Circular Economy
Chemical recycling: is it a viable solution for plastic waste?
A plastic food tray, rinsed and dropped into the bin. The filmy wrapper around a delivery parcel. The bottle cap that survived the dishwasher.
Circular Economy
Battery passport rules: what the new EU data mandates mean
The EU Battery Passport is not primarily a consumer-facing label. It is a compliance system attached to a physical battery, with a QR code acting as…
Circular Economy
Renewcell bankruptcy: why circular fashion is stalling
Renewcell filed for bankruptcy in a Stockholm court on February 25, 2024, after failing to turn a technically functioning textile-recycling plant…
Circular Economy
Bioplastic contamination in Oregon composting facilities
By the time the March 2019 open letter from Oregon’s composting coalition appeared, the word “compostable” had already done considerable rhetorical…