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- Economics of expiration: Is stuff designed to fail?
Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: What drives manufacturers to make unsustainable products that are designed to fail, and why do consumers buy them? - Rethinking agri-waste for a circular food economyGuest Blog by Kent Swisher: How farmers and food producers are finding ways to create value for people and planet from agricultural waste.
- Funders back cellulose roll-out at industrial scaleNews: Funding success enables bio-based materials innovator to start roll-out of validated procurement-ready cellulose at industry scale.
- Does outsourcing add up for construction waste?Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: When you follow the money in construction waste, can outsourcing solutions make economic sense for sustainability?
- Why is it still so hard to recycle rare earth metals?Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: Why recycling of rare earth metals is so underdeveloped that we are all throwing away the future, on a daily basis.
- Sustainable phenol opens new market in ChinaNews: Global leader in phenol enters Chinese market, the largest in the world, with new biomass-based products that are certified sustainable.
- Trust in DRS with circularity now on public lipsNews: Survey confirms circularity has now entered the public vocabulary, with consumers ready to trust in a deposit return scheme (DRS).
- True cost of IT: E-waste hidden in plain sightGuest Blog by Hiren Hasmukh: How the true cost of in-house IT gets masked by hidden e-waste gathering dust in storage rooms around the globe.
- Artist uses waste to show impact of copper miningNews: Art installation composed of 2,000 hand-thrown ceramic tiles, incorporating industrial waste, explores consequences of copper mining.
- Upcycling at scale is not only possible, but powerfulGuest Blog by Dr R Sri Ram: Why textile upcycling at scale is about much more than simply stitching something old into something new.
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