GM, Johnson Controls teach G7 about circular economy thinking

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At the first US meeting of the G7's Alliance on Resource Efficiency, GM's 131 zero waste factories and Johnson Controls' recycling of batteries became lessons. Ford and 3M also shared practices

When finance ministers from the G7, the world's biggest industrial democracies, took up the circular economyin recent months, it became clear the concept has some economic heft. The G7 deals in economic...

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