… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) … Please send your application materials no later than 11:59 PM on January 30, 2022. Environmental Innovation Circularity Bag to the Beginning: Scaling Up a Circular Economy Solution … Jan 05, 2022 Bag to the Beginning: Scaling Up a Circular Economy Solution New independent study …
… TerraCycle is not a typical recycling company—it’s a marketing company that develops recycling solutions and serves as a model for … help divert waste from landfills. Marian Chertow, a professor of Industrial Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment, points out that elsewhere, people are “willing to sort their … Apple has already begun; diverting over 39000 metric tons of e-waste from landfills in 2020. They have also recovered 1 metric ton of gold and copper from old iPhones, the …
… Last year was dubbed the year of the special-purpose acquisition company (“ SPAC ”) and the trend is still going strong (despite some recent “ SPAC-lash ”). In 2020, about 200 SPACs went public, raising a total of US $64 billion in funding. This year, … transition to a low-carbon economy. For more background on SPACs, check out this article by Yale lecturer and SPAC investment officer Dan Gross. To dive deeper into the world of SPACs, …
… compostable mailers made from corn starch and PBAT, a bio-based polymer. The company’s pitch at Startup Yale2021 earned it the Yale Center for Business and Environment’s (CBEY) Sabin Sustainable …
… person uses their weight in plastic every single year Dharia and Heller’s Green Gear Supply Company has a vision for “a world free of single-use plastics, where petroleum is no longer … and figuring out how to more reliably meet customer needs. For example, since February 2020, nearly all of their distribution channels have been moved to the United States. The … this would have been tricky without the support of environmental innovation grants throughYale’s Center for Business and the Environment. Placing a large order for packaging? They …
… of the apparel industry. These $10,000 venture grants are disbursed annually by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to provide funding and mentorship to new … of clothes produces 20% of industrial water pollution. Additionally, the trend of “fast fashion” continues to grow: globally, 80 billion pieces of new clothing are consumed … orders and continue to grow." - Monika Dharia, cofounder of GreenGear GreenGear Supply Company, co-founded by Russell Heller (YC ‘19), Monika Dharia (Duke) and Alan Yu (Brown), …