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
NYC Center for Materials Reuse Quantifying Benefits of Product Reuse in Urban Environments
Product Reuse is the exchange of secondhand or surplus products between individuals and/or organizations. This exchange is often performed by social service agencies looking to distribute goods to their clients or to raise funds for their operations.... View More
How Preventing Household Waste Can Be Fun and Profitable
Ask a room full of consumers, “Who here hates to see things go to waste?” and every hand will go up energetically. But if everyone hates to waste, then how come we generate so much of it? And what can we do to prevent waste from being created in ... View More
The North Face Launches Recycling Program for Apparel, Footwear
The North Face has announced a new initiative aimed at reducing the amount of clothing and footwear going to landfills. ... View More
Is Your Brand RAD? Partnering with the EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal Program
In 2012, EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) program celebrated six years and 50 partners. EPA launched the RAD program in 2006 as a voluntary partnership program to help protect the ozone layer and climate system. In its first year, RAD par... View More
Sonoco Lightens Materials Load with Cradle-to-Cradle Approach to Packaging
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has always prided itself on ‘closing the loop.’ Our company began recycling in the 1920s, before recycling was even a buzzword. Today, we successfully offer a full range of servic... View More
FlashFood Mobile App Diverts Restaurant Food Waste To Feed the Hungry
The statistics are staggering: One in five children goes to bed hungry every night in America, while 40 percent of food in this country is sent to the landfill, according to a recent report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. There is an imme... View More
By-Product Synergy Networks Offer Zero-Waste Solutions for Businesses, Cities Worldwide
By-product synergy (BPS), a process that turns one company’s waste into valuable raw materials for another, offers an innovative, collaborative way to divert waste from landfills, cut costs and improve the environment. ... View More
Solar Panels and Schoolyard Chickens: A Net-Positive Campus
This post first appeared on GOOD on January 22, 2013. ... View More
PUMA Introduces C2C-Certified, Recyclable Track Jacket, Backpack as Part of InCycle Collection
Did you know that 31 waste-disposal trucks are needed to clear the waste that 100,000 pairs of conventional sneakers create during the production process and consumer life (until their owners throw them away and they end up in landfills or incinerato... View More
Dell Reconnect: Turning E-Waste into a Community Resource
Irresponsible destruction of electronic waste can be a nasty business. Dell recognized many years ago that our customers wanted a convenient, safe and secure program for disposing their used electronics. We also recognized that our responsibility to ... View More
Sears Automotive on Its Way to Zero Waste with Multiple Recycling, Recovery, Reuse Programs
Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC), which operates over 2,600 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada under the Sears and Kmart brand formats, is taking significant steps to reduce its waste stream in specific areas of its... View More
UK Retailer John Lewis Closing Loop on Plastic Waste
This post first appeared on 2degrees on January 21, 2013.The John Lewis Partnership has committed to developing a 'closed loop' waste plastics strategy in what is claimed to be a first for a UK retailer. ... View More
Oregon's New '2050 Vision' Plan Goes Beyond Managing Waste to Managing Materials
In December 2012, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, which is the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) policy and rulemaking board, voted unanimously to adopt Materials Management in Oregon: 2050 Vision and Framework for Act... View More
Power Down: How Competition Drove Energy Savings at the University of Pennsylvania
Higher education can play a leadership role in advancing environmental sustainability. Through its research, teaching, and operational practices, The University of Pennsylvania is dedicated to promoting a sustainable culture. This is not surprising g... View More
Herman Miller Ups the Sustainable Ante with Design for Environment 2.0
When Herman Miller engineers began using Cradle to Cradle thinking as part of their Design for Environment (DfE) process in 2001, the world of green design was less complicated than today. ... View More
Extended Producer Responsibility: A Win-Win for Business and Governments
As both a natural resources and packaged goods company, Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is always looking for ways to reduce our footprint while producing superior products that meet consumer demand. When it comes to our packaging, we are constan... View More
EPR in Healthcare: Yesterday’s Waste Is Today’s Business Opportunity
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is gaining notoriety as a smart production and marketing strategy, as product take-back programs emerge as a major consumer trend. ... View More
Waste Not: Innovative Solutions from Cradle to Cradle and Beyond
The overarching principle for this month’s Issue in Focus is the insight that in nature there is no waste.For centuries, human industry has ignored this simple lesson. But today, a convergence of environmental and resource concerns is driving the r... View More
Goodwill: Saving the Waste in Men and Things
At Goodwill, we were excited to be invited to co-edit this issue dedicated to highlighting innovative solutions for eliminating and reutilizing waste streams in operations. As individuals continue to consume products and companies continue to expand,... View More
