MacArthur Foundation
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| Presidents | John Palfrey |
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| Locations | Marquette Building |
| Chicago | |
| Illinois | |
| Endowment | 7 billion USD (12/31/2017) |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Founded | United States |
| Founders | Catherine T. MacArthur |
| John D. MacArthur | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1607125 |
About MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 50 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7. 0 billion and provides approximately $260 million annually in grants and impact investments.
The hunt for a new way to tackle clothing waste
... According to the UK s Ellen Macarthur Foundation, which campaigns for more recycling, every second there are enough garments thrown away to fill a rubbish truck, with less than 1% recycled into new clothes...
Could waste plastic become a useful fuel source?
... Dilyana Mihaylova, plastics programme manager for the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, says: " Our extractive, take-make-waste economy [means] billions of dollars worth of valuable materials are lost...
Second-hand tech booms as shoppers look for bargains
... " The linear economy has been the dominant way since the industrial revolution, " says Joe Isles, circle of design programme lead at the Ellen Macarthur Foundation...
Could 'invisible barcodes' revolutionise recycling?
... The trial involves a consortium of some of the world s biggest brands, including Procter & Gamble, Nestle and PepsiCo, who were brought together by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, a charity that aims to accelerate the transition to a circular economy...
Could 'invisible barcodes' revolutionise recycling?
Many of us struggle to figure out which items can be recycled while sorting our rubbish at home. Machines in sorting plants can have the same problem. This prevents many countries from achieving the recycling rates they would like.
But new "invisible barcode" technology is being piloted which aims to fix the problem.
The Trial involves a consortium of some of The World 's biggest brands, including Procter & Gamble, Nestle and PepsiCo, who were brought together by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation , a charity that aims to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
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Source of news: bbc.com
