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A pair of pants spends much less time in our wardrobe than in the African landfill where it may end up after we leave it in a container, comforted by …
Why putting used clothes in a recycling bin does not allow you to have a clear conscience Read More
Looking good and being good people don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Zoe Gilbertson spins a worthy yarn. The £50bn listing on the London stock exchange of clothing giant, Shein, …
Fibre optics Read More
Paul Ekins warns of the need for low-carbon-economy policymakers to consider the full circle. Many of the technologies seen as critical for the shift to low-carbon energy, as well as …
More ore or less waste? Read More
Christine Nikander finds bargains in the global secondhand store of transition metals. Growth in the production and trade of most critical raw materials is not keeping up with the expected …
E-waste recycling: time to peddle harder Read More
Emma Fromberg experiments with new metaphors to illustrate the changes needed to cultivate a circular economy. It is undeniable that much of the sustainability buzz is generated by businesses putting …
The circular root Read More
Herman E. Daly, an economist who envisioned a new practice of his field, a discipline known as ecological economics in which growth is not an unquestioned good and the impact …
Herman Daly, professor who introduced ecology to economics, dies at 84 Read More
The last couple of decades have witnessed an explosion in electronic consumer products. Our lives are now full of devices from smartphones to laptops, speakers, TVs, wearables, battery packs, and chargers …
The Circular Economy and Electronics Read More
The ‘throwaway global economy’ is fuelling climate change, according to a new report from Circle Economy, showing more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials have been consumed since the 2015 …
Report: ‘Throwaway global economy’ is fuelling climate change Read More
The definition of a circular economy is ‘unclear and lacks substance’, according to a team of researchers from Lancaster University Management School, Lund University and the Royal Institute of Technology …
Circular economy is ‘unclear and lacks substance’, new report finds Read More
• 10 new cities join the World Economic Forum’s latest cohort of Circular Shapers, an initiative leveraging grassroots change to transform cities into centres of circular economy innovation. • This …
Young changemakers for circular innovation Read More