Charles reveals mend-and-make-do passion: 'I hate throwing away things'
“I couldn't be more delighted if, at last, there is a growing awareness of the urgent need to get away from the 'throwaway society' and to move towards a more 'circular economy',” Charles said. While an interest in mend-and-make-do may not have been expected from a member of one of the world's … Source: Circular Economy […]
Reef umbrellas and 'unforgettable' bags: the best green innovations of the week
It stems from the production of sturdy but hard-to-recycle products like MDF, which add other materials like laminates and screws that are hard to separate. The ECOR Circular Economy Team has partnered with DSM-Niaga on a new circular economy innovation that could enable furniture manufacturers … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Reef umbrellas and 'unforgettable' bags: […]
Office Chairs Made from Recycled Fishing Nets!
Humanscale's latest task chair, Smart Ocean, is an inventive update to the Diffrient Smart task chair, made with recycled fishing net material. The approximately 2 lbs. of recycled plastic used to produce the chair are sourced from ocean plastic pollution-driven company Bureo. Bureo's Net Positiva … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Office Chairs Made from Recycled […]
Plastic recycling initiative launched
Hyderabad: In line with its goal of realising a sustainable value chain in plastic recycling and creating a circular economy, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) in collaboration with Waste Ventures India Ltd, a social enterprise in waste management, launched a project in Hyderabad for plastic waste … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Plastic recycling initiative launched […]
Starbucks Commits $10M to Find a Recyclable Single-Use Coffee Cup
In an effort to combat pollution worldwide, Starbucks has announced that it is committing $10 million in partnership with Closed Loop Partners and its Center for the Circular Economy to launch the NextGen Cup Challenge. The purpose of the venture will be to design and develop a fully recyclable and … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
New chair stands up to ocean waste
… ocean, supporting the overall health and well-being of a greater ecosystem.” Entrepreneurial businesses and individuals have a central role to play in growing the circular economy. Check out these free eco-innovation webinars for ideas on how to turn discarded fishing nets into profitable enterprises. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: New chair stands up to […]
Nordic Council Identifies Instruments to Support Circular Economy Transition
The Nordic Council of Ministers released a report examining the potential of policy instruments to support a transition towards a circular economy. The report focuses on the construction and demolition sector, which produces the highest amount of waste in the Nordic countries. Proposed … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Nordic Council Identifies Instruments to Support Circular […]
Guelph, Wellington to partner in Smart Cities Challenge
Swartzentruber said the project will focus on meeting challenges related to food security, food equality, waste and other aspects of the food chain by moving focus away from “what has been a very linear economic model … that take, make and dispose model, to more of a circular economy.”. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Guelph, […]
Starbucks offers $10m reward for coffee cup innovation
The coffee shop chain has partnered with Closed Loop Partners, a platform that invests in sustainable consumer goods, recycling and the development of the circular economy, to launch a NextGen Cup Challenge that will award accelerator grants to start-ups tackling the challenge of single-use cups. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Starbucks offers m reward for […]
Axion: a 'taxing' question for single-use plastics recycling
The controversial proposed tax on single-use plastic packaging has raised questions over how to best recover and recycle this material. Taxes or deposit return schemes – how can we use economics to incentivise more recycling? Richard McKinlay, Head of Circular Economy at resource recovery … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Axion: a 'taxing' question for single-use […]