A sustainable future for cities is within our grasp
As European cities, we are committed to making the transition to a circular economy. Building a more sustainable economy is an urgent environmental necessity and vital to our efforts to future-proof our cities and improve people's quality of life. The circular economy encourages the reuse, repair and … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: A sustainable future […]
Canada's 'first' closed loop organic waste to biomethane system starts operation
Canada's first closed-loop and fully integrated organics waste management system has started accepting its first waste, which will be converted into renewable biomethane gas. Operated by waste-to-product company Renewi, the facility in Surrey, British Columbia is apparently the largest of its kind in … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Canada's 'first' closed loop organic waste to […]
How Open Source could Create 10x Better Circular Businesses
Some people think it's extremely complex and expensive to transition to a circular economy, especially at the scale and speed we need to solve the current problems related to food, energy, pollution, toxic chemicals, transportation, and climate change. Companies hold an important role, in moving from … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: How Open Source could […]
Jaime Arredondo
Jaime Arredondo is an entrepreneur, performance consultant, and author of the blog Bold and Open, where he shares actionable business advice on how to create more open and sustainable businesses. He has been part of the development of the Open Source Circular Economy Days and helped over … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Jaime Arredondo Jaime […]
Your chance to shout about what you make in Scotland
Initiatives in Scotland are at the leading edge of the moves towards a circular economy and this award will celebrate those, with the award sponsored by the Scottish Institute for Remanufacture. The Made in Scotland Awards will take place on 26 April 2018 at the Glasgow Science Centre. With over 200 … Source: Circular Economy News […]
Agreement on circular economy proposals
The European Council and the European Parliament have agreed key elements of the circular economy (CE) package, including binding waste reduction targets and improved recycling and reuse. Provisional agreement on all four legislative proposals of the waste package was reported in the early … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Agreement on circular economy proposals Agreement on […]
It's time to abandon our dirty status quo and embrace clean growth
Climate change is intangible, daunting and for certain people, even deniable. But pollution is indisputable. And it affects everyone. We all experience it in our lives daily, regardless of where we live. Yet, solutions that can beat pollution while creating profit exist. If only they were implemented, we could … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: It's […]
Landmark agreement reached on Circular Economy Package
A compromise has been reached over long-term recycling targets in Europe after EU institutions finally came to an agreement on legislative terms for the Circular Economy Package, a set of laws and actions designed to guarantee a more resource-efficient future for Europe, this morning (19 December). Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Landmark agreement reached on […]
Daily News 18 /12/ 2017
This morning, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a political agreement, revising the EU waste processing legislation to pave the way for a more circular economy. The EU co-legislators have reached an agreement on the Commission's proposal from December 2015, … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Daily News 18 /12/ 2017 Daily News […]
Interplastica Moscow to welcome Italian extrusion line builder AMUT
AMUT, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion and recycling lines, will be at Interplastica in Moscow, January 23 – 26 2018. The group is gaining a larger market share of thermoforming machinery in Russia, including with lines it launched at K in Germany and Chinaplas. The ACF series assures a flexible … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: […]