EVER Monaco 2018: thinking green and being smart to get close to a carbon neutral lifestyle
European Union needs to speed up its 'energy efficiency' revolution through new infrastructures, a wider circular-economy orientation and operability system able to guarantee the same eco-services in all Countries», concluded Karima Delli, President of the European Parliament Commission on … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: EVER Monaco 2018: thinking green and being smart to get close […]
Cups Made From Phone Screens, And Other Products We'll All Be Using In 20 Years
'It's all just part of the evolution of the circular economy. Even if you're the most pessimistic person in the world about the environment, you have to consider what materials you are going to use in the next 50 years.' New Clothes will also be the first showing of Pentatonic's 'Fractured' series, the furniture … Source: […]
Keep It Simple, Stupid
“Waste is a circular economy. The key to this circular economy is to not talk of waste disposal but waste management,” says Wilma Rodriques of Bangalore-based NGO Saahas, which has been striving to promote zero waste. Saahas is among a growing number of NGOs in Bangalore that are promoting … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Keep […]
Microsoft has given up 'significant sales' over concerns that the customer will use AI for evil, says a …
Long-time Microsoft scientist Eric Horvitz says that the software company takes AI ethics so seriously, “significant sales have been cut off" because it was concerned that the potential customer would use its technology for no good. Horvitz, a director and technical fellow with Microsoft Research, made his … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Microsoft has given […]
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China's ban on waste imports has left Australia with mounting piles of rubbish but raised hopes of boosting the local recycling sector and creating a "circular economy". According to research by Blue Environment, a consultancy firm, about 30 per cent of Australia's waste exports – as much as 1.3 million … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Rubbish piles up in Australia as China bans waste imports
China's ban on waste imports has left Australia with mounting piles of rubbish but raised hopes of boosting the local recycling sector and creating a "circular economy". Australia is one of the world's biggest producers of waste and has long relied on China as the chief importer of its recyclable materials, … Source: Circular Economy News […]
Opponents of Irish Cement Limerick project say fight is 'far from over'
“The EPA has a responsibility to ensure recycling is maximised and that Ireland moves towards a circular economy. We can no longer export our waste problems to China. But instead of developing a strategy for dealing with excess plastics, packaging and municipal waste we are choosing to sacrifice … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Opponents of […]
CupClub is a poster child for sustainable, circular design
Architect Safia Qureshi wanted to change the world but ended up designing private houses for rich people. So she invented Cupclub, a circular-economy service that could eliminate single-use coffee cups. It is actually a very clever idea: a polypropylene cup and with a polyethylene lid and an RFID chip … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: CupClub […]
RECYLEX SA: FULL-YEAR 2017 RESULTS
Our Group's performance in 2017 genuinely reflects an important step of our recovery, the strength of our roots in the European circular economy and our teams' commitment throughout the year. In parallel, the Group's debt increased significantly, primarily to build for our future. Today, Recylex has to be … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: RECYLEX SA: […]
Why Sustainability Is the Future of the Chemical Industry
Involve the circular economy into the product life cycle. Chemical innovation is a cross-disciplinary effort; working collaboratively to create sustainable products is a great opportunity to promote the positives of better chemistry as the heart of cutting-edge materials technology. Inform the public and … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Why Sustainability Is the Future of the […]