TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040, and most un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by consumer packaged goods. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

in 2035 and France in 2040. Norway will end sales of fossil fuel cars and light commercial vehicles by 2025. The Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia will follow suit with passenger cars in 2030, as will Denmark and the U.K.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 21, 2023

This is another step towards achieving 11GW of offshore wind by 2040 while creating a better future for the next generation.” With these grants, we are helping ensure equal opportunities for these sustainable careers are available to all workers in our state,” said New Jersey Department of Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040 , and the bulk of the un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by an enormous industry: consumer packaged goods (CPG). “People want to behave sustainably, but above that, they want products that they love.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040 , with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13 percent recycled. Unlike other alternate recycling solutions, Samsara’s process is performed at room temperature and is truly carbon neutral, operating it in a sustainable way, Riley said in the company’s statement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

However, countries in the region are eager to join the rest of the world in the shift to electric, and Kenya is among those that have committed to transition fully to zero-emission motor vehicles by 2040. The BRT is a bus-based public transport system that delivers fast, comfortable and cost-effective services within metropolitan areas.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, manganese, and other rare earth metals are in increasingly short supply as demand scales up – the demand for lithium alone is estimated to grow between 13-42x by 2040. On the cultivated meat side there have recently been regulatory breakthroughs giving us hope of these hitting the shelf soon.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I’m no policy wonk, nor do I put much faith in our current political landscape to enact sustained change (even though you’d really expect better ROI on the $Billions that Labor has funneled to Dem politicians over past few decades). It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? I don’t know.

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