For decades, three arrows pointing in a triangular loop have been the iconic symbol for recycling, but that could change. The Environmental Protection Agency — along with thousands of ...

As vibrant colours continue to illuminate various sectors of the global economy, another quiet yet powerful transformation is currently underway — the rise of the circular economy. Anchored on the ...

What if waste isn’t the property of objects but a result of our actions and mindset? This thought-provoking idea challenges conventional views, redefining waste as untapped potential rather than ...

Hannah Blumhardt is a researcher for Āmiomio Aotearoa - a trans-disciplinary, multi-partner research project into the circular economy funded by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment ...

Electronic waste at Agbogbloshie - Accra,Ghana. Image © Wikimedia User Muntaka Chasant licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International ...

A circular economy is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources. Looking beyond the current take-make-waste extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims ...

We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The “circular economy” offers a different approach: instead of the linear “take-make-waste” ...

At home in Venice, a family enjoys a plate of mouth-watering polenta e schie, a local delicacy of tiny shrimp on a bed of creamy polenta. In the kitchen a pan of cooking oil is cooling on the stove, ...