Topic
An economic model that aims to reduce raw material extraction and waste through reuse, repair, recycling and longer product lifespans.
Patagonia moved Worn Wear's used inventory onto Patagonia.com on October 14, after selling nearly 160,000 items in fiscal 2026. Its head of resale says supply limits growth, so the larger audience on the main site meets the same stock.
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Doshisha University chemists used one heating step to turn waste bulrush into a copper-laced carbon that took up as much as 62 mg of dye per gram. The lab results support a low-cost dye adsorbent for textile wastewater, though no test on real effluent has been reported.
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Porsche and cylib's pilot cathode is 100% recycled at a time when EU law will ask for 6% recycled lithium in 2031. Whether it becomes supply depends on operational testing and on how many European packs come back.
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WWF Germany, Kuehne Logistics University, Motel One and Leonardo Hotels tested three circular-economy changes during normal hotel operations, ahead of the EU rule that bans single-use plastic portions in food service from January 2030.
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A commentary on secondhand exports to Accra argues that environmental obligations stay behind when goods cross a border. The one hard figure it cites, a 22.3 percent collection rate, measures bookkeeping.
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