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David Newman
14 August, 2018
Life on Land,
Innovation,
and Infrastructure,
Industry,
Affordable and Clean Energy,
Climate Action,
Environmental Law and Compliance
Climate change: A scorching August update
Phew, what a scorcher! The Beast from the East was just a few months earlier! California burns. Australian farmers slaughter sheep and cattle as New South Wales is declared a 100% drought state.…
13 August, 2018
Waste,
Responsible Consumption and Production,
Plastics
The Chinese Sword and all hell has broken loose
No, this is not an article about ninja warriors but about how Chinese policies on waste have impacted recycling and waste management in the UK (and elsewhere). A bit of history...
03 August, 2018
Blog,
Waste,
Food Waste,
Circular Economy,
Climate Action
Why don’t we have food waste collections across the UK?
The recent report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA) that Defra was not considering mandatory food waste collections in England will disappoint many and make others happy. The losers will be…
01 August, 2018
Circular Economy,
Innovation,
Artificial Intelligence (AI),
and Infrastructure,
Industry,
Learning
The role of AI in sustainability
People have a perception of AI (Artificial Intelligence) which is negative – they are afraid of what robots and the invasion of privacy through technologies will do to our lives. They fear jobs will…
31 July, 2018
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20 July, 2018
Sustainable Cities and Communities,
Responsible Consumption and Production,
Circular Economy,
Innovation,
and Infrastructure,
Industry,
Events,
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Will the Circular Economy Save the Planet?' Of course it will
We had a really interesting time together at Ditto Sustainability's event on 27 June at the City of London offices of investor, IP Group. The subject of discussion was 'Will the Circular Economy save…
26 June, 2018
The role of AI in SustAInability
Dan Botterill, CEO of Ditto Sustainability, gave a seminar at the 2018 edition of edie Live. And talked about the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in driving forward the circular economy.…
15 May, 2018
Waste,
Responsible Consumption and Production,
Plastics
How much do we actually recycle? It cannot be possible!
The consultancy Eunomia published a report recently which lifts the lid on declared recycling figures. Their analysis finally gives some data credibility to what many of us already intuitively…