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global threats brought about by climate change and the pandemic have only underscored the urgency of address- ing our current system. The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag is a pre-com- petitive collaboration committed to reimagining the retail bag and creating a more circular delivery system. Unveiled in July 2020, the Consortium’s Beyond the Bag Initiative is an ambitious three-year undertaking that aims to identify and scale innovative alternatives to the single-use plastic re- tail bag. Consortium Founding Partners CVS Health,Target andWalmart committed $15 million collectively to the bold collaboration, with the goal of driving transformational change.The Consortium has welcomed additional partners DICK’S Sporting Goods,Dollar General,The Kroger Co.,The TJX Companies, Inc., Ahold Delhaize USA Brands, Albert- sons Companies, Hy-Vee, Meijer,Wakefern Food Corp., and Walgreens, who have joined in its mission. Global Recycling Foundation Fights Electronic Waste Electronic waste should now be regarded as the great- est threat to our planet, according to the Global Recycling Foundation. The United Nations has already warned that the current 53 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year will more than double by 2050 making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world. “It may already be too late to stem the tide of the mil- lions of discarded smart phones and other electronic waste from fridges and TVs to microwaves and PC monitors,” said founding President of the Global Recycling Foundation, Ranjit Baxi.“It is not just the items themselves but the irre- placeable precious metals and dangerous components like lithium-ion batteries, cadmium, lead and mercury, flame re- tardant chemicals and corrosive acid that are used in their manufacture. It amounts to so much toxic waste which if not professionally recycled ends up on waste dumps.” According to the Foundation, thousands of containers of plastic and electronic waste are shipped annually around the world to countries which are already incapable of handling the mountains of waste arriving in their ports every year. Over the past 5 years e-waste has grown to 53 million tons and is projected to reach 74 million tons by 2030. Only about 10 million tonnes of e-waste annually is recy- cled, and precious metals valued at more than $55 billion are not recovered and are either dumped or burned. Burn- ing of e-waste produces more than 100 million tons of CO2 emissions. General Kinematics Acquires Schwingtechnik General Kinematics (GK), a vibratory equipment manufac- turer and system integrator located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, has acquired the Cyrus Schwingtechnik business unit, locat- ed in Recklinghausen, Germany. Cyrus provides modular vi- bratory machines for conveying and screening technology.
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