Circular economy

A start-up based in central Berlin farms fish and uses their waste to fertilise vegetables, while in thesupermarkets of the future, vegetables and fish may even be farmed directly in store

A dramatic surge in the number of foreign visitors, especially during the summer months, has prompted Spanish destinations to find new ways to encourage year-round tourism and promote lesser-known destinations.

In 2015, Brazilian fashion lover Barbara Mattivy ran an online shop for vintage clothing and wondered what to do with pieces requiring alteration. Her ...

A South African company shows how waste recovery could reduce landfill while creating employment

Lying in a buffer zone between the lush southern regions and the northern Sahelian regions of Cameroon, Yoko municipality is launching a project for the protection of its forest, estimated at 135,000 hectares in size. Without cutting down its trees, the town will bring in a stable revenue thanks to the carbon market at international level.

The lack of environmentally appropriate waste disposal options in Brazilian cities had always frustrated Guilherme Brammer. In 2011, the São ...

At Sunfire, German engineers have created a climate-neutral fuel to replace crude oil. Thenext challenge: Making it economically viable.

A third-generation Brazilian farmer has adopted new methods and machines to make sugarcane farming eco-friendly and more successful than ever

China is betting on industrial symbiosis among residents of business parks to create a cleaner future

One of the wealthiest places in the world, Hong Kong also has a reputation of being the most wasteful, with a massive waste footprint and landfills ...

An African company is recycling waste from harvested sugar cane and coffee to create fuel—a glimpse of what the circular economy could look like if it takes hold on this vast continent

MUD Jeans is a Dutch "circular denim" firm that wants to make fashion a less dirty business

Despite challenges, Morocco is determined to reach its zero plastic bag goal One year after its launch, the Zéro Mika operation is considered a ...

Fondation 2019 launches the idea of ‘circular VAT’ for eco-responsible products

Chinese food vendors have been preparing dishes with illegally recycled cooking oil, which carries alarming health risks. MotionECO has come up with a clean — and safe -- solution for dealing with the country’s dirty fat.

After flooring, boat construction and other applications, environmentally friendly bamboo is now ready to debut in pipelines, thanks to new patented composite technologies.

Covering 1,830 hectares in area, this eco-development was designed with an ambitious mindset: every territorial constraint encountered should be ...

Sistema Biobolsa helps small farmers convert livestock waste into renewable energy and organic fertilizer

In Yaoundé, a youth-oriented urban agriculture project is sprouting out of used plastic bottles

Food waste is an issue with deeply worrying consequences. A moral disaster for our planet, of course, and a huge issue for agribusinesses, which are ...

It doesn’t get much more depressing than an industrial park. Factories and warehouses positioned alongside one another, hardly creating the buzz of ...

In the 1930s, Russia experimented with making rubber from dandelion roots but abandoned the project after the war. Now, environmental and economic factors are reviving interest in this alternative raw material.

Italian caviar producer offers model of integrated economy.

Production of goods and services leads businesses to use water, fuels and metals, which entails waste and emissions. In Colombia, agriculture and ...