Circular Economy

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Why Sustainable Innovation Struggles to Become a Winning Commercial Proposition

Drawing on a postponed recycled-material initiative and a battery redesign, Raquel Rebelo de Mira offers four questions to help product teams find where environmental gains and customer value meet while the specs can still change. ... View More

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How Reusing Industrial Surplus Supports Decarbonization More Than Scrapping

When usable industrial equipment is scrapped early, manufacturers lose both the value of the asset and the emissions already spent making it. Reusing surplus offers a way to recover that value while avoiding the carbon cost of new replacements. ... View More

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The Resale Paradox: How Sports Culture Is Driving Both Circularity—and Consumption

The Resale Paradox reveals how sports culture has turned secondhand apparel into a liquid asset, inadvertently lowering the psychological barrier to overconsumption while appearing to champion circularity. As the resale market climbs toward $367 bill... View More

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Making a Material Difference: Aquafil’s Journey to Regenerating Nylon at Scale

Circularity demands more than good intentions. It requires reimagining the systems that shape how materials are made, used, and recovered. ... View More

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Plasticity: A Brand that Hopes to No Longer Exist in Ten Years

Eighty million. That’s the number of plastic umbrellas used in Japan each year, with most of them used only once. Because plastic umbrellas combine multiple materials, they are difficult to disassemble and rarely recycled. Instead, they are typical... View More

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From Compliance to Competitive Edge: How Mobility Leaders Drive Business Growth with Design for Recyclability

For decades, automotive regulations have been viewed as hurdles to overcome. Today, leading OEMs are flipping the script — seeing evolving end-of-life and circularity standards not as limitations, but as launchpads for innovation. From materials sc... View More

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Materials Science Breakthroughs & The Try, Try Again Model

If innovation had a lab soundtrack, it wouldn’t be a triumphant drumroll—it would be the quiet hum of “try again.” Dow’s research in food packaging and recycling technology reflects that rhythm: every experiment, win or lose, adds something... View More

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5 Innovations Cementing Construction’s Low-Carbon Future

In this Innovation Watch, five of the most compelling solutions proving the future of concrete can be not just low-carbon but smart, circular and resilient. ... View More

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From Whisky Waste to Sustainable Omega-3s: Cheers to Circularity

Scottish biotech startup MiAlgae is upcycling whisky waste into algae-derived Omega-3s — a regenerative, circular solution for distilleries, fisheries and more. ... View More

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What It Really Takes to Design for Circularity

We hope that by sharing our approach, we’ll continue to inspire other companies to take similar action — driving more climate progress across their organization and the world. ... View More

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Sustainable Packaging’s Biggest Challenge? Human Nature

As EPR laws take hold and consumer expectations rise, the window for proactive collaboration is closing. Brands can put aside their fears around collaboration or risk falling behind. ... View More

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5 Breakthroughs Turning Fashion’s Footprint into Innovation Fuel

In this Innovation Watch, we spotlight five technologies helping fashion brands to future proof both supply chains and the industry at large. ... View More

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Urine Luck! Common Waste Streams Become Circular Gamechangers

In a circular economy, human urine can generate fertilizer, energy and wastewater-treatment solutions; shellfish waste becomes powerful carbon-capture tool. ... View More

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Latest Attempt at Global Plastics Treaty Ends in Stalemate

Despite momentum and optimism earlier in the process, the treaty negotiations were increasingly stymied by disagreement around potential approaches. ... View More

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Next-Gen Innovation: Plastics, Progress and Opportunity at K 2025

K 2025 offers the plastics industry a valuable moment to address key systemic challenges through collaborative, cross-sector solutions. ... View More

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Microbes, Milk & Potato Peels: The Future of Sustainable Plastics?

In this Innovation Watch, five breakthroughs offering real-world options for brands banking on a sustainable future for plastics and packaging. ... View More

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Top 5 Scope 3 Hotspots in Retail Value Chains

Leading retailers are rethinking inputs and partnering with both suppliers and competitors to tackle tricky value chain emissions. ... View More

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Retailers Invite 10M CA Consumers to ‘Break Up with Single-Use Bags’

Beyond the Bag Initiative engages Target, CVS Health, Ralphs and Food 4 Less customers to cut single-use bag waste across nearly 1K Southern California stores. ... View More

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