The Green Recovery: how Australia can close the recycling loop – video
A circular economy – also known as closing the loop – is when used items don't end up in landfill, but instead become the building blocks for new … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: The Green Recovery: how Australia can close the recycling loop – video The Green Recovery: how Australia can close the recycling loop […]
Circular economy strategies and roadmaps in Europe: Identifying synergies and the potential for …
Circular economy strategies have been under development in European cities, regions, and countries in the last few years. In the evolving context of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Circular economy strategies and roadmaps in Europe: Identifying synergies and the potential for … Circular economy strategies and roadmaps in Europe: Identifying synergies and the potential for […]
Earth Overshoot Day falls three weeks later this year – but are we really making progress?
Moving forward, climate activists, governments and NGOs alike are encouraging a shift towards a circular economy in order to simultaneously recover … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Earth Overshoot Day falls three weeks later this year – but are we really making progress? Earth Overshoot Day falls three weeks later this year – but are we […]
Editorial: California has the cure for the plastic plague. Let’s use it
… Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), the proposal would establish the groundbreaking California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Editorial: California has the cure for the plastic plague. Let's use it Editorial: California has the cure for the plastic plague. Let's use it
Carbon, Construction & The Climate Crisis: What Role Does Procurement Play?
Procuring new developments through effective framework agreements is one way of moving more swiftly to a zero-carbon circular economy, so says … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Carbon, Construction & The Climate Crisis: What Role Does Procurement Play? Carbon, Construction & The Climate Crisis: What Role Does Procurement Play?
Chicago anaerobic digester, urban farm project secures final funding for $32M campus
This project is getting a lot of attention because it is an example of a multi-benefit circular economy project to improve a traditionally underserved … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Chicago anaerobic digester, urban farm project secures final funding for M campus Chicago anaerobic digester, urban farm project secures final funding for M campus
‘Design for reuse’ – reducing the environmental costs of renewable energy
The renewable energy industry needs to adopt the ideas of a circular economy, where equipment is designed to be reused or remanufactured when it … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: 'Design for reuse' – reducing the environmental costs of renewable energy 'Design for reuse' – reducing the environmental costs of renewable energy
Coronavirus to set back plastic waste and pollution reduction efforts 1-3 years – analyst
… new plastic packaging waste tax passed by the EU is an important step for the world's hopes of transitioning to a more circular economy,” he added. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Coronavirus to set back plastic waste and pollution reduction efforts 1-3 years – analyst Coronavirus to set back plastic waste and pollution reduction […]
Take a tour around BlueCity, Rotterdam’s centre of circular experiments
'In some ways we are a shop window displaying what a circular economy could look like. Circularity is a complicated concept, but in BlueCity it … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Take a tour around BlueCity, Rotterdam's centre of circular experiments Take a tour around BlueCity, Rotterdam's centre of circular experiments
Recyclable Doesn’t Mean it Gets Recycled: 6 Factors That Impact Plastic Recycling
The recycling and composting of plastics are crucial elements of the circular economy, but they are complex processes that are influenced by … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Recyclable Doesn't Mean it Gets Recycled: 6 Factors That Impact Plastic Recycling Recyclable Doesn't Mean it Gets Recycled: 6 Factors That Impact Plastic Recycling