The ubiquitous YKK Zipper will change for the first time in 100 years. Here is what to know

YKK Corp, the Japanese company has dominated zipper production over this period. It operates in 73 countries through 100 wholly-owned subsidiaries. YKK manufactures 10 billion zippers annually, and on ...
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If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production

Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...
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A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows

Costas Velis consults for organisations active in the waste, resources and circular economy sphere. He receives funding from UKRI, GCRF, NERC, ESRC, BBRSC, Royal Academy of Engineering, British ...