Responsible Consumption : the beginning of change towards a circular economy!
Discover 4 inspiring solutions across 4 different countries below!
1/3 of all the food we produce is wasted.
What if we incorporated this food in a new production cycle?
For the third edition of Solutions&Co, we have focused on circular economy. This new economic model breaks with the traditional pattern of linear production (produce, use, dispose), and redefines products and services to minimize both waste and other harmful outputs.
We’ve drawn up a list of 4 inspiring solutions responding to the climate, energy, environment issues, of among the 50 business solutions shared by 20 of the greatest international media from all over the world, reunited for the event. This is the case of the initiatives of The Restart Project, Cocina kilómetro 0, Algramo and Hong Kong Airport.
* THE RESTART PROJECT: they are fixing our relationship with electronics!
London recently hosted the first International “Fixfest”, part of a growing movement to repair broken consumer goods rather than throwing them away and buying new ones. The philosophy might seem old-fashioned, but it is better for the wallet and the environment, too. The Financial Times’ Claer Barrett writes about “restart” parties where volunteer fixers demonstrate simple repairs, websites as free step-by-step manuals, and even legislative attempts to make electronics companies stop programming obsolescence into their products.
* COCINA KILOMETRO 0 : Eating good by eating close
La Cocina Kilómetro 0 forms part of the “Slow Food” movement, this encourages restaurants to by products from their local vicinity (less than 100km away). The majority of purchased products are organically farmed.
* ALGRAMO : A price for everyone, in your plate!
Algramo is a company that aims to lower the price of food in poorer areas of Latin America by cutting out the costly marketing and packaging process used by chain supermarkets. It distributes vending machines full of bulk staples such as rice, beans, lentils, and sugar. Algramo fills the machines, installs them for free in small neighborhood stores, and splits the profit evenly with shopkeepers. 156.000 Kg of avoided waste as of August 2016.
Read the article in EN.
* HONG KONG AIRPORT : recycling even in the sky!
Hong Kong Airport claims to be one of the greenest in the world thanks to ambitious sustainability and environmental strategies. These include comprehensive airport-wide food waste recycling and food rescue programs, the formulation of global guidelines for managing aircraft waste, and a soon-to-be rolled out AAHK’s pilot to prepare AA’s tenants, airlines and contractors for Municipal Solid Waste charging. What are the successes and the limits of this approach?
Read the article in EN.
