A collaboration between the fashion sector, the plastics industry, and academia is set to bring a sportswear range to market that embodies circular economy principles….
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Recyclable items, including plastics, paper, metal and glass, will be collected and transported to WestRock’s local material recovery facility….
As the world continues to face climate uncertainties, industrial companies are looking for ways to ensure they are as sustainable as possible while…
With the circular economy model moving from buzz to business and trade strategy, the Commerce Ministry has pledged to beef up promotion and campaigns for the circular economy to reduce waste and increase value-added production.
From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
Like in many other European countries, the temperature record in the Netherlands was broken in the summer of 2019. In the city Gilze and Rijen it became 40,7 °C. Even more remarkable: this was two degrees above the old record, 38,6 °C measured on 23 august 1944! Across the world, the weather becomes increasingly weirder, and above all, warmer. To stop this climate change, a world-wide transition to a so-called circular economy is needed. A definition to measure the ‘circularity’ of products and services is however missing. An increasing number of companies say they are on a mission to become 100 % circular, but what they mean remains unclear!
In 2015 the United Nation set out 17 sustainable development goals, with their mission statement being, “A blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”.Rachel Tomlinson and Karl Cross have become enthusiastic about making this goal a reality and developing their stude……