circularity Archives

nicktf 3 April 2024 Featured Posts, General, Ocean Cluster

THE FASHION CONUNDRUM

Jackie May, editor of Twyg, wrestles with the complex issues surrounding our love for fashion, the price the planet pays, and the human consequences of where we are at now. A few Sundays ago, I visited a large secondhand clothing…

nicktf 19 October 2023 Ocean Cluster, SMME Cluster

There’s treasure in the trash

It’s going to take time before humankind course-corrects its relationship with plastic. So what can we do with our piles of plastic waste in the meantime? Here’s some inspiration on how waste can be directed towards social good, from The…

nicktf 23 February 2023 General, Ocean Cluster

We have our winners!

The production of plastic is a significant environmental burden. More than 99% of plastics are produced from oil, natural gas and coal. Around 4% of all greenhouse gases produced can be attributed to plastic production (that is equivalent to twice…

nicktf 10 January 2023 Featured Posts, General

1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle

There’s inspiring creativity & power in the recycling, upcycling and circular design worlds. Here are some of the ideas and people that get us excited. Make, transport, buy, use, discard. Buy again, use again, discard again. And again. This is…

nicktf 19 December 2022 Ocean Cluster

Plastics innovation & circularity challenge

Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced annually, half of which goes into single-use items such as shopping bags, cups and straws. More than 8 million tons of this ends up in our oceans. There are multiple domestic and…

THE FASHION CONUNDRUM

There’s treasure in the trash

Wastepreneur innovations launch Sticky

We have our winners!

1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle￼

Plastics innovation & circularity challenge

Let’s build back better.

Wastepreneur innovations launch ^Sticky

1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle