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Imagine a Future Without Single-Use Plastics

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 06:12 AM PST

If producing plastic waste were a race, Japan would be rushing for the gold medal. Japan and the United States both rank the highest per capita for plastic packaging waste in the world. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration set a goal to reduce Japan's plastic waste production by 25 percent by 2030 and recent […] Related posts: Hitting the Brakes on Plastics in China's Food Delivery Industry: Q&A with Zheng Xue and Sherry Lu of Plastic Free China Developing Data-Driven...

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The Care Economy is the Backbone of the Economy

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 09:01 PM PST

"Pandemic recovery plans cannot simply work to bring economies back to their pre-COVID status," said Katrina Fotovat, Senior Official in the Office of Global Women's Issues at the U.S. Department of State. She spoke at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center's Maternal Health Initiative and Middle East Project in collaboration with EMD Serono, […] Related posts: The Cost of Care: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Exacerbated the Baby Bust Women's Work is Essential and Undervalued During...

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