Ireland has announced its first national circular economy strategy, building on the Government’s aim to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions by 51 per cent by 2030, and reach Net Zero by 2050.
Resource spoke to Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), about the newly released Circular Design Toolkit and the wider implications of circular design.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched a toolkit to assist manufacturers and designers in developing products with a minimal environmental impact.
A pilot project by packaging company Dow aims to collect and recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste, diverting around 300 million plastic waste sachets away from landfill.
A report released by WWF and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) yesterday (1 July) outlines the measures that need to be taken within the EU to halve food waste by 2030, in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13.1.
Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.
The Covid-19 pandemic has raised urgent questions about public health and hygiene in almost every sector of society, with packaging no exception. With consumers and retailers turning back to single-use for hygiene reasons, what does the future hold for reusables? Olivia Rutherford investigates.
The second round of the Welsh Government’s £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund has been launched to support a green recovery post-coronavirus and address the climate emergency.
The Welsh Government has announced that it has ‘widened the scope’ of its £6.5-million Circular Economy Fund to help the Welsh economy become “more resilient” as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
Researchers at UK-based Glass Technology Services will lead a project identifying opportunities to turn waste materials into new feedstocks for products in the glass, ceramic and cement industries.
