Materials

Five ways to end plastic waste
From packaging made out of organic waste to nano-engineering, the winners of the $2 million New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize provide real answers to the plastic problem.

From stores to systems: an ambition for circular fashion
How H&M and the H&M Foundation are trying to re-think fashion along the lines of a circular economy.

Circular economy offers a new vision for the fashion industry
From materials and manufacturing to retail and disposal, reinventing fashion is a complex problem that will require new, ambitious collaboration from the entire industry to solve.

Circulate on Fridays: roman concrete, algae shoes and oyster shells
We’ve cast a wide net for this week’s Circulate on Fridays. In the catch: seafood shells, urban mobility systems, blockchain, and history lessons from Chris Kutarna and Roman builders.

MANUFATURA CIRCULAR NO BRASIL
As grandes empresas brasileiras de manufatura seguem normas rígidas para segurança do trabalho, saúde ocupacional e meio ambiente. Além dos direitos previstos em legislação, muitas das empresas de manufatura oferecem planos de carreira, capacitação e incentivos comuns em corporações multinacionais. A combinação de mão de obra intensiva, alta formalização, carga tributária

Productivité des matières : une priorité pour les industriels
Les matières représentent près de 50% des coûts d’une entreprise industrielle. Pour réduire ces coûts, les entreprises doivent mettre en œuvre des stratégies d’économie circulaire telles que la réutilisation, la mutualisation, la facturation à l’usage, etc. Rémy Le Moigne, consultant en économie circulaire, en donne quelques exemples. Les entreprises se sont

8 materials innovation case studies you haven’t heard of yet
Top picks for products, processes, and their makers, that are leading the way in the movement of materials innovation.

Raw intelligence: how data flows work, and why they matter
What are some of the trends in storing, communicating, and using big data when it comes to materials, and what impact could this have on the circular economy?

Is Novamont’s new production plant a step towards 100% renewable materials?
One of the world’s leading bioeconomy companies, Novamont, has opened the world’s first production plant for biological butanediol (BDO) on an industrial scale derived directly from sugars using bacteria. It might sound like technical details, but Novamont’s latest innovation could enable the production of materials like bioplastics from 100% renewable

A pegada material da economia contemporânea
Um relatório recém publicado pelo Painel de Recursos Internacionais do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente mostra um quadro extremamente preocupante: a fome de recursos por parte da economia global não cessa de aumentar. A ambição de fazer mais com menos sequer iniciou sua concretização. O mundo está