circular economy
The Rocky Road to Biopolymer Cost Parity
The last five years have seen both setbacks and innovation for biopolymers. Can they achieve cost parity with traditional plastics by 2030?
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circular economy
There's no such thing as a circular economy
We need to reject the lie that is being fed to us that a circular economy means keeping synthetic waste in play for longer.
circular economy
FOGO is an Australian Circular Economy Success Story
FOGO is transforming waste in Australia and shows us what can be achieved when policy innovation meets behaviour change.
circular economy
Biopolymers are the future of food packaging
We have to stop using our longest-lasting material for our most temporary commodity goods.
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Circular Economy Thinking is Stuck on the Perimeter
The collapse of the ESG hype bubble has exposed a hard truth: the only thing corporate sustainability efforts have sustained so far is the status quo.
circular economy
Is the Postie the Missing Link of a Circular Consumer Economy?
Refill and reuse systems hold the potential to significantly curb our waste… if we can bridge the ‘valley of death’ currently preventing us from closing the loop at scale.
regulations
Why Compostable Packaging Is Failing in Australia
Our lack of infrastructure and supportive regulations in Australia means these novel solutions are (unfairly) falling short of their promise.
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The Paperisation of Everything
How pulp and fibre are redefining sustainable packaging
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Materials Minimalism Redux
'Monstrous hybrid' materials like Tetra Pak are circular economy kryptonite. A return to the principles of minimalism, purity and separability will make the materials we use easier to recover and recycle.
circular economy
We don't throw anything away, we throw it here
The toxic legacy of our current materials economy, and the urgent need for radical reform
materials innovation
A simple formula for waste reduction
Could a $400 pair of running shorts contain the source code for making product design and consumption culture more sustainable?
circular economy
Biomimicry's Blueprint for a Circular Economy
How nature-inspired innovations like seaweed-based packaging and self-healing materials might save us from our linear materials economy cliff jump.