Can Ellen MacArthur and Stella McCartney stop fast fashion destroying the environment?
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's report 'A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion's future' presents an ambitious vision of a new system, based on circular economy principles, that offers benefits to the economy, society and the environment. We need the whole industry to rally behind it," says Ellen … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Can Ellen MacArthur and […]
The show must go on – for all of our sakes
This is set to be a fascinating year for the sector for many reasons: the imminent Defra 25-year environment plan, looming circular economy directives and the proposed resource and waste strategy will keep us all busy. Just as intriguing will be what happens to RWM now it has been sold. The NEC … Source: Circular Economy […]
5 trends that will guide the flow of water strategy in 2018
The adoption of digital water technologies and circular economy water strategies will scale and have a positive impact on efforts to manage water scarcity and quality. This will affect not just the public sector and utilities but also the commercial sector. What's more, this movement will be supported not just … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]
Warm winter hampers agriculture, worsens water pollution in Finland: media
Finnish experts are envisioning new ways of preventing the fertilizers from going "down the drain". Seppo Knuuttila, a special researcher at the Finnish Environmental Center, told Yle that instead of focusing on circular economy, the effort should be in conserving nutrients, water and also reducing the … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Warm winter hampers agriculture, […]
Packaging advisers call for PRN shake-up
It warns that UK-based reprocessing activities may need “pump-priming” through a strategic investment fund. The imminent challenge of the EU's circular economy package, seeking full or partial net cost recovery of collection, sorting and reprocessing and significantly higher packaging recycling targets, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Packaging advisers call for PRN shake-up Packaging advisers call […]
Welsh recycling should be 'less reliant' on others
A Welsh government estimate in 2016 said that a circular economy would also have the potential to create about 30,000 jobs in Wales, with people employed to collect, transport and re-process materials, and could have an economic benefit of more than £2 billion a year. In response to the ban in China … Source: Circular Economy […]
Dog poo now powers a UK street lamp in Worcestershire
… treatment works but a factory, taking inputs including sewage and food waste and turning them into products including gas for cooking or transport and nitrogen- and phosphate-rich fertiliser,' Mohammed Saddiq, managing director of GENeco told the Guardian. 'People talk about the circular economy, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Dog poo now powers a UK […]
Businesses that want to put the planet first in 2018
It's no longer acceptable for businesses to ignore where their waste goes – and 2018 will see large corporations adopting circular economy solutions, where high proportions of unwanted, landfill-destined byproducts are given a new lease of life. According to research by Veolia, £29bn of GDP could be … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Businesses that want […]
Circular Economy – Circularity in the City: Opportunities and Challenges
Jan 2, 2018. Circular Economy — Circularity in the City: Opportunities and Challenges | Smart City Expo World Congress. Posted by Odette Gregory in categories: business, economics, governance, innovation … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Circular Economy – Circularity in the City: Opportunities and Challenges Circular Economy – Circularity in the City: Opportunities and Challenges
Study says oil rigs could be transformed into nightclubs, prisons and hotels
ZWS is overseeing an £18million investment pot, some of which will be used to help businesses recycle rigs. Louise McGregor, the head of the organisation's circular economy, said: “Components used on oil and gas platforms have to last a long time. They are built to withstand salt and spray and wind, … Source: Circular Economy News […]