Show your passion for the planet
Give some love to your planet this Valentine's Day by joining the millions of people worldwide who are passing on plastics. Innovators Magazine regularly features the companies and initiatives advancing the circular economy – to ditch the take-make-dispose way of doing things with sustainable … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Show your passion for the planet […]
RPC bpi protec Launches Sustainable Stand-up Pouch Solution at Packaging Innovations
Our new X-EnviroPouch is an exciting development and is an integral part of our commitment to create products and develop appropriate working practices that help to protect the environment and support the requirements of the circular economy,” comments Sue Mohan, RPC bpi protec's Sales Director. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: RPC bpi protec Launches Sustainable […]
Holland to host Circular Fashion Games
AMSTERDAM – C&A Foundation and Veerle Luiting are set to hold this year's 'Circular Fashion Games', a multidisciplinary bootcamp programme designed to yield circular economy innovations for the fashion industry. The two bootcamps will be held the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Amsterdam in … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Holland to host Circular Fashion Games […]
Is a new plastics economy looming on the horizon?
Europe: The EU wants to lay the foundations to 'a new plastics economy', so it declares in its latest plastics strategy report. In line with this vision, the design and production of plastics and plastic products will fully respect reuse, repair and recycling needs while more sustainable materials are developed … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Iceland to discuss its 2023 sustainability goal and future challenges for the packaging supply chain
… Iain Ferguson, environment manager, Co-op; Shane Monkman, head of procurement, packaging & operations, ASDA and Kevin Vyse, senior packaging technologist & Circular Economy Lead at M&S, will discuss the road ahead for packaging professionals and new approaches to plastic packaging. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Iceland to discuss its 2023 sustainability goal and future […]
Packaging Innovations 2018 | Leading UK retailers to debate plastics
… by notable panelists including Nick Brown, head of sustainability at Coca Cola European Partners; Iain Ferguson, environment manager at Co-op; Shane Monkman, head of procurement, packaging & operations at ASDA; and Kevin Vyse, senior packaging technologist & circular economy lead at M&S. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Packaging Innovations 2018 | Leading UK retailers […]
Manufacturers face a potential commodity time bomb, says Scottish Institute for Remanufacture
The Scottish Institute for Remanufacture (SIR) enables companies unlock opportunities within the circular economy to increase reuse, repair and remanufacture in their operations through funding, advice and access to specialist equipment and research experts. Remanufacturing is the process of … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Manufacturers face a potential commodity time bomb, says Scottish Institute for […]
PRE: „There is a need to move to mono-material alternatives which can be recycled“
According to Ton Emans, PRE President and Chairman PE Working Group, “the plastics recycling sector has been very dynamic in the last few years. This shows that the industry is paving the way to enhance the circularity of plastics. In addition, the Circular Economy Package and the Plastics Strategy … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: PRE: […]
The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050
However, some designers are seeking to refashion our clothes with a green conscience under the label of the “circular economy.” As a purportedly less exploitative production system, a circular economy is an integrated system that constantly recirculates and renews materials, through recycling, reuse, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume […]
Finnish
The Ham trick (Kinkkutemppu in Finnish) is a consumer campaign that was organised in 2016 and 2017 in Finland during the Christmas period. The Ham trick is a cross-sectoral co-operation with Finnish companies and organizations. The aim of the campaign was to bring the concept of circular … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Finnish Finnish