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TheCircularEconomy.com - The World's #1 Largest site for News on The Circular Economy - dedicated to the concept of reuse and sustainability
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Duane K. Siebert
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In a competitive global marketplace, challenges remain for maximizing the potential of young entrepreneurs. 
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The circular economy is an umbrella term for different economic schools of thought. ‘Cradle 2 Cradle’ product design methods avoid toxic materials, while ‘Biomimicry’..
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A new report reveals the annual value of global e-waste is more than $60 billion...
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A new report outlines measures for transitioning to a circular economy.
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A direct quote from the article: "There wasn’t much consultation with marine engineers. But it looked cool.”...
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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.
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Architecture studio Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with its latest chair design, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken fro...
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New EU waste legislation adopted last year has redefined what can be considered “recycled” and resets targets for each packaging material. Gordon Shade goes through the expected changes and remaining challenges.
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From tackling deforestation to closing the skills gap.
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We’re urgently mobilising to save the crucial, pro-Right-to-Repair measures in the European Commission's "Circular Economy Package".
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E-waste is now the fastest growing waste stream in the world, and a global reboot in the way humans produce and use electronic devices is now urgently needed,...
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Plus, a global call to action for intergenerational cooperation.
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Here are some of the ways a microservices approach can benefit software development.
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Seven UN entities, including the ILO, supported by the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) call for a reboot of the current electronics system.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Plus, introducing our semi-regular "What I Do" series, featuring United sustainability senior manager Aaron Robinson.
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Like Apple’s other recent environmental claims, this comes with important caveats and leaves plenty of open questions.
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced the establishment of a Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize and a research and development center for the recycling of critical materials such as cobalt and lithium from lithium-ion batteries.
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Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to better address e-waste challenges. ...
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The material value of e-waste alone is worth $62.5 billion, three times more than the annual output of the world’s silver mines and more than the GDP of most countries.
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Multidisciplinary practice SuperSpatial was selected as one of the 6 finalists for the South Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
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Samsung electronics announced today that it will start taking steps to replace plastic packaging materials with paper and other environmentally sustainable elements...
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