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circular economy


The circular economy doesn’t discard, it is driven towards the optimal utilization of a resource and the reduction of waste to a minimum. As a model fundamentally premised upon sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling, it is a shift towards sustainability the world could certainly make the most of. Unlike the conventional linear economy …

What exactly is happening with the oceans? And what can we do to reduce the ever-growing pile of waste created by human activity? These questions are at the center of the two projects that won this year’s STARTS Prize for innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art. “Remix El Barrio” is one …

ITU Many enterprises are turning to technology to increase efficiency and ‘green’ their own operations. But the ICT sector itself is currently one of the fastest growing greenhouse gas-emitting and energy-consuming sectors. What more can be done to reduce our own carbon footprint? Whether monitoring natural disasters or energy consumption or innovating the exciting new …