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More OEMs have enabled a commitment to this “circular economy,” said Li. While western retailers are already accustomed to shouldering some of the social and environmental burden of CE recycling, it's just beginning to catch up in Asia, she said. Re-Teck now works closely with CE design engineers, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Beyond Shredding […]

Democracy: Making more voices count

Brussels is actively including citizens in a number of ways, such as in its approach to the circular economy, which it designed together with local citizens, businesses and others. The Brussels-Capital Region also set up an online platform (Good Food Brussels) to map out and share news of existing … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Democracy: […]

ICT Spring tech summit returns for 2018 edition

Customer experience and future models of consumption, as well as the role of artificial intelligence in shaping new business models will inform the second round of discussions. Managing data, circular economy and smart cities will be the last part of the summit. Speakers at the Digital summit range from … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: ICT […]

Coca-Cola India posts robust double-digit growth in Q1, says T Krishnakumar

Therefore, Coca-Cola got into agriculture and horticulture to create a fruit circular economy. The fourth pillar was to take its brands to the neighbouring countries and beyond that. Krishnakumar said, “All these actions that we are taking in a 360 manner are helping us to keep building the momentum of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]

Press release: Europe aims to become a world-class commercialiser of fuel cell technology

SOFC technology has major potential in the bio and circular economy, as it enables the scalable, highly efficient utilisation of biogas. The technology is also suitable for small-scale, decentralised local production. When combined with solar and wind power, SOFC evens out daily fluctuations in the power … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Press release: Europe aims […]

Dr Thérèse Coffey: Tide turns as we confront plastic threat to oceans

We are delighted to be supporting the ground-breaking UK plastics pact that ​was announced last week, which brings together more than 40 companies, NGOs and the Government with the aim of creating a circular economy to tackle plastic waste. We will continue to work with other countries, NGOs, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Dr Thérèse […]

Waste to Wealth: 60 Mahim families recycle 8500 kg waste, develop community garden

“We have set up a drip irrigation system which uniformly provides water to each of these plantations,” said Shireesh Kedare, resident and professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B). “This is one society which has made best use of the circular economy model and benefitted the most out of it. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]

Veolia chief creating a virtuous circle

"Sustainable" is a key word in the Veolia message, one that Elebert uses repeatedly in conversation and 58pc of the company's revenues in Ireland are from what Elebert describes as the "circular economy", which he says is no less than a brand new industrial revolution. Veolia sees it as an emerging … Source: Circular Economy News […]

China waste ban: What a load of rubbish

… long-term investments will require long-term security of waste supply that could otherwise be recycled. Council of Australian Governments environment ministers support the move to a circular economy in which waste is recycled into new products but have left it up to industry to figure out how to do it. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]