Dematerialization and the Circular Economy: Comparing Strategies to Reduce Material Impacts of the Consumer Electronic Product Ecosystem – Kasulaitis – 2019 – Journal of Industrial Ecology – Wiley …

Dematerialization and the Circular Economy: Comparing Strategies to Reduce Material Impacts of the Consumer Electronic Product Ecosystem – Kasulaitis – 2019 – Journal of Industrial Ecology – Wiley …

Summary The rapid technological evolution and adoption of consumer electronics highlights a growing need for adaptive methodologies to evaluate material consumption at the intersection of technological change and increasing consumption. While dematerialization and the circular economy (CE) have both been proposed to mitigate increasing material consumption, recent research has shown that these methods may be ineffective at achieving net material use reduction: When focused on specific products, these methods neglect the effects of complex interactions among and increasing consumption of consumer electronic products.

Greenpeace Volunteers Start Campaign Prompting Companies to Stop Using Single-Use Plastic Items in South Africa

Greenpeace Volunteers Start Campaign Prompting Companies to Stop Using Single-Use Plastic Items in South Africa

A group of Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Cape Town has started an ambitious campaign to enforce a ban on single-use plastic items. The organisation is calling on South Africa’s top political parties to adopt the ban in their election manifestos ahead of this year’s presidential election.

Heartbreaking pics show stunning tropical islands in Australia suffocated by 238 tonnes of discarded single-use plastic

Heartbreaking pics show stunning tropical islands in Australia suffocated by 238 tonnes of discarded single-use plastic

THE PARADISE tropical islands of Australia are being suffocated by an astonishing 414 million pieces of plastic – including 373,000 toothbrushes.Heartbreaking pictures show once white sandy beaches of the Cocos Islands chocking on a monstrous 238 tonnes of bottle caps, straws and flip-flops.

Portsmouth city councilor proposes ban on single-use plastic — New England — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Portsmouth city councilor proposes ban on single-use plastic — New England — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

The proposal would ban single-use plastic products like shopping bags and straws.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News.

10 Spanish Companies Show How to be more Competitive in a Context of Circular Economy and Efficient Use of Resources -News Bundle – Newsbundle Issue 355

10 Spanish Companies Show How to be more Competitive in a Context of Circular Economy and Efficient Use of Resources -News Bundle – Newsbundle Issue 355

Exposing the challenges of the circular economy and the efficient use of resources for the competitiveness of companies and to spread the knowledge on the instruments of the European Commission to facilitate the transition to a more circular economy, have been the objectives of the workshop,…

Malta ‘stepping up its effort’ to address the effects of single-use plastic – The Malta Independent

Malta ‘stepping up its effort’ to address the effects of single-use plastic – The Malta Independent

World leaders and environment ministers met in Nairobi, Kenya between 11 and 15 March for the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly bearing the theme, “Innovative solutions for…

Siam Cement PCL : SCG hosts “SCG Chemicals Digest 2019” to encourage plastic business owners to adopt a circular economy for sustainable development (SCG Chemicals) | MarketScreener

Siam Cement PCL : SCG hosts “SCG Chemicals Digest 2019” to encourage plastic business owners to adopt a circular economy for sustainable development (SCG Chemicals) | MarketScreener

Chemicals Business, SCG hosted SCG Chemicals Digest 2019 under the theme ‘Circular Economy: The Better Way,’ featuring speakers from government agencies and a world-class…| March 26, 2019…

Arabian Aerospace – Etihad Airways top operate single-use plastic free flight on Earth Day

Arabian Aerospace – Etihad Airways top operate single-use plastic free flight on Earth Day

Flight EY484 will depart Abu Dhabi on 21 April, landing in Brisbane on 22 April – Earth Day.   Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport said: “Sustainable and efficient transport is core to the government’s vision, and we commend Etihad’s proactivity in paving the way for sustainability and efficiency in air transportation. 

School to hold e-waste collection drive – BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News | Largest English Daily In Borneo

School to hold e-waste collection drive – BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News | Largest English Daily In Borneo

KUCHING: Chung Hua Primary School (CHPS) No.5 in Jalan Mendu here is calling on the public to support its electronic waste (e-waste) collection drive next Saturday (Jan 19) in conjunction with the ……