanted: Healthy Food Sustainably Sourced
for a Hungry World

July 29, 2020

More than thirty of the world’s largest companies positioned squarely in the global food chain call the binational Great Lakes economic region home. And, with agriculture one of the primary…