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As the world has become more aware of how closely we are connected to nature, each country starts to implement resolute policies to stop pollution and preserve what is left. Among them, California is surely the leading state in the U.S. to act fastest for the environment. The European Commission passed the introduction of the plastic tax in 27 member countries and China recently announced a stringent regulatory policy to limit the production and sale of undegradable single-use plastic by stages.   While California strives for the sustainable society by emphasizing eco-friendly consumption, they introduced more delicate and specific legislation in late September, setting stringent standards and requirement to promote a product’s material and organic recyclability. Let’s take a close look at California’s effort to achieve the resource circulation cycle.   1. ‘Biodegradable’ Product? Prove it with accurate data first! The state of California announced the legislation ...

  ASEIC, ASEM Eco-Innovation Center held the second Ecothon on October 7th. Let’s take a close look on the program pursuing global sustainability and its host institution, shall we? ASEIC and Ecothon ASEIC is an international cooperation organization established in 2011 to promote the sustainable growth of SMEs of the 51 countries in membership in Asia and Europe and is jointly operated by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in Korea. Among various cooperative projects, ASEIC designed the Ecothon, a business starter competition, to support less developed countries with institutional and economical resource to spread the awareness on ‘SCP: Sustainable Consumption and Production’. It was first held in Cambodia last year.   This program is subjected to a prep entrepreneur or a start-up at the beginning stage. Ecothon collects innovative ideas in regard to SCP and provides supports to develop these ideas to make it more practical. It includes lectures on entrepreneurship and...