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For the vast majority of Earth’s existence, our planet functioned as the quintessential circular system. The Sun’s energy nourished trees into life, and once they fell, microorganisms broke them down ...

The shift to sustainable business practices and the circular economy is becoming necessary for every company. For instance, if your customers go beyond your local community, the European Union's laws ...

Ralph Horne has received funding from various organisations including the Australian Research Council, Victorian Government and various industry partners. He led the research underpinning this article ...

What are the standards that can help guide you to optimizing the overall product lifecycle from initial manufacturing to end-of-life treatment? How to achieve longer product lifecycles to improve ...

The path to decarbonization hasn’t been ideally fast or smooth, but strong progress has been made. However, challenges remain—especially when it comes to the next big priority: Decarbonizing not just ...

An integral part of Intel's sustainability strategy is reducing waste, while finding innovative ways to recover, reuse and upcycle. This "circular economy" approach means keeping products and ...

This study quantitatively investigates the relationship between the implementation of waste-to-resource systems and the ...

The circular economy reimagines entirely how we make and consume in order to design waste and pollution out of our industrial systems, keep materials and resources in use for as long as possible, and ...