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INTERVIEW 'Circular economy requires all stakeholders to be aligned towards the same objective'

'Circular economy requires all stakeholders to be aligned towards the same objective'

Elisa Tonda is the Head of the Consumption and Production Unit at UN Environment. In this interview, she tells us more about what UN Environment is ...

Lord of the Flies

A farmer in South Africa uses maggots to reduce organic waste, repair depleted soils and help feed the world

Angola’s scrappy micro-entrepreneurs

Collecting war detritus and other scrap metal provides at least some income for hundreds of families

Carpe Deum...but Caveat Emptor!

The circular economy holds great promise for Africa, where rising production and consumption are prompting concerns for the environment. But can the continent handle the transitional costs and avoid potential dangers?

Turning e-trash into cash

An Indian start-up has built a prosperous business out of refurbishing and recycling electronic waste

Artificial silk that's tough like steel

German start-up AMSilk catches big brands in its silky web

Getting in Shape for the Circular Economy

A new program helps Luxembourg’s small businesses become "Fit 4 Circularity."

Going round to go forward

The seemingly endless recession that followed the global financial crisis of 2008 has finally begun to show some signs of turning around. While the ...

Turning plastic rubbish into profits

The potential seems endless for MBA Polymers, a company that cracked the code on separating plastics from complex waste streams

Italy's car sharing drives its economy

It has long been agreed that a “sharing economy” will be a growing living model adopted in many sectors, and, in Italy, this model is indicative of a ...

The pleasure and virtues of eating local foods

As well as being tastier, locally sourced food reinforces the role of the producer, revamps forgotten ingredients and reduces the consumption of fossil fuels

A new spin on demolition

Rotor Deconstruction is a scrappy Belgian startup challenging the construction waste status quo

Self-service car sharing

Self-service car sharing has never seen before in Morocco. But now, after a successful pilot project in Casablanca in 2015, the service is rolling into cities across the nation. The name behind this alternative to car ownership is the start-up Carmine.

The 'circle of life'

While we can rejoice in the sharp rise of the global middle class, especially in emerging economies, the accompanying growth in consumption puts ...

Can Benelux close the loop?

Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands hope to be an incubator for a circular economy in Europe

The fight against waste and food spoilage: surge in popularity for unpackaged goods in France

Sales of loose goods currently represent 1.5 percent of purchases in France. The association Réseau Vrac is supporting and training entrepreneurs who are tempted to set up shop.

Blowing Hot and Cold

After years of strong growth, the Spanish market for small wind turbines is in the doldrums, stalled by declining government support and kilometers of red tape. Technological innovation is one way to get things moving again.

The end of waste

TerraCycle finds value in the lowliest of trash, from cigarette butts to chewing gum

Cementing a revolution

A viable, sustainable alternative to heavily polluting cement lowers greenhouse gas emissions during the production process

Xeros reinvents the washing machine

The UK firm believes other sectors could benefit from its technology too

A cool idea

A new type of cooling unit uses water instead of environmentally damaging coolants

Concrete solutions

By 2050, 66% of the world’s population will live in cities: what concrete solutions can be implemented to meet urban climate challenges?

Being the change

If there is one thing the world isn’t short of, it is problems. The world today faces an unprecedented set of challenges — from an overcrowded planet ...

Here comes the sun!

Spirited government intervention is recharging the rooftop solar plant movement across India

UK could save £1bn by paying people to change electricity use

Paying customers is cheaper than building new capacity, says study

The City of Paris has reduced its carbon footprint by 9.2 per cent in ten years, but must step up its efforts

The City of Paris already has a funny name for the beneficiaries of its new initiative: les Parisculteurs, but there’s no harvest yet. The City ...

Santiago’s subway to run on sun and wind power

The construction of a solar power plant and a wind farm began earlier this year with the objective of powering the underground rail network of the Chilean capital for the next 15 years.