Circular Economy

Matt Prindiville, CEO and chief solutioneer at Upstream Solutions, discusses his organization's quest to help reuse business models scale and the need for more infrastructure to support those strategies. Read More

A shift in mindset, culture and priorities is the first step to making product design more sustainable. Read More

For a circular future to become a reality, companies must redesign products and embrace new customer relationships with customers. That’s particularly true in apparel and electronics. Read More

How much wood would a wood-consuming world waste? Formed in 2018 under the auspices of the USDA Forest Service, the Urban Wood Project began in Baltimore to reclaim wood that would otherwise be burned or landfilled. Read More

Governments, businesses and civil society must seize this pivotal moment and call for a meaningful framework to enable the transition to a circular economy. Read More

When junior employees see “pls fix” in an email, they know to drop what they’re working on and jump on the latest, probably time-intensive request from the boss. Those requests are never quick, easy, or convenient. (“Pls fix” wouldn’t inspire memes if they were!) Read More

It’s time to update how we sort valuable materials (a.k.a. waste). Read More

We cannot expect to transition to a sustainable circular economy by continuing to rely on toxic chemistry. Read More

Recycling and using recycled content alone won’t solve the waste crisis. We must design the idea of waste out of the system. Read More

Learnings from 23 companies navigating the transition to the circular economy. Read More