The Challenges of Scaling Upcycling Businesses — and Possible Solutions. Upcycling is one of the newer ways to save the environment while still creating useful products. In this piece, upcycling will be explained: what it is, the challenges of scaling up an operation, and some solutions to help upcycling operations. What Is Upcycling? Upcycling is …
Circular Economy, the billion dollar movement Africa is sleeping on. With a population of approximately 1 billion, sub-Saharan Africa as of the year 2019 generated 180 million tonnes of waste at the rate of 0.5% per capita per day. Only 4% of these wastes are recovered through recycling. According to Wikipedia, A circular economy is …
5 Ways You Can Start Living a Pollution Free, Healthy Life We are now living in a time where overall pollution is affecting us daily. Water, plastic and fashion have all become more polluted in recent years and our day-to-day lives are practically filled with pollution. Pollution can take on many forms, and we are becoming …
Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Help Protect the Earth Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away. Follow the three “R’s” to conserve natural resources and landfill space. Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups in your community. You can get involved in protecting your watershed, too. Educate. When you further your …
Despite the scorching heat that afternoon, Sanya sat in a restaurant opposite his house to catch the second half of the Champions League finals. Every second, the room became even hotter as the heat overpowered the capacity of all four air conditioners. At that moment, he asked himself a very crucial question, was this unbearable …
Real estate can be a leader in driving a circular economy The last two years have reinforced the importance of good health and wellbeing for all of us and taught us to increase our sustainable efforts not just to be kinder to our environment but also to remain relevant. Businesses have had to reinvent themselves …
World Environment Day 2022 theme, ‘Only One Earth’, focuses on living sustainably in harmony with nature 2022 marks 50 years since Stockholm Conference which led to the designation of 5 June as World Environment Day Nairobi, 18 November 2021 – The Government of the Sweden will host World Environment Day 2022 in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The …
TEXTILE RECYCLING What you need to know. The average consumer bought 60 percent more clothes in 2014 than in 2000, but kept each garment for half as long. Think about how many sweaters, scarves and other clothes were given as gifts this holiday season. How many times will people wear them before throwing them out? Probably …
