Eurovia demonstrates recycling for Responsible Business Week
It said one of its key aims is to achieve a zero waste to landfill – 'supporting a truly circular economy, where one person's waste is another's resource'. 'A key component of this is the ability to transform by-products, previously considered as waste, into material suitable for creating long-lasting highways … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Next-gen railway sleepers can produce electricity
There is a need for a change, a sustainable innovation, in order to follow the circular economy principles. This is exactly what Greenrail does: we offer a new product with better technical, environmental and economic performance, with the potential to become the future standard solution. How does your … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Next-gen railway […]
Netherlands celebrates ties with Taiwan on national day
One of the highlights of the Taiwan-Netherlands partnership this year will take place at the Taichung World Flora Expo in November, where there will be a Holland Pavilion built under the concept of the circular economy, according to Wittich. The Netherlands has aggressively promoted the circular … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Netherlands celebrates ties with […]
Custom Chemical Reclamation on the Rise: Q&A with Veolia North America
Are you seeing any big trends in the chemical reclamation space? Bill DiCroce: Particularly in the B2B realm, not only do customers want their environmental and chemical reclamation challenges solved, they want to see more of a circular economy element to it. Whether you're a buyer or a seller in that … Source: Circular Economy News […]
Steel packaging and the circular economy: How to close the loop?
He emphasised “the importance of recycling steel for the circular economy”, explaining that as a “permanent material, steel can be infinitely recycled without any loss to its intrinsic properties; thanks to its magnetic qualities it can be easily and economically sorted from waste streams.” These qualities … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Steel packaging and the […]
Plastic: the industry must come together to find solutions
The other question mark is over funding. The circular economy Wrap espouses won't work without major investment in the UK's patchy recycling facilities. Can the government really ask the industry, tasked with developing new substrates new processes, and new behaviours, to pay for these too? Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Plastic: the industry must come […]
UK Plastic Pact unites supply chain in pollution prevention
“This bold new pact will bring together businesses, policymakers and the public to create a circular economy for plastics that tackles the causes of plastics waste and pollution, not just the symptoms,” said Ellen MacArthur, founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. According to MacArthur, the initiative … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: UK Plastic Pact unites […]
IN DEPTH: Lithium Battery Recycling – The Clean Energy Clean Up
According to a recent analysis by Creation Inn, a consultancy specialised in energy storage and the circular economy, the total amount of recycled lithium could reach 5800 to 30,000 tonnes Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE) by 2025. Cobalt is expected to reach 22,500 tonnes. However, the volume of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: IN DEPTH: Lithium […]
Greiner Packaging takes sustainability seriously, and is a proud founding member of the UK …
Great Britain is taking the global lead with the unique initiative of turning the plastic economy into a circular economy, while at the same time actively counteracting environmental pollution from plastic waste. With its branch in Dungannon, UK, Greiner Packaging has signed the pact – one of the first … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Greiner […]
Cities and the circular economy
(GERMANY/SWITZERLAND). This year's Local Renewables Conference will focus on the journey ahead for the circular economy. Innovators Magazine is a media partner with the event, which will debate how urban centres can harness the opportunities of circularity. “To transform from a linear to a … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Cities and the circular economy Cities […]