Circular Economy

The constant stream of new models, products and processes that are helping organizations extend the useful life of resources and materials while reducing, repurposing and ultimately eliminating waste in all its forms

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With 850,000 Tons of Edible Food Thrown Out Annually in UK, Your Freezer May Be the Solution
With 850,000 Tons of Edible Food Thrown Out Annually in UK, Your Freezer May Be the Solution
Published on March 26, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Iglo Group, Europe’s largest frozen food company, yesterday launched a coalition with leading waste reduction charity Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), with the objective of reducing food waste across Europe. ... View More

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From Crab to Handbag: Tidal Vision’s Mission to Upcycle Fishery Waste
From Crab to Handbag: Tidal Vision’s Mission to Upcycle Fishery Waste
Published on March 25, 2015
About a 6 minute read

With two billion pounds of waste generated by the seafood industry in Alaska alone, finding creative ways to repurpose this waste represents an economic opportunity as well as an environmental imperative. We’ve seen shrimp shells turned into everyt... View More

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To Recycle or Not to Recycle: The Economics of Garbage
To Recycle or Not to Recycle: The Economics of Garbage
Published on March 25, 2015
About a 5 minute read

People are confused about recycling because they complain that the entire process – from labeling, to which bin is which, to what your municipality accepts - makes it difficult to determine a material’s recyclability. This issue is especially com... View More

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Waste Is an Error of Design
Waste Is an Error of Design
Published on March 25, 2015
About a 4 minute read

There is a worldwide concern that the ability of our environmental systems to sustain the conditions of life as we know it is being compromised. We need to act now, and we need to act fast, so today more than ever we need innovative solutions and a d... View More

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Carbon Fiber Vehicles Could Complicate Circular Economy
Carbon Fiber Vehicles Could Complicate Circular Economy
Published on March 20, 2015
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The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) is calling on car manufacturers to ensure that using lightweight materials to achieve greenhouse gas reductions doesn't impede circular manufacturing processes, edie reports. ... View More

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Unilever Achieves Zero Waste Across Distribution Centers in North America
Unilever Achieves Zero Waste Across Distribution Centers in North America
Published on March 18, 2015
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Unilever North America announced on Tuesday it has achieved 100 percent zero waste to landfill (ZLF) at all dedicated distribution centers in North America.To achieve ZLF, the company has adopted the four ‘R’ approach — firstly reducing waste a... View More

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Celebrity Chefs Taking Turns Cooking Up Unloved Ingredients to Combat Food Waste At NYC Pop-Up
Celebrity Chefs Taking Turns Cooking Up Unloved Ingredients to Combat Food Waste At NYC Pop-Up
Published on March 13, 2015
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WastED, a pop-up restaurant dedicated to food waste, opens today in Greenwich Village. Starting tonight, chef Dan Barber has suspended dinner service at his farm-to-table Blue Hill Restaurant to host this pop-up, where all-star chefs including Grant ... View More

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New Reports Say Sustainable Investment Can Stabilize Global Water Risk, European Economy
New Reports Say Sustainable Investment Can Stabilize Global Water Risk, European Economy
Published on March 11, 2015
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This week, non-profits Ceres and WWF published resources that provide guidelines for how strategic investment at the private and public level can help avert environmental and economic crises felt the world over. The reports also present compelling ar... View More

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Dell Identifies UK as 'Hotspot' for Circular Economy Conversation
Dell Identifies UK as 'Hotspot' for Circular Economy Conversation
Published on March 10, 2015
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Corporate circular economy strategies are starting to mature: A recent survey on this topic found that 28 percent of organizations now consider their own circular strategies to be highly advanced, and core to what they do. However, a significant numb... View More

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UK Lagging in Remanufacturing Economy
UK Lagging in Remanufacturing Economy
Published on March 6, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Following the release of a new joint report from the Carbon Trust, Knowledge Transfer Network, High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute, Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse and Coventry University, leading experts from industry and academia ha... View More

