Where experts answer twenty questions in thirty minutes about plastic, alternatives-to-plastic and all things circular. #3 Hair’s what’s happening! , Andrew and Zsofia Kollar – Founder of Human Material Loop – get into what is ‘waste’ and the benefits of hypo-allergic, strong as steel, climate-positive high-performance textiles from human hair! Listen on …
“We now live in a world of three dimensions in investing terms. We have lived, since the 1950s and [modern] portfolio theory, in a world that has worked with risk and return, but we are adding a third dimension of sustainability and responsibility, which is increasingly becoming a fiduciary duty to add to investment funds …
The following article is a transcription of a conversation between Andrew Johnson, Communications Director at CirQulor, and Phanos Hadjikyriakou, Co-Founder and CEO of 2050-Materials, a scale-up that’s leading the change to a sustainable and circular future for the built environment. AJ: Hello Phanos, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to chat …
Head-to-head: Democratizing sustainable materials selection Read More »
If you thought last year was exciting in alternative materials development, ’22 looks set to be a breakthrough year with great strides being made in developing sustainable, eco-friendly materials for products ranging from performance car parts to toothbrushes. In the CirQulor Alternative Materials Database we’re currently developing, there are now more than 70 alternative bio-based …
The phrase ‘widely recycled’ is part of a recognised labelling campaign run by Recycle Now in England. It is supported and funded by Government, managed by WRAP, and used by over 90% of local authorities. We welcome this development; it’s always good that consumers are informed of the options available to them, so they are …
What does ‘Widely Recycled’ on packaging actually mean? Read More »
Covid-19, supply chain disruption, trade restrictions and new environmental regulatory enforcement have resulted in a wholesale re-evaluation of the true cost of using oil-based materials. Oil-based materials, including plastics, continue to dominate alternative materials mainly for reasons of cheap raw material supply; unrivalled global availability, and favourable regulatory factors. But times are changing: environmental impacts …
Oil-based v Postplastic materials – riding the market dynamic Read More »
World leaders at COP26 will be looking at ways to reduce CO2 emissions to achieve their net carbon zero commitments with ambitious pathways across power generation, transport, agriculture, homes and heavy industry. However, the manufacturing sector – and particularly plastics manufacturing – seems to have been ignored. The production of plastics currently accounts for approximately …
It’s easy to imagine a postplastic world that looks and feels just like the present, but, perhaps, with the odd alternative material here and new recycling point there. And while these topics attract the lion’s share of attention among the media and public, there is a whole area of transition to come that will be …
Postplastic World #03: Squaring up to Circularity Read More »