NOT GOOD NEWS (unless you are a pioneer in the ‘circular economy’)  Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’

NOT GOOD NEWS (unless you are a pioneer in the ‘circular economy’)  Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Around 50 million tons of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a new joint United Nations report – which exceeds the combined weight of all the commercial airliners ever made, or alternatively, enough Eiffel Towers to fill the whole of Manhattan

Our world is still only 9% circular… But the world is finally waking up to the problem and the opportunity

Our world is still only 9% circular… But the world is finally waking up to the problem and the opportunity

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Its time to wake up to the opportunities of the circular economy. In the 12 months since we launched our first Circularity Gap Report, resource extraction and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to increase.

“First call for recycled beer!” – How AB InBev is recycling alcohol waste from its low and no-ABV beer production

“First call for recycled beer!” – How AB InBev is recycling alcohol waste from its low and no-ABV beer production

ByThe Circular Economy Team

With the rise in consumer demand for low and no alcohol drinks, beer giant AB InBev is converting wasted alcohol from its low and no-ABV beers into biofuel, combining two major trends in the drinks industry. As demand for low alcohol drinks, beer in particular, has risen over the past 12 months, AB InBev’s European headquarters has struck a deal with a biofuel plant in Belgium in order to convert leftover alcohol from the brewing process into fuel.

A Crowdfunded Idea to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now a £27-Million Nonprofit. Scientists Still Don’t Think It’ll Work (and yet people are throwing money left and right into the ‘circu…

A Crowdfunded Idea to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now a £27-Million Nonprofit. Scientists Still Don’t Think It’ll Work (and yet people are throwing money left and right into the ‘circu…

ByThe Circular Economy Team

A direct quote from the article: “There wasn’t much consultation with marine engineers.  But it looked cool.”…

TOMRA Leverages IoT to Revolutionize Recycling – Finally, ‘Big Data’ put to a good use (maybe)!

TOMRA Leverages IoT to Revolutionize Recycling – Finally, ‘Big Data’ put to a good use (maybe)!

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Humans today produce 78 million tons of plastic packaging each year[1]. Almost a third of that makes its way into the environment, causing enormous patches of floating refuse in our oceans, for instance, and depositing microplastics on our beaches.

Apple’s New Macs Use ‘100 Per Cent Recycled Aluminium,’ But What Does That Mean? (Semantics:  I guess it depends on what your definition of ‘recycled’ is…)

Apple’s New Macs Use ‘100 Per Cent Recycled Aluminium,’ But What Does That Mean? (Semantics:  I guess it depends on what your definition of ‘recycled’ is…)

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Like Apple’s other recent environmental claims, this comes with important caveats and leaves plenty of open questions.

Greenpeace Africa Ships Plastic ‘Monster’ to Nestlé Factory as Activists Call on Firm to End Reliance on Single-Use Plastics

Greenpeace Africa Ships Plastic ‘Monster’ to Nestlé Factory as Activists Call on Firm to End Reliance on Single-Use Plastics

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Greenpeace Africa activists and volunteers have made a rallied call to Nestlé, urging the multinational corporation to end its reliance on single-use plastic.The protestors delivered a plastic ‘monster’ partly covered with Nestlé branded plastic packaging to a Nestlé factory servicing Kenya and…

UP to ban single-use plastic items from July 15, CM Yogi Adityanath seeks public support on Twitter | india news | Hindustan Times

UP to ban single-use plastic items from July 15, CM Yogi Adityanath seeks public support on Twitter | india news | Hindustan Times

ByThe Circular Economy Team

Uttar Pradesh has announced a ban on single-use plastic items such as polythene, plastic cups and glasses as it attempts to enforce the restriction for a third time.

Teenagers roll up their sleeves to help fight the battle against single-use plastic waste – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Teenagers roll up their sleeves to help fight the battle against single-use plastic waste – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ByThe Circular Economy Team

In most households, teenagers are the first to scatter when it comes to doing the dishes, but these young people have rolled up their sleeves in a bid to reduce single-use plastic waste.