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Category: Topics: Circular Economy

Men pictured picking up and sorting garbage from the street, beside rusty rubbish skip and lorry full of trash.
May 9, 2023 Jim McClelland

Millions of jobs in circular economy for Global South

News: Circular economy offers job creation worldwide, but report shows research is ignoring the Global South, where most work will be found.

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Samsø Series watches pictured in 4 bright colourways, stood upright on driftwood and natural sandy ground against blue sea or sky backdrop.
April 3, 2023 Jim McClelland

Solar watch made from upcycled ocean plastic

News: Inspired by world’s first renewable-energy island, solar-powered eco watch design features upcycled ocean plastic and bio-based nylon.

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Artist's impression of the Kuusakoski recycling plant to be located on the waterfront in Veitsiluoto, a port on the Northern Gulf of Bothnia, Finland
March 22, 2023 Jim McClelland

First carbon-free recycling plant for steel

News: Leading recycling services company plans to invest €25M in building a steel recycling plant in Finland to operate 100% carbon free.

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Based on the work of Bocken et al. (2016), graphic depicts four flows to achieve circular objectives: narrow, slow, regenerate and cycle.
January 18, 2023 Jim McClelland

How can we close the global Circularity Gap?

News: Circularity Gap Report reveals global circularity shrank from 9.1% in 2018, to 7.2% in 2023, due to rising material extraction and use.

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Double page spread of Chemical Recycling article from report in The Times
December 19, 2022 Jim McClelland

Chemical Recycling and the ‘Future of Packaging’

Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores chemical recycling as a solution to the problem of plastic waste.

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Tray with five new recyclable delivery bowls: three are round, two with lids stacked on top of one another, the third is open showing food; one oval bowl has lid, other displays food inside. Chopsticks and Wagamama branded napkins in foreground
August 17, 2022 Jim McClelland

Packaging: cutting plastic and carbon from katsu curry

News: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.

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Sunflower bud opening, showing whorls of leaves and petals in green, to suggest circularity.
July 26, 2022 Jim McClelland

Circular economy investment set to spike

News: Analysis reveals big rise in the number and value of circular economy investment deals in the UK, with growth about to bloom in 2022.

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Image of dresses hung on clothes rack in garden, overlaid with text: 'Sustainable fashion report: Which countries are the most interested in dressing sustainably? And which actually recycle the most clothes?
July 6, 2022 Jim McClelland

Which countries are best for sustainable fashion?

News: Research reveals which countries show the most interest in sustainable fashion; but also which import and export most clothing waste.

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View down a straight empty road, with central white line markings, running into the horizon between fields in Sweden.
April 19, 2022 Jim McClelland

Quarry waste on the road to circular construction

News: New roadbuilding material will repurpose quarry waste in innovative circular construction solution that carries Solar Impulse label.

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Promotional image showing variety of &SISTERS product packs, with B Corp Certification logo in corner of shot.
March 16, 2022 Jim McClelland

Venture capital backs eco-friendly period care

News: Period care has a plastic problem; so, ESG-based venture capital is investing in eco-friendly menstrual healthcare for a green economy.

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