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Circular Economy
This surprising change can help the auto industry tackle emissions goals
Collaboration across the auto industry can transform emissions and further much needed circularity to create real systems change.
Circular Economy
A circular car industry could slash carbon emissions – here’s how
Transforming how cars are produced and used could cut carbon emissions by up to 75%. Here's how circularity can help.
Future of Consumption
I created a class to teach zero waste. It turned into so much more
Activist and graduate Sage Lenier created a course at UC Berkeley about sustainability and the circular economy. We sat down with her for a quick chat.
India
How a start-up in India is pioneering a way to tackle the global e-waste problem
Electronic waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental challenges – and opportunities. Indian start-up, Karo Sambhav, is helping to tackle the country’s giant e-waste challe...
Circular Economy
Waste not want not: 4 signs the circular economy is going strong
Reusing and repairing goods as part of a circular economy is a good way to help our environment. From the rise of buy-back programmes to online resale, here's four signs the circular econ...
Circular Economy
The circular economy could forever change how cars are made – here’s how
Leaning into the shift to electric mobility and the circular economy could spark a revolution in how cars are made and used.
Circular Economy
Achieving carbon neutrality: One company’s lessons learned
Lessons learned from Signify's efforts to tackle waste and do its part to mitigate the impact of climate change to help others and speed their efforts.
Circular Economy
4 creative ways companies are embracing the circular economy
From furniture you used to own to ‘shoes you never own’, more and more brands are developing inventive ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Climate Change
Why this mushroom could be your next house, handbag or ‘hamburger’
Derived from fungus, mycelium is proving to be a sustainable alternative material – in the worlds of fashion, packaging and food production.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
Secondhand clothing is in fashion - and it's helping the environment
The secondhand clothing industry has boomed in recent years, which is good news for the environment, as the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters.
Circular Economy
Education, reinvention and common action can right the wrongs exposed by COVID-19
Global education access, the reinvention of global solutions with local application, and common action to tip the scale are three imperatives for meaningful change.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
This is how the fashion industry can reduce its carbon emissions
By accelerating changes along the value chain, the industry could substantially reduce its contribution to global warming by reducing emissions.
Circular Economy
How a circular economy could aid the COVID-19 recovery
A circular economy could help the world recover financially from COVID-19, researchers from the University of Warwick say. It could also help nations achieve their net-zero carbon emissio...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This Norwegian start-up wants to build houses out of 100% recycled plastic
Plastic waste doesn’t have to be wasted – now it’s being used to build homes in Africa in a pioneering partnership between the UN and Othalo of Norway.
Sustainable Development
Trash for cash: South Africans fight hunger with digital currency
South Africa is using recycling charities to support those out of a job in the COVID-19 pandemic. Love Our City Klean is one of the incentives supporting those in need.