{"id":251318,"date":"2024-05-20T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/earth911-podcast-ikeas-mardi-ditze-on-retailings-path-to-the-circular-economy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T13:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:21:19","slug":"earth911-podcast-ikeas-mardi-ditze-on-retailings-path-to-the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/earth911-podcast-ikeas-mardi-ditze-on-retailings-path-to-the-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth911 Podcast: IKEA&#8217;s Mardi Ditze On Retailing&#8217;s Path To The Circular Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article class=\"small single\">\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=60089981&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">IKEA is a global retail and furniture giant that has grown up with the modern era, defining a spare but elegant Nordic style that influences many of our homes. Mardi Ditze, IKEA\u2019s Country Sustainability Manager, joins the conversation to discuss how the company partners with customers to reduce, reuse, and recycle across its products\u2019 lifecycles. Mardi leads the IKEA team that is creating and implementing IKEA\u2019s climate goals, which include designing all products for a circular lifecycle, using renewable or recyclable materials in all its products by 2030, developing new circular services and the business models to support them, and collaborating with other organizations to lead the way to a sustainable economy by example.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364384\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-364384\" src=\"https:\/\/earthnew.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mardi-Ditze-inarticle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"335\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Mardi Ditze, IKEA\u2019s U.S. Country Sustainability Manager, is our guest on <i>Sustainability In&#8230;<\/i><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/podcast\/earth911-podcast-ikeas-mardi-ditz-on-retailings-path-to-the-circular-economy\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at earth911.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IKEA is a global retail and furniture giant that has grown up with the modern era, defining a spare but elegant Nordic style that influences many of our homes. 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