circular economy

Advancing Malaysia’s Green Growth through Circular Economy

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent months, several countries in Asia experienced massive typhoon, flash flood, and extreme ...

Rebound effect: an invisible brake on circular sustainability

European measures for the circular transition seem to be struggling to take root: over 87% of resource consumption in the European Union continues to rely on virgin raw materials. In line with the r...

The Circular Economy in the Chemical Industry

Circular economy means taking a regenerative approach to resource usage, in order to meet the needs of all 8 billion people on the planet. The Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation’s butterfly diagram r...

Circular economy stimulates responsible finance and provides lower default risk

Published in mid-July by the UN Environment Programme, as part of a single framework of principles for responsible banking in line with the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement, the two reports ...

Cities Advancing the Circular Economy through Pre-Commercial Procurement, AI & Digital Solutions

The transition to a circular economy is not just a lofty environmental goal; it is a critical imperative for cities worldwide. Urban areas are the engines of global economic growth, responsible...

Garry Cooper: From Circular Economy to Quantum Computing, Collaboration is the Key to Success

At Circularity 24, the leading circular economy conference in the United States, one of the central themes was collaboration as a tool for promoting sustainability and innovation. Among the spe...

Dorsouma (AfDB): A Comprehensive Strategy to Unleash Africa's Circular Economy Potential

Africa has great potential. This is often heard in a variety of contexts, and this is particularly evident when considering the circular economy. A vibrant landscape of small businesses, many of whi...

Startup: textile circularity and social inclusion with United Repair Centre

United Repair Centre (URC) offers an alternative to purchasing new clothes by providing repair services for brands. Established as a social enterprise, URC is a cross-sector collaboration invol...

Circularity 24: once upon a time in America there was circular economy

From Chicago – After three intense days of work, the 2024 edition of Circularity ended on Friday, the 24th of May. This year, however, the story of the premier circular economy conference in t...

Introducing the new ISO standards for the circular economy

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which is responsible worldwide for setting technical standards, has published, after a five-year effort, new international standards aimed a...

Circularity 24, circular economy brings together USA and UE: interview with Jon Smieja

The American circular economy will take center stage at Circularity 24, which will be held May 22-24 in Chicago, USA. We discussed themes, speakers, and objectives of the event with Jon Smieja, VP o...

From Europe to the Global South, circular cooperation comes through Brussels

(Brussels)  Cooperation, connections, social justice, sustainable futures: in a world increasingly at war, the circular economy stands today as a tool for peace and equitable development. This ...

Ecomondo Mexico, circular economy waiting to be built

(Guadalajara) There is a need for circular economy in Mexico. Among the 12,500 registered visitors at Solar + Storage y Ecomondo México in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, the interest in EP...

Startup, Zupply: automation platform for circular building projects

Zupply is a Danish startup that supports companies in the construction industry in transitioning to circular economy models. They do so by using data and automation to initiate workflows to efficien...

Urban Food Policy can revolutionise food consumption. Interview with Peter Defranceschi

There is a world of meanings and connections behind two simple words like "food" and "city," spanning across cultures, economies, stories, and social interactions. In urban contexts, food is an elem...

Circularity 24, the international benchmark event for the circular economy

Circularity 24 is the international benchmark event for circular economy professionals, an opportunity to grow the circularity community and accelerate concrete change in this direction. With more ...

Less is more? Degrowth, green growth and the future of our economy

Imagine a world where overwhelming narratives on climate change are a thing of the past, with healthy air, clean water and fertile soil. And no one’s had to suffer for it: people around the wo...

Climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development: the key international meetings during 2024

2024 will be a key year for green finance, for the green transition, for advancing the UN Montreal-Kunming Agreement on Biodiversity, for strengthening multilateralism on sustainable development beg...

Used Oils: CONOU's Winning Model

Approximately 40 years ago, CONOU – Italy’s National Consortium of Waste Oils – became the first to inaugurate an applied extended producer responsibility scheme to collect and reg...

Circularity Gap Report 2024, a roadmap to lead the world towards the circular economy

Everyone is talking about it, but few actually practice it: while the circular economy is now a megatrend (considering the number of articles, reports and debates on the topic increased threefold in...