E-Waste being diverted away from landfill AUSTRALIANS THROW 'AWAY' millions of computers, televisions, smartphones and tablets every year. In: Electronic waste kept out of landfill in the hundreds of tonnes thanks…

Make, use, dispose, repeat - again, and again ... It works for the electronics industry, but doesn’t work for the planet! WHEN YOU BUY A PRODUCT, you expect to be…

Packaging from fungi Camden Cooke and Amanda Morgan launched Fungi Solutions in 2020 with hopes to reduce waste. They combine fungi with organic waste to grow and create compost-able packaging. Single use…

The show that shows up the limitations of the linear economic model Explore the many dimensions of what a circular economy means. THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY PODCAST explores the many dimensions of what…

‘Waste isn’t Waste until it’s Wasted’. That was the theme for National Recycling Week theme 3-12 November 2022. For each new product that’s produced, valuable resources are extracted from our environment…

In the loop for longer - buy refurbished In keeping with Circular Economy principle two: Keep products and materials in use for as long as possible, refurbished computers make for a great example…

PICTURE: Veena Sahajwalla, third from left with Anna Noon, Sam Doove and Gabby Clappison at the Waste and Circular Economies seminar at Warners Bay Theatre. Reimagining waste as a raw…

Sunglasses get the modular recycled treatment Plastic bottles, while an absolute pain for mother earth can, with a little creative thinking and application of circular economy design principles, be remade into…

The Upcycled Car  It reuses carbon dioxide. It reduces fossil fuels. It returns profits to investors. All rolled into one.    It’s not science fiction. Innovations in automaking are already incorporating carbon dioxide into new vehicles…

Central to the concept of the Circular Economy are three core principles At the centre of the circular economy practitioners' design process and decision-making is a mandate and commitment to: Reduce…