A Circular Green New Deal
This coloured history includes Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, a work of literary and personal discovery, John Muir’s conservationism, Rachel Carson’s denouncement of pesticides in Silent Spring...
Onwards Europe!
We are encountering a global sustainability crisis that has three dimensions: the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis and the crisis caused by the overuse of natural resources. For tackling thes...
Here Comes Loop
“The key thesis statement is we can’t just recycle our way out of the garbage crisis.” Tom Szaky, TerraCycle’s CEO and co-founder, has a radical view of the circular economy: “We need foun...
Upscaling the Circular Transition
During the WCEF2019, which brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world, we met with Professor Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environm...
Make America Circular
Minneapolis is a progressive city, rising from the gentle banks of the Mississippi river, in the Upper Midwestern state of Minnesota. For many years the city was famous for its skyways, enclosed foo...
Google Revolution
Greenbiz Group – Circularity 19 This article is adapted from the newsletter Circular Weekly, www.greenbiz.com/article/conversation-googles-circularity-maven-cso-kate-bra...
The US Bioeconomy
Renewable and cheap raw materials galore, world-leading agricultural and forestry sectors, strong support for innovation, large companies with rich portfolios, specialised start-ups, a highly advant...
The Needs of Green Chemistry
The transition of the classical chemical sector based on fossil feedstock such as coal, oil and gas, to greener chemistries, based on renewable feedstock, holds an enticing perspective for CO2 reduc...
WCEF19's Mission: Transform the Global Economy
The World Circular Economy Forum 2019 edition, third part of the Finland-born event, showed the “circular” world’s vitality and complexity. Established in 2017 by SITRA – the...
Intelligent Plastic Designed for Chemical Circularity
The Brett Helms Research Group, part of the California-based Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has synthesised a new type of plastic polymer – poly(diketoenamine)s or PDKs – that ca...
Investing With Little Vision
To begin with, some clarity: what is a multilateral development bank (MDB)? MDBs are financial institutions founded by one or two countries with the goal of aiding economic development in poorer nat...
High-Quality Recycled PlasticÂ
Each year, eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the sea. An amount that is bound to double in the next twenty years and quadruple by 2050. It is as if a lorry load of plastic were dumped in the...
New Life to Plastic and Industry 4.0. A Boost for the Circular Economy
The green revolution has already started: that of the circular economy, innovative recovery of materials and solutions to problems plaguing our planet. This is what Ecomondo has been narrating, show...
Circular Economy Club Launches the Circular Cities Week
LONDON – The Circular Economy Club (CEC) has announced it will celebrate its global “Circular Cities Week” event from October 28th to November 3rd, 2019. The goal of the event: pus...
Biopolymers: In the Right Place
Plastic. An essential material that for decades has been managed inadequately. An unsustainable cycle from the cradle to the grave. The lack of circularity is disastrous with results speaking for th...
Itelyum: Sustainable Governance for Circular Economy
Itelyum has been circular since before the concept was even defined. Thanks to a series of strategic acquisitions (discussed in issue 27 of Renewable Matter, ed.) the company has expanded its range ...
Laserfood: Making Labels With Lasers
Name: Laserfood Sector: Packaging Pros: Natural Branding with laser technology that reduces the impact of labelling by over 99% Characteristics: Patented laser technology th...
Nature Coatings: Black Pigments From Wood Waste
Name: Nature Coatings Sector: New materials from processing waste Pros: Organic-based black pigments as a by-product of the wood industry Characteristics: These pigments hav...
Reverse Resources: Recovering Waste Fabrics Using Data
Name: Reverse Resources Sector: Digital platforms Pros: Digital supply chain management that maps, measures and gives visibility to waste fabrics Characteristics: Waste from...
Clean Water and Energy From Wastewater Thanks to Wase
Name: Wase Sector: Energy from waste Pros: The technology functions at up to ten times the speed of others in current use Characteristics: Decentralised wastewater treatment...