Food Waste

It’s time to make square meals a little more circular
How systems mapping, leftovers and the circular economy can change the way we think about convenience and the ready meal industry

A circular food system – interview with Tristram Stuart
Anna Glasser catches up with Tristram Stuart, Founder of food waste organisation Feedback, to find out why we should look forward to living in a ‘food loop’.

Organic Matters
What can London’s ‘Great Stink’ of 1858 tell us about the flows of biological stuff in our cities?

New scoping paper released on ‘Urban Biocycles’
The study aims to spark future analysis and lead the way to a deeper understanding of the biological side of the circular economy.

Is India on the eve of a new development path?
Note from the editor: This paper is part of a series of three articles focused on the circular economy in India. This series follows the report “Circular economy in India: Rethinking growth for long-term prosperity” led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation with the support of ClimateWorks and UNCTAD as knowledge partner.

Circulate on Fridays: AI, Turbines and Uber
Every Friday, the Circulate team pull together a collection of their favourite circular economy related articles, podcasts and videos that they’ve come across during the previous week. This week we’re looking at the amazing cost of wind turbines, food waste opportunities, new thinking on AI, the latest on Uber and plenty

Proving that food waste is ripe for innovation: Two UK examples
Around one third of all food produced is wasted across the value chain. While much of that waste occurs at an even earlier stage, there are significant issues for supermarkets and restaurants disposing of large quantities of food that goes unsold. However, there’s no questioning the potential value of this

Regenerative Agriculture with Balbo Jr, Lovins, Potočnik and MacArthur
In this panel at the 2016 CE100 Annual Summit, Leontino Balbo Jr, Janez Potočnik, Hunter Lovins and Ellen MacArthur explore the alternative approach of regenerative agriculture.

Circulate on Fridays: Access over ownership, half of all U.S. food wasted and more…
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. Today, we’re reflecting on the rising numbers of jobs in the solar energy industry, an article that argues that in the future we will own nothing, but have access to everything and the potential for

Circulate on Fridays: Microplastics impact on fish, trash-eating jackals and more…
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. This Friday, we look at new information about the impact of microplastics on fish, the economic benefits of trash-eating jackals, a report on the future of the gig economy and another big piece on the future of