More: circular economy
Governments need to act to encourage plastic recycling markets
Plastic recycling is failing to reach its full potential as low recovery rates of plastic waste, poor quality of recycled plastic and a lack...
Circular Economy: New rules will make EU the global front-runner in waste management and recycling
EU Member States approved a set of ambitious measures to make EU waste legislation fit for the future, as part of the EU's wider...
First-ever conference on circular tourism in SouthEast Europe: Opportunities and challenges
In partnership with the European Commission, UNIDO and the Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology brought together more than 60 senior participants from...
A bio-based, reuse economy can feed the world and save the planet
Transforming pineapple skins into product packaging or using potato peels for fuel may sound far-fetched, but such innovations are gaining traction as it becomes clear...
Circular economy: More recycling of household waste, less landfilling
EU Parliament backs ambitious recycling targets, under legislation on waste and the circular economy, adopted on Wednesday.
Improving waste management will not only benefit the...
How can innovation and PPPs support sustainable production and the shift to a circular economy?
A circular economy is one that designs most pollution and waste out of the system, extracts maximum value from resources and allows natural capital...
Drowning in pollution
When I was a child, my father, Captain Cousteau, an explorer and oceanographer, sometimes scolded me for my behaviour or actions that had an...
Beating pollution by redesign
Over 8 million tons of plastic pollute the oceans each year. The problem is so severe that, if nothing changes, there could be more...