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...
