Circular Economy — December 22, 2019This Pop-Up Exhibit in New York City Features Art Made With Only Biodegradable and Recycled MaterialsArcadia Earth, a pop-up exhibit seeks to “raise awareness on sustainability through positivity, happiness, and art [also providing] an educational [component],” says Valentino Vettori, the creator of the exhibit. Plastic bags used to build the rainbow cave were salvaged from indigo plastics and reclaimed fishing nets, making them both the subject and object of the […] Circular Economy — December 22, 2019
Circular Economy — December 20, 2019Upcycling is the New Recycling: Turning Coffee Waste Into Car Parts, Reusing Fish By-Products and MoreOver the last year, upcycling has been increasingly spotlighted as providing new avenues for the creation of new value-added products across industry. Ford’s partnership with McDonald’s is turning the fast food giant’s supplied coffee chaff – the dried skin of the beans – into vehicle parts, such as headlamp housings and other interior components. By heating […] Circular Economy — December 20, 2019
Circular Economy — December 19, 2019Mattel Announces Goal to Achieve 100% Recycled, Recyclable or Bio-based Plastic Materials in All Products and Packaging By 2030Mattel, Inc. announces its goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastics materials in both its products and packaging by 2030. In the first half of 2020, the Company will debut its first product aligned with this goal: the iconic Fisher-Price® Rock-a-Stack® made from sugarcane-based plastics and packaged in 100% recycled or sustainably sourced […] Circular Economy — December 19, 2019
Circular Economy — December 17, 2019ecomaine to Celebrate State of Maine Bicentennial with $2,020 Award for Student “Upcycling”ecomaine announces that, to commemorate Maine’s bicentennial in 2020, it will hold an “upcycling” contest for students to compete for a $2,020 prize for their school’s green team or project graduation. “There has been a great amount of focus on recycling lately – and rightly so,” said ecomaine’s CEO, Kevin Roche. “But sometimes, reduction and reuse can […] Circular Economy — December 17, 2019
Circular Economy — December 15, 2019South Africa’s First ‘Plastic Road’ Opens in Jeffreys BaySouth Africa’s first plastic road has been officially opened in Jeffreys Bay and could result in an international plastic road company setting up a factory in SA. The ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of Woltemade Street in Jeffreys Bay took place on Friday after the road’s completion — which took less than three months. About 1.5 […] Circular Economy — December 15, 2019
Circular Economy — December 10, 2019Battery Industries Prepare For Circular EconomyWith some important recent developments, the battery industries and their resource recovery partners have taken significant steps in preparing for the coming individual producer responsibility (IPR) circular economy laws. More specifically, Ontario’s Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act will impose regulated IPR obligations upon makers, brand owners and first importers of a range of small […] Circular Economy — December 10, 2019
Circular Economy — December 8, 2019How Last Year’s Christmas Trees Became This Year’s Seasonal BrewThe Hyatt Regency Amsterdam brewed a special seasonal beer made from last year’s Christmas trees. The initiative started last year when Bergareche and his team realized that 2.5 million Christmas trees were sold in the Netherlands, but after the holidays, most of them end up “on the street as rubbish.” Hyatt Regency Amsterdam partnered with Lowlander, […] Circular Economy — December 8, 2019
Circular Economy — December 8, 2019Ford is Recycling McDonald’s Coffee Waste into Car PartsFord will be taking food waste from McDonald’s, diverting it from a landfill to its laboratory, where it will be engineered into bioplastics. In addition to reducing food waste, the effort will make car parts lighter, use less petroleum, and lower CO2 emissions. The auto industry is under enormous pressure to reduce tailpipe emissions and […] Circular Economy — December 8, 2019
Circular Economy — December 3, 2019Trash to Art: ‘We’re All In This Together’ Aims to Collect Disposables, Raise AwarenessArtist Suprina Troche has a knack for turning waste into sculpture and now she is on a mission to get everyone who lives in Dutchess County, NY involved in a public art project that packs a message. And she’s using a city sanitation truck to deliver her message. The artist is collecting trash to create […] Circular Economy — December 3, 2019
Circular Economy — December 3, 2019Sims Recycling Solutions Launches Circular Trade-In Program For E-Waste ManagementSims Recycling Solutions (SRS), a global leader in IT asset disposition and cloud recycling, announces that SURFsara has selected SRS as its e-waste recycling vendor. SRS will ensure that all SURFsara’s electronics are responsibly redeployed, remarketed or recycled. SRS and SURFsara are committed to contributing to the circular economy and reducing e-waste and have initiated […] Circular Economy — December 3, 2019
Circular Economy — November 14, 2019Boulder Named Gold Medal Winner for Best Municipality Recycling in ColoradoThe Colorado Public Interest Research Group and Eco-Cycle named Boulder a gold medal community for its achievements in recycling in their third annual State of Recycling in Colorado report. The report highlights the successes of recycling in the state, with communities across Colorado recycling and composting over 1.2 million tons of materials in 2018, up […] Circular Economy — November 14, 2019
Circular Economy — November 14, 2019Armstrong® Ceilings Recycling Program Marks 20 Years of Diverting Used Ceiling Panels from LandfillThe Armstrong® Ceilings Recycling Program, the first and longest-running program of its kind in the commercial ceilings industry, marks 20 years of diverting used ceiling panels away from landfills. Launched in 1999, the Ceilings Recycling Program has recycled more than 200 million square feet of used ceiling panels, saving more than one million tons of […] Circular Economy — November 14, 2019