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WRAP: Extending Product Life by One Day Will Prevent 250,000 Tons of Food Waste
WRAP: Extending Product Life by One Day Will Prevent 250,000 Tons of Food Waste
Published on March 4, 2015
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In a report published this week, Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates that an increase on product life of just one day across a range of foods could prevent roughly 250,000 tons of food waste each year — in households and in the supply... View More

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Sustainability Context: The Elephant Is the Room
Sustainability Context: The Elephant Is the Room
Published on March 2, 2015
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“How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?”Dwight D. EisenhowerThere is much more to be said on the issues of context-related sustainability, Planetary Boundaries and the multiple capitals appro... View More

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Past, Present and Future: The Road to a Sustainable Agricultural Sector
Past, Present and Future: The Road to a Sustainable Agricultural Sector
Published on February 24, 2015
About a 5 minute read

Thick clouds of smoke, a suffocating heat. Forests, lush and green and bustling with all types of life, reduced to burned land and ashes. In Indonesia, in the 1997-98 fires, approximately 10 million hectares of rainforest, an area the size of Switzer... View More

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Unholy Alliance: Why the Solar Industry's Continued Lack of Diversity Is a Win for Big Utilities
Unholy Alliance: Why the Solar Industry's Continued Lack of Diversity Is a Win for Big Utilities
Published on February 20, 2015
About a 6 minute read

Environmental justice has been a small, but increasingly vocal, component of civil rights activism. After all, many organizations, including the NAACP, have documented the disproportionate health problems the United States’ 370-plus coal-fired powe... View More

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4 Ways the Sharing Economy Can Change the World
4 Ways the Sharing Economy Can Change the World
Published on February 20, 2015
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Two years ago at Davos, the sharing economy was a foreign concept. Whenever I asked anyone I met if they had heard of the phrase, I would receive blank stares. Perhaps 5% of people had heard of Airbnb (though they rarely used it). Quite a few more ha... View More

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National Pass It On Week Encourages Scots to Get Swapping, Sharing and Donating
National Pass It On Week Encourages Scots to Get Swapping, Sharing and Donating
Published on February 19, 2015
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This March, Scotland will promote a national week of swapping, sharing and donating, encouraging citizens to join in a reuse revolution. Pass it on Week begins on the 7th and continues through the 15th of March. The event is backed by Zero Waste Scot... View More

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tonlé's Creative Approach Showing Fashion Industry How Zero Waste Is Really Done
tonlé's Creative Approach Showing Fashion Industry How Zero Waste Is Really Done
Published on February 18, 2015
About a 9 minute read

Cambodian fashion brand tonlé is revolutionizing the textile industry not only with its ethical business model, but also a creative approach to zero-waste. ... View More

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All of Mars' Chocolate Facilities are Now Certified Landfill-Free
All of Mars' Chocolate Facilities are Now Certified Landfill-Free
Published on February 11, 2015
About a 2 minute read

Mars Chocolate North America announced last week that all 10 of its manufacturing facilities are now certified landfill-free, a significant step towards achieving Mars’ company-wide goal of zero-waste-to-landfill by 2015. The Henderson, Nevada site... View More

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Report: Reduction, Recycling and Recovery Key to Resolving Water-Energy Crisis
Report: Reduction, Recycling and Recovery Key to Resolving Water-Energy Crisis
Published on February 10, 2015
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The most effective technologies for addressing growing global water and energy interdependence — known as the water-energy nexus — are based on reduce, recycle, and recovery and zero-water/zero-energy, according to new research from analyst firm ... View More

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B Team Calls for Business, World Leaders to Commit to Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2050
B Team Calls for Business, World Leaders to Commit to Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2050
Published on February 5, 2015
About a 4 minute read

Today, leaders of some of the world’s largest companies — collectively known as The B Team — called upon world leaders to commit to a global goal of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 — and urged business leaders to match this am... View More

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