Today's Mistakes, Yesterday's Horrors
Working closely on this subject I was deeply surprised by the irrationality of the times we are living in, and its distinctive superficiality. However, I want to make clear that I am far from regret...
Stuffstr, an App to put Unused Things into Circulation
Name: Stuffstr Plus: The American app Stuffstr gives a new life to objects that are no longer used Field: Online platform Features: Stuffstr is recognised as being the circu...
Vegea: Leather from Wine
Name: Vegea Plus: Vegea it’s a vegetal biomaterial, 100% made from by-products of wine making Field: New materials Features: Winner of the 2017 H&M Global Change A...
RiceHouse: Architecture from Rice Waste
Name: RiceHouse Plus: Bioplasters produced from rice straw, husk and bran Field: New materials Features: RiceHouse biocomposite materials are made of by-products from rice c...
Circular Headphones with Gerrard Street
Name: Gerrard Street Plus: Modular headphones, easy to repair and pay per use from The Netherlands Field: Product as a service Features: High range headphone...
Sustainability Is Fashionable
So, one of the defining characteristics of Italy’s brand has established itself as a driving force carrying with it the revival of local products, organic and biodynamic produce. Now it is the...
Stop Death (of Objects)
If Ellen MacArthur is the dame of the circular economy, Walter R. Stahel (born June 5, 1946) can be well awarded the title of father of this economic model. Stahel has been influential in ...
Closing the Circle is Just One Option
Photo by Mirjam Verschoor Two Germans in the kingdom of the Netherlands. A great big slice of the Dutch circular economy is based on the vision of Thomas Rau and ...
Water vs. Coal. South Africa's Filthy War
Photography: Fausto Podavini Research: Marirosa Iannelli Top image: Witbank. In a coal mine a woman collects coal for personal use. Coal is the only resource for locals. “Do y...
The Bioeconomy is the New Force de Frappe
France has finally taken its place at the table alongside other European countries with a national bioeconomy strategy. Announced in June 2015 and presented on 18 January of this year, Une Strat&eac...
Towards Circular Public Procurement in France
edited by Institut de l’économie circulaire, Parigi www.institut-economie-circulaire.fr Public procurement is considered as a top policy lever as it represents a sign...
Brewing with Leftover Bread
Call it a hype if you will, but the circular economy is here to stay: it is gaining traction around the world, and the strategies it provides can solve our current dependence on finite resources. By...
Fashion, Cannibals and Forks
Top image: Details of Besani’s knitted textile. “Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?” John Elkington is asked at the beginning of Cannibals with Forks, one of t...
Jeans for Rent
Swedish label Filippa K has been one of the leading companies in sustainable, circular fashion since 1993. As its founder, Filippa Knutsson, claims “inspired by my needs, I have created a bran...
Rethinking the Function of the Fridge
Over the last decades, the functionality of the home refrigerator has remained pretty much the same: a big cold box with a temperature between 4 and 7 °C, in which you store all food products yo...
DS Smith: The Power of Less
Until about 20 years ago, the papermaking industry was regarded as one of the most detrimental sectors on the planet precisely because of the raw materials employed: cellulose and wood pulp provided...
Symbiosis & Innovation
Industrial symbiosis. A concept that can be either narrowed to the known role, at industrial level, of partnership, or developed into a 360-degree view. In the case of the circular economy, grafted ...
From Sheets to Packaging to Newspapers
The European Pulp and Paper Industry can be considered one of the bioeconomy beacons of the Old Continent. The Pulp and Paper sector has a high rate of collection and recycling, uses raw materials s...
The Double Life of Peach and Apricot Kernels
Apricot and peach kernels, salt used for salting meat: since February 2017, in Emilia Romagna, they have no longer been considered special waste to be disposed of, originating from the processing ph...
When the States Invade Canada
The comic strip is We Stand Guard, written by Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by Steve Skroce. To “stand on guard” are Canada’s citizens, who must keep a close watch on the decidedly ag...