Imagined Earth takes #recycling to a new level. Reverse Vending Machines- a first in South Africa. Imagined Earth encourages recycling by offering rewards.
"It’s easy to think that you, as one single person, can’t make a difference with an issue as overwhelming and all-encompassing as climate change. But sometimes, one person is all it takes to start a movement"
"No plastic shopping bags" in shopping centres by 1st January 2020 announced by Liberty Two Degrees which owns some of South Africas largest shopping malls.The CEO OF L2D stated "Change starts with us" This is news worth celebrating! 📷Amelia Beatti
The 3Rs can be applied to any industry from food to fashion & more. Nike has a zero-waste attitude towards a circular economy. Amongst many other efforts, they have a REUSE-A-SHOE programme where they recycle shoes & give them new life from one pair to the next... #PURPOSEMOVESUS
Imagined Earth strives for ecological consciousness in our customers - so let us all Reduce plastic use and general waste in our lives, Reuse where we can, and what we cannot reduce or reuse, we can #RECYCLE .
We are sure you have heard about #ReduceReuseRecycle - the 3 R's. Have you ever thought about how it really works & how you can make a change by incorporating these three R's into your life?
"We believe that the future of fashion is circular - it will be restorative and regenerative by design and the clothes we love never end up as waste". @StellaMcCartney is committed to operating her business responsibly. #circularfashion#circulareconomy
There are real examples of how things are already being done differently and where specific single use applications for plastics are being eliminated from the system. #circulareconomy
QUESTION: If you had the power to ban just one thing from cities in order to make them MUCH better, OTHER THAN CARS (too easy), what would that one thing be?
South Africa is looking at introducing a national plastic straw ban.Although consumers have made a large effort to #refuseTheStraw,Department of Environmental Affairs is looking at a complete ban,while also looking at replacement options.#CircularEconomy
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Great to see big tech companies getting behind sustainability drives. If you are in SA, check out the work @ImaginedEarth are pioneering. #sustainablefuture#tech https://t.co/U63oiuQsQV
At the 2018 Summit, Jessi Baker discusses tracking products through the supply chain, and the importance of transparency in the production processes in order to establish a #circulareconomy
The 2020 Olympics will be taking place in Tokyo-as part of doing good, they’ve asked citizens to donate old electronics which will be broken down & used to make the bronze, silver & gold medals. 👏 They are aiming at 100% #recycled materials... great initiative 📷: @GoodThingsGuy
Hansjorg Wyss donated $1 Billion to protect 30% of the planet by 2030.He called on citizens to narrow the "gap between how little of our natural world is currently protected & how much should be protected". https://t.co/vUnd39ebcM @wyssinstitute#Sustainability#circulareconomy
What are the indicators for a #circulareconomy? | Antoinette Guhl explains that in order to change the economic system, collaborative research is needed now to highlight what needs tackling
There are six natural resources found on Earth: water, minerals, natural gas, oil, coal and air. Out of necessity, recycling has joined as the World’s Seventh Resource. PETCO firmly believes in sustainability and today, on International Biodiversity Day, we ask you to #do1thing