MaterialTraderWaste to Taste: Turning Pee into Tea Using Space TechnologyEveryone knows you can make tea out of water, but did you know you could make water out of pee? That’s what Semilla Sanitation has been…Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
MaterialTraderThe Circular Potential of Modular DesignModular design is a creative way for companies to become more circular by designing their products with lifetime extension and waste…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
MaterialTraderShifting to a leasing ownership model: the benefits to buyer and supplierLeasing, in which a person rents rather than buys a product from a company, has been heralded as a new circular ownership model with the…Oct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019
MaterialTrader3 Examples of Using Waste as a ResourceUsing waste as a resource, rather than disposing of it as waste, is what makes a circular economy circular. It takes the two ends of a…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
MaterialTraderWaste isn’t waste, it’s a resource‘Waste-as-a-resource’ is one of the key principles of the circular economy. It encourages us not to see waste as valueless rubbish that we…Oct 11, 2019Oct 11, 2019
MaterialTraderLeasing: The New Circular Ownership ModelLeasing is an ownership model in which a person rents, rather than buys, a product from a company. Instead of paying the full price…Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019
MaterialTraderThe Complete Guide to a Circular Economy of PaperAlthough we live in a digital era, we still produce an astonishing amount of paper. Globally, paper production is at 390 million tonnes…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
MaterialTraderMining for Gold in 50 Million Tonnes of E-wasteE-waste is the fastest growing category of hazardous solid waste in the world, with millions of tons generated each year — 50 million tons…Aug 17, 2019Aug 17, 2019
MaterialTraderThe Circular Economy for a Climate Neutral Europe by 2050In light of recent extreme climate events, such as the recent heat wave that broke heat records in multiple European countries and melted…Aug 9, 2019Aug 9, 2019
MaterialTraderHeat wave presses need for a circular economy of waterAs many Europeans are already all too familiar with, this past July brought on some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe…Aug 4, 2019Aug 4, 2019