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 … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: ECO-OS & European Water Stewardship initiative announce partnership […]
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 … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Circular gongs for European cities Circular gongs for […]
Initiative to extract untapped value of production leftovers
… solution to digitalise production leftovers can result in a significant business case for brands and factories to cooperate towards a circular economy. Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Initiative to extract untapped value of production leftovers Initiative to extract untapped value of production leftovers
Circular economy: ENEA appointed by EU as national hub
ENEA has been appointed member of the Coordination Group of the European Stakeholder Platform on Circular Economy by the European Commission: “I'm glad to confirm that ENEA has been chosen as national hub in the European Platform on Circular Economy, with the task of disseminating the … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Circular economy: ENEA appointed […]
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 … Source: Circular […]
This reversible glue could change the way we make everyday products
As part of Circulate's collaboration with the Disruptive Innovation Festival, we're featuring insights from the lineup, in advance of their performance at the DIF. Find out more at thinkdif.co, and don't forget to tune into this session on modular design for the circular economy, live on 23 Nov, 2017 at 16:00 … Source: Circular Economy News […]
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 … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Find alternatives to plastic, […]
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 … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Opinion: […]
Wasted opportunity: EU stalemate on food waste reduction
Food waste reduction targets are causing a stalemate in discussions on the circular economy: member states keep rejecting the Parliament's ambition to halve wasteful practices by 2030. In 2015, the European Commission promised to develop a common EU methodology to measure food waste, under … Source: Circular Economy News Permalink: Wasted opportunity: EU stalemate on food […]
Explore the DIF's circular economy video series
The third and final week of the 2017 Disruptive Innovation Festival is upon us – the online festival of ideas that asks 'what if we could redesign everything?'. In recognition of the response to the circular economy based sessions, the DIF team have exclusively produced a series of three videos which … Source: Circular Economy News […]