World e-waste rises by 8%
Kindly Share This Story: By Godwin Oritse with agency reports e-Waste A new report on global e-waste – discarded products with a battery or plug – shows…
Source: gistsfanz.com
Kindly Share This Story: By Godwin Oritse with agency reports e-Waste A new report on global e-waste – discarded products with a battery or plug – shows…
Source: gistsfanz.com
The circular economy isn’t new but the importance of thinking that way is now more important than ever. I met someone the other night after a talk I gave who is committed to green creating single-use items that gradually decompose so that these products aren’t sitting in garbage piles for eternity. Her bags decompose in 180 days vs 1000 years. That’s smart.
The transition will require people to work together across companies and sectors, using skills such as empathy, craftsmanship and ingenuity.
The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem.
As circular economy thinking takes hold among policy makers, civil servants and scientists, policy is tending towards circular as a strategy to reach environmental objectives. Hopes are that production systems will continue to deliver and indeed grow economically, but with far less material and fossil energy intensity. The Swedish Government formed its own Circular Economy Delegation last year and recently announced its national strategy for the Circular Economy and 100 measures to transition to circularity. Policy needs to align, but this raises questions. The economy is a complex adaptive system, and any intervention may cause the opposite of the intended effects. This article explores my own very personal reflections based on earlier work together with my recent work with the local university.
The European Commission is set to unveil the EU-Africa and the circular economy strategy this week. Additionally, MEPs will hold the plenary session in Brussels after the president David Sassoli cancelled the plenary in Strasbourg due to the coronavirus o…
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