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Produce Opportunities In A Circular Economy

Researchers estimate the circular economy in the Netherlands has a potential market value of $ 89.7 billion per year and will encompass 54,000 jobs by 2023 . An increasing number of companies in the Dutch food and agri sector are exploring the opportunities offered by the circular economy . Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Produce […]

43 Governments and 80000 Individuals Pledge Action on Plastic Pollution

Over the next five years, the Campaign aims to create “unstoppable momentum” towards a truly circular economy. UNEP Executive Director said the Campaign is working to “redefine the world's relationship with plastics” and transform the way humans consume plastics to secure the health of the world's … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: 43 Governments and 80000 […]

Former EPA leader seeks global answers for e-scrap

The U.S. EPA solid waste chief during the Obama Administration is now helping to push forward circular economy principles, and some of his work could … Stanislaus said two initial projects being tackled by the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy are geared specifically toward electronics … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Former EPA leader seeks […]

Registration Now Open for the 6th Innovation Takes Root – the NatureWorks Advanced …

Workshops will focus on. Tailoring Ingeo's physical properties for applications development Understanding Ingeo in a low-carbon and circular economy context Practical design and computational screw and die modeling with Ingeo Marketing claims and regulatory compliance overview for 3D printing. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Registration Now Open for the 6th Innovation Takes Root – the […]

Saved Grains, Zero-Emission Trucks Edging Anheuser Busch Toward 2025 Goals

These plant-based circular economy nutrients are much more sustainable than traditional sources like animals, potentially representing up to 75 percent reduction in CO2 emissions.” During the brewing process, sugars from barley are removed, resulting in spent grains containing high amounts of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Saved Grains, Zero-Emission Trucks Edging Anheuser Busch Toward 2025 […]

EUROPEN: The state of packaging policy in Europe

The legal review of the PPWD, as part of the European Union (EU)'s Circular Economy Package (CEP), will be formally adopted in April/May 2018 by the European Parliament and EU Council. The 28 Member States to the EU will then have two years to adopt the CEP into their respective national … Source: Circular Economy News […]

Auto scrap for polyolefin recyclate / MoU with Spanish waste management firms

… the project aligned with the “Pact for a Circular Economy”, which Repsol entered in October 2017 with the Spanish environment and economy ministries and other industrial players, is to create a closed circular economy model for plastic waste within the country – see Plasteurope.com of 14.03.2018. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Auto scrap for […]

Consumers Have The Power To Change The Recycling Narrative

By knowing more about the circular economy and how much more businesses and government can be doing to make sure our organic waste is used … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Consumers Have The Power To Change The Recycling Narrative Consumers Have The Power To Change The Recycling Narrative