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Co-creating the Circular Economy
Circular Solutions advises companies, governments and knowledge institutes on how to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society. We have specific expertise on biobased products, recycling and upcycling agri/food waste, plastics and rubbers. In addition, we advise on how to co-create circular value chains and public-private partnerships. Moreover, we train your staff to effectively communicate these to your customers.
Why Circular
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Trade barriers are slowing plastic-pollution action. Here’s how to fix this.
Cross-border frictions prevent economies of scale in tackling plastic pollution. Trade facilitation can help increase the “three Rs” – reduce, re-use and recycle. Governments and firms must collaborate to scale the circular economy at a global level. Action on plastic pollution has been slowed considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic – but there’s a new emerging […]
Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics
Microplastic pollution from car tyres could be(come) an even bigger problem than single-use plastics. Today, The Guardian wrote about a recent research, published in the journal Nature Communications, about car tyres being the major source of ocean microplastics“More than 200,000 tonnes of tiny plastic particles are blown from roads into the oceans every year, according to […]
5 inventions that could transform the health of our ocean
The ocean is estimated to contain at least 86 million tonnes of plastic waste, as well as chemical and other pollutants. Fishing debris turned into sunglasses and deep sea robots collecting pollution data are some of the innovations that could help clean up our seas. Sustainability is high on leaders’ agenda as nations and businesses […]
Could COVID-19 mark a ‘turning point’ in the climate crisis?
Massive programmes of green public investment would be the most cost-effective way both to revive virus-hit economies and strike a decisive blow against climate change, top U.S. and British economists said in a study published on Tuesday. With co-authors including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz from Columbia University and prominent British climate expert Lord Nicholas Stern, […]
How to build back better after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global emergency, bringing devastation to millions around the world, impacting lives and jobs, and grinding much of the global economy to a halt. It’s a crisis that has shown our vulnerability and confirmed our under-estimation of the probability and exponential nature of systemic risks. It calls on all of us […]
A new Circular Economy Action Plan for Europe
The European Commission has adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan – one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth. Building on the work done since 2015, the new Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are […]
How venture capital can help stem the flow of ocean plastic waste
Economic growth has exacerbated the plastic waste problem – but it contains the solution too. Targeted investment can bridge the finance gap hampering Asia’s waste sector. Investment in just five countries could reduce plastic ocean flows by 45%. Asia’s exponential growth has made it into a powerful economic force, but it also has placed the […]
EU’s Green Deal to Guide the Globe
Will Europe become the world’s first climate neutral continent? It might, now that the EC’s proposed Green Deal been been backed by the European Parliament and by the European Council? Almost the entire European legislation is being turned around to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The package of measures that European […]
Nature’s Comment on Climate Tipping Points — too risky to bet against
Politicians, economists and even some natural scientists have tended to assume that tipping points in the Earth system — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the West Antarctic ice sheet — are of low probability and little understood. Yet evidence is mounting that these events could be more likely than was thought, […]
A Radical Plan to End Plastic Waste
Awesome call to action – watch this video till the end. “Plastic is an incredible substance for the economy — and the worst substance possible for the environment”, says entrepreneur Andrew Forrest. In a conversation meant to spark debate, Forrest and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss an ambitious plan to get the world’s biggest […]
What to do with all that marine plastic waste (after having cleaned up the oceans)?
Could we talk about the elephant in the room (or the elephant in Boyan’s boat for that matter)? Assuming The Ocean Cleanup succeeds in its mission and if we disregard the question if the plastic waste should be collected near-coast instead of at deep sea, the real question remains: how is the plastic waste further […]
Forgotten litter – how cigarette butts could kill plants
Throwing away the cigarette filter in nature after finishing smoking. In some cultures it seems like a normal daily practice. For many an unconscious act, or considered harmless: it’s made from biobased materials so it can be littered without harming the environtment, right? Wrong. Research results, recently published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, […]
Plastic litter- and waste management crisis clearly explained
The plastic litter- and waste management crisis is clearly explained in this infographic by The Guardian. Solutions are being developed to clean the oceans from plastics, such as the OceanCleanup Project, but these are corrective solutions – if it will function at all. And even then, it can only cleanup (a part of) the plastics […]
Council of the EU has approved new rules on single–use plastics to reduce marine litter
The Council of the EU has approved new rules on single–use plastics to reduce marine litter. Not only does this tackle global plastic litter problems at grass-roots level, moreover, it paves the way to transitioning into a circular economy. Critics might argue that this is just a small step, which directly affects the population of […]
Oxo Plastics are NOT Biodegradable
Despite its name, “Oxo-degradable”, these kind of plastics are NOT biodegradable. They are, in fact, destructive to the environment and should be banned. Other plastics can be a part of the solution within the circular economy, f.I. when from biobased origin or because of its biodegradable functionality. Oil-based plastics also fit within circular design, provided […]