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Thought Leadership
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Papers published by Closed Loop Partners
Capital Landscape Study (2018) Study looking at the trends, gaps and impacts of financing for recycling infrastructure. Cleaning the rPET Stream (2017) Report that identifies recycling system interventions that reduce the cost of processing post-consumer PET, compared to producing virgin resin. ReFED (2016) Partnered on report on food waste solutions based on their ability to merge strong economic returns with optimal social and environmental benefit. Plastic Film Recycling (2016) National study to understand bottlenecks holding back recycling of post consumer LDPE film and multi-laminate film packaging recycling. Used Electronics Recycling (2016) Report on the e-waste landscape within the United States in order to understand types and quantities moving into the waste stream today and in the future. Circular Supply Chains for Plastics (2019) A landscape study of the transformational technologies that are turning plastic waste into building blocks for new materials
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Industry Leadership
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JUNE 2015
Closed Loop Partners and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation brought together leaders from government, corporations, recycling companies and innovative circular economy companies to share innovations and insights, and build connections across sectors.
Innovations in the Circular Economy
Co-hosted in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
OCTOBER 2017 DECEMBER 2018
Closed Loop Partners convened over 100 leaders from the largest cities, retailers, consumer goods companies, universities, and investment firms to discuss the
- pportunity to infuse significantly more
capital into circular supply chains.
Circular Supply Chains Summit
Co-hosted in partnership with Google
Closed Loop Partners convened 30 leaders from across the polypropylene (PP) value chain, all of whom are working to keep post- consumer PP in our curbside recycling programs and build more efficient and productive circular supply chains for North America.
Building Circular Supply Chains For Polypropylene In North America
Co-hosted in partnership with Keurig Dr. Pepper