In an article on The Conversation website, Rachida Bouhid, Ph.D Scholar, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) writes about the impact of industrialised countries sending millions of tonnes of waste products to the Global South. The problem arises when environmental costs and end-of-life responsibility are effectively transferred to the receiving country while the financing, regulation and … Continue reading The circular economy cannot stop at the border
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Blog by Rose Morrison – Europe’s industrial battery compliance countdown: why forklift fleet managers have 6 months to prepare for the battery passport
Image: Unsplash Forklift fleets have helped contribute to the sustainability of building operations ever since battery-powered units became widely adopted. However, incoming updates to Europe’s battery compliance programmes will require a new set of factors to consider. Understanding the EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 Industrial batteries are regulated under the EU Regulation 2023/1542 to ensure producer … Continue reading Blog by Rose Morrison – Europe’s industrial battery compliance countdown: why forklift fleet managers have 6 months to prepare for the battery passport
Smart clothes, stupid waste?
In an article on The Conversation website, Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Christina Webb, Research Fellow in Sustainable Electronic Textiles., University of Southampton; and Stephen Beeby, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, University of Southampton, discuss how smart clothing could bring real health and energy benefits, but unless … Continue reading Smart clothes, stupid waste?
Fix, don’t toss: How Europe’s right to repair Is changing consumer culture
Christian Schwägerl writes on the National Observer website about how Europe is taking a fresh approach to stopping the throwaway culture. The EU’s burgeoning repair movement is set to get a boost The grand halls of Berlin’s German Technology Museum are nearly deserted on a Sunday afternoon. The few visitors surveying the vintage cars, … Continue reading Fix, don’t toss: How Europe’s right to repair Is changing consumer culture
Cities are quietly becoming raw‑material hubs
Martin Kuebler writes on the Deutsche Welle website that cities are quietly becoming raw‑material hubs as urban miners turn rubble into a carbon‑saving construction supply chain. Is this true where you live? The people remodelling homes with reclaimed ruins Picking through a crate of reclaimed floor tiles, Micheal Ghyoot pulls out a model with … Continue reading Cities are quietly becoming raw‑material hubs
Plastic recycling: “What’s missing now is not innovation, but the collective will to put words into action.”
Jordi Diaz Marcos, Profesor departamento materiales y microscopista , Universitat de Barcelona writes on The Conversation website about why the plastic recycling system we have all trusted for decades is failing so catastrophically. 12 reasons why plastic recycling is failing so badly As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our … Continue reading Plastic recycling: “What’s missing now is not innovation, but the collective will to put words into action.”
European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU
Stuart Braun writes on the Deutsche Welle website about new waste targets in the EU. EU lawmakers have given a final green light to a law on slashing the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of fast fashion. EU to slash food and fast fashion waste Following … Continue reading European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU
New approach to sustainable shopping in Sweden
Mary-Ann Ball, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Sustainability and Marketing, Nottingham Trent University writes on The Conversation website about a municipality-led experiment in circular consumption. What do you think? How Sweden’s ‘secondhand only’ shopping mall is changing retail As a fashion sustainability researcher, finding the ReTuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna was a delightful surprise. Stepping into this Swedish … Continue reading New approach to sustainable shopping in Sweden
A change in the conception of construction can lead to much less waste
The construction industry is one of the largest producers of waste, generating around 2.2 billion tonnes per year globally. More than 90% of construction waste comes from demolition, but waste is also generated on-site – mainly as leftover or broken materials – and during manufacturing. In an article on The Conversation website, José Manuel Cabrero … Continue reading A change in the conception of construction can lead to much less waste
An eco-friendly public housing scheme in Germany using an innovative modular timber construction method
In Tübingen, Germany, TriqBriq is creating eco‑friendly homes from modular wooden blocks made with recycled materials, offering a low‑carbon alternative to concrete. In an article on the Deutsche Welle website, Julia Mielke discusses the scheme. Eco-friendly homes from wooden building blocks A German city is building an eco-friendly public housing scheme using an innovative … Continue reading An eco-friendly public housing scheme in Germany using an innovative modular timber construction method
