circular economy
The Circular Economy In Fashion: Making Clothes Sustainable
Fast fashion fills our wardrobes, but most clothes end up in landfills within a year. Introducing the concept of the circular economy in fashion. It’s the best hope for making our clothes sustainable. The global clothing industry creates over 92 million tonnes of waste each year, making it one of Earth’s biggest polluters. A circular […]
UK Circular Economy Meets Defra Minister Opposition
A fuller title for this article would be; UK Circular Economy – Meets Defra Minister Dr Thérèse Coffey’s Opposition after Government Audit Office report shows a lack of rigour in the existing implementation of the EU’s policy for meeting circular economy (recycling) targets. We could have used that, but we can imagine that only the […]
Poor Performing EU States are Failing to Meet Waste Diversion Targets
Poor performing EU member states are failing to meet waste diversion targets, a new EU Report explains. Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Malta and Turkey are still sending more than three quarters of their municipal waste to landfill. The EU will also, soon take Slovakia to court for violating landfill rules, and failing to achieve sufficient waste diversion away from […]
