The North Face and National Geographic are making clothes from plastic water bottles
The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.
Why Google, and the business world, are embracing the circular economy
Google, and others, are realizing the economic power of the circular economy.
Can your brand help concerned consumers kick the single-use plastics habit?
A new survey suggests inaction could put loyalty to the test.
How artificial intelligence helps recycling become more circular
The process of sorting things for reuse gets faster and more specific.
7 ways for cities to slash plastic pollution
Let’s send community cleanup days to the trash heap.
Around and around on circularity
If the level of enthusiasm around the world is matched by a concomitant level of action, our circular future will be bright.
Closing borders to plastics can create even more barriers to a circular economy
The plastic trade wars threaten countries without domestic recycling systems — which they’re unlikely to build in the next decade.
Greentown Labs & BASF start circularity challenge to pursue ideas for a circular economy
(BASF SE) Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America, and BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, are accepting applications for its Circularity Challenge, a six-month accelerator program. Greentown Labs and BASF are seeking ideas from startups with a proof of concept solution to disrupt the plastics, energy storage and recycling value chains to enable a circular economy. This program is supported by Stanley Black & Decker, a leading global diversified industrial.
GEOPOLITICS: U.S. backs G-20 plastics deal, but climate split persists
The United States and Japan joined 18 other countries yesterday in backing the creation of a new international “framework” to curb ocean plastics after rejecting a stronger Canadian proposal on the same topic last year.
Bending the line: How better design can transition a linear economy to a circular one
From Interface to Starbucks to Patagonia, companies are starting to make products and packaging with end-of-life top-of-mind.
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