New R150m PE facility for Mpact
As the largest recycler in South Africa, Mpact also epitomises the circular economy, substantially reducing the amount of waste going to landfill each year. “Besides these projects, we opened a new facility last year for recycling paperboard-based milk and juice cartons, an investment of R50 million,” … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: New R150m PE facility […]
Nestlé aims to make all its packaging recyclable or re-usable by 2025
The company has highlighted the importance of a circular economy and is striving to help develop one with a number of commitments to develop its own schemes and collaborate with others. Nestlé will help create a larger market for recycled plastics by increasing the proportion of recycled plastics in its … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Nestlé sets goal of 100 percent recyclable or reusable packaging
Nestlé, the parent company of global coffee comapany Nespresso, has announced its goal to make 100 per cent of its packaging recyclable or re-usable by 2025. Its vision is that none of its packaging, including plastics, will end up in landfill or as litter. Nestlé said it believes there is an urgent need to … Source: […]
This Tiny Amsterdam Neighborhood Is a Prototype for Grassroots Urban Planning
Our angle was: what if, instead of letting the highest-paying developers take the reigns, Buiksloterham became a living laboratory for the idea of a circular economy—an approach in which resources such as energy, water, building materials, and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing are thought of as circular … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: This Tiny Amsterdam Neighborhood Is […]
Tata Steel named among 2017 Steel Sustainability Champions
The newly launched programme aims to recognise steel companies who are leading the way in creating a truly sustainable steel industry and society, clearly demonstrating their commitment to sustainable development and the circular economy, and making measurable and tangible impacts in their … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Tata Steel named among 2017 Steel Sustainability Champions […]
UNWTO announces 2nd World Conference on Smart Destinations
Academics and entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity to share their research on the following topics: evidence-based destination management; new technological solutions for monitoring sustainable tourism goals; the linkage between the circular economy and tourism, as well as the importance … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: UNWTO announces 2nd World Conference on Smart Destinations UNWTO announces […]
Innovation on ICE
“DC2BD” is a heat reuse project backed by Forest Developing Technologies and Future Eco, which is exploring the possibilities of using heat from data centers to dry biomass. More widely, it seeks to demonstrate that creating a circular economy, where a data center would help create bio-coal or biofuel, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Innovation […]
Viridor wins £1.3m Scottish glass contract
… to Viridor Resource Management managing director, Keith Trower, the upgrade of Viridor's £25m facility in Newhouse, near Motherwell, is part of the company's commitment to meeting the high quality cullet standards required by Scottish bottlemakers and to achieving Viridor's circular economy goals. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Viridor wins £1.3m Scottish glass contract Viridor […]
These bricks could be a game-changer for insulation
In 2017, engineering firm Arup proposed turning organic waste into construction materials to effectively use resources and bolster a circular economy. The 60 million tons of food waste each year could help curb the U.S. construction industry's annual 534 million tons of waste. Material substitutions could … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: These bricks could be […]
UPM Raflatac to address the sustainable future of films labeling at Latin American Summit on …
(UPM Raflatac, Mexico City, April 11, 2018 at 17:00 EET) – The use of plastics in packaging is now a hotly debated topic, and a package's label can have a major impact on its recyclability. UPM Raflatac will address how it is labeling a smarter future with innovative, sustainable film labeling solutions at … Source: Circular […]