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Taking a look at Lansink's waste hierarchy and the circular economy to challenge the 2,000-year-old method of using landfills for waste disposal.
by Conor Riffle
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Sponsored: The world needs to focus on more innovative approaches to building a circular economy if it is to truly address environmental threats.
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A conversation about next-generation recycling technology, progress since China banned most imports of plastic and paper, and demand driving the industry forward.
by CJ Clouse
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Sponsored: A new study debunked the long-held myth that corrugated pizza boxes are unrecyclable. Now, they’re aiming for a slice of the recycling pie.
by Pete Durette
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Tesla is driving down the amount of waste generated per vehicle and has decreased manufacturing waste by 50 percent in new facilities.
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Next time you look up at the night sky and consider your place in the universe, consider that there are 8,000 metric tons of junk swirling around above you.
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Can a new software platform achieve the goal of accelerating the circular economy?
by Joel Makower
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Joe Macleod calls himself an “endineer” and says there's a missed opportunity when companies don't think about their products' full life cycle.
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Making a concrete case for change in how we build.
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270 of the 440 operating reactors worldwide are more than 30 years old. Many nuclear plants originally were designed for a service life lasting around 30 years.
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Advocates of the take-make-waste system have characterized the linear economy as the optimally efficient free market. But nothing is efficient about it.
by Ron Gonen
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Measuring circular economy performance requires data on areas of a business that haven’t traditionally been measured.
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Sponsored: InterContinental Hotels Group is using circular economy thinking to seek out solutions to problems such as plastic waste.
by Sopan Shah
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Developed to provide a blueprint for environmental action, LCAs often sow seeds of discord. What can be done to fix that?
by Karine Vann
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More companies are pursuing design for the environment, closed loop supply chains and equitable practices that extend to downstream communities.
by Elsa Wenzel
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A green recovery supports the environment. An efficient recovery works for both the environment and the economy.
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As singer-songwriter Solange said, 'Do nothing without intention.'
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Man-made cellulosic fibers, the second biggest cellulosic fiber group after cotton, holds huge untapped potential to transform the fashion industry, according to Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange.
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Eon, an IoT platform, is working with the fashion companies and retailers to minimize waste and build the infrastructure for circular business models.
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Here are some lessons from the planet’s best line of defense.
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Establishing an effective circular economy will rely on keeping what works, designing out what doesn’t, and being creative to fill in the gaps.
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Eighty percent of a product’s environmental impact is decided on the design table but most apparel professionals weren't trained to design with the end-user or end-of-life of the garment in mind.
by Jade Wilting
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Leaders from the two companies hope others will be inspired to do more to reuse or compost their products.
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One key is to design out waste in the first place.
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Looking at washing machines, research from Sweden's Linköping University tries to solve part of the puzzle about how to shift business models to find more traction when it comes to being circular, as well as adding a social element.