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Initiative to extract value from production waste

Ann Runnel, founder and CEO at Reverse Resources adds: "Our software solution to digitalise production leftovers can result in a significant business case for brands and factories to cooperate towards a circular economy. The collaboration with Made-By is a fantastic opportunity to build on the research …
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ByALEX launches Repair & Revive Service to coincide with Buy Nothing Day

Sustainability is a key approach to the ByALEX design process and while products have been built to last, Alex Swain, designer and founder of ByALEX, is on a mission to promote the circular economy and how both consumers and brands can make from sustainable materials, use, repair, reuse and …
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Making carbon count: how pricing in externalities could drive the circular economy

Running alongside discussions about the cost of carbon emissions is the EU's effort to complete the process of negotiating its Circular Economy …
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ECO-OS & European Water Stewardship initiative announce partnership to 'digitize' Water …

"Indeed, water stewardship is being re-framed strategically as a necessary component for building business cases, promoting resilience and a circular economy. Joining forces to digitize the European Water Stewardship Standard is our first step in enabling the efforts of businesses and governments …
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Circular gongs for European cities

Discussions at an annual European gathering of city leaders in Slovenia last week focussed on the circular economy. Ljubljana hosted the EUROCITIES 2017 conference, which saw representatives from 130 cities across Europe come together to discuss issues relating to sustainability. And pioneering …
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Three Scottish communities to share £900k after gaining Zero Waste Town status

Scotland has led the way in circular economy thinking in the UK, publishing its first Zero Waste Plan in 2010, setting targets of a 70 per cent household waste recycling rate and a 33 per cent reduction in food waste by 2025. The Scottish government went on to release its landmark circular economy …
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Three Communities Celebrate Zero Waste Town Title

Each has ambitious plans in place to develop zero waste approaches to life and business in their communities, contributing to Scotland's growing circular economy and generating new jobs locally. These include initiatives to present re-use as a quality, attractive and good value shopping experience for …
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Find alternatives to plastic, take action now

The chancellor's announcement on Wednesday of an investigation into introducing charges on single-use plastics in the UK is an interesting prelude to the forthcoming EU Plastics in a Circular Economy strategy document due to be published next month. Certainly, the implementation of a tax or similar …
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Opinion: Out with the old and in with the reconditioned

Lots of people are catching on and there are some excellent initiatives out there, helping to underline the benefits of the “circular economy”, where new products are being designed with the intention of keeping them in use for as long as possible, re-using and re-deploying them, rather than scrapping …
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