The latest circular economy news with a look at innovative processes, new technologies, and the latest government backed green deals that are being promoted to help tackle climate change.
Researchers have converted orange peel waste into a high-performance biochar that removes 97% of toxic industrial dyes from wastewater. This sustainable dual-activation method turns agricultural byproducts into a reusable, low-cost solution for global water pollution.
Ursula von der Leyen secures second five-year term as president of the European Commission following a European Parliament vote and promises a more circular and resilient economy.
Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Environment at the European Commission, charts the achievements and perspectives of Europe’s accelerating transition towards a more circular economy.
The Institute of Economic Development (IED) is stepping up its work for councils to be given statutory powers over economic development. Here, IED Chair Tom Stannard outlines their new manifesto for change.
Aarthi JanakiRaman, Research Director of Chemicals and Advanced Materials TechVision at Frost & Sullivan, discusses the broad potential of microbial electrosynthesis in supporting the green-energy transition and circular economy.
UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge (SSPP) is funding plastic-free packaging innovation projects for a range of food, personal and cleaning products.
Benoit Lascols, the general manager at accounting for externalities, looks how value can be redefined to shape a consistent and practical sustainable economy.
Attitudes to material acquisition have varied greatly through the ages, and now, the world is exacerbating the climate crisis with overconsumption. How do we change this?
Steve Haskew, the Group Director of Sustainability at Circular Computing – an organisation that sits at the centre of the circular economy – discusses the possibilities of remanufactured IT in the NHS.
Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore, Executive Director ad interim at CBE JU – Circular Bio‐based Europe Joint Undertaking, explains how European bio-based industries are leading the green transition.
