#circular-economy

#circular-economy

Around 85% of plastic packaging worldwide ends up in landfills.In the US, which is by far the world's biggest plastics polluter, only around 5% of over 50 million tons of plastic waste produced by households in 2021 was recycled, accordingto Greenpeace.With plastic production set to triple globally by 2060, plastics made primarily from oil or gas are a growing source of the carbon pollution fuelling climate change.

Dutch architecture studio GAAGA has created a residential building in the forested Bosrijk park in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, which is wrapped by colonnades of tree trunks.Named Forest Bath, the building is informed by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yokuku, or forest bathing, which is a therapeutic act centred on spending time in nature.

A team of current and former students from the University of the Arts London have collaborated to create mobile storage units, allowing classmates to deposit and collect materials as part of a " circular economy of sharing".The Re-Use units, which are being rolled out across UAL's London College of Fashion, Chelsea College of Arts and London College of Communication, provide a dedicated space where students can drop off unwanted scraps from their projects so that others can reuse them at no extra cost.

Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has introduced the Artcore carpet tile created by designer Joris Peutz, which has a gradient effect reminiscent of transitions in nature.Artcore is informed by natural transitions such as the way a forest turns into a meadow and the city gives way to country - patterns that Peutz says "quiet the mind" and "create a sort of sanctuary".

Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has introduced the Artcore carpet tile created by designer Joris Peutz, which has a gradient effect reminiscent of transitions in nature.Artcore is informed by natural transitions such as the way a forest turns into a meadow and the city gives way to country - patterns that Peutz says "quiet the mind" and "create a sort of sanctuary".

Some people probably dream of living in a self-sustainable eco-system near the ocean where they can swim whenever they want or just marvel at the work of nature.But have you ever thought of actually living in the middle of the ocean and not on a boat?Or have you imagined yourself living within the infamous Great Pacific garbage patch, surrounded by all the plastic and debris that has been floating around that area for decades?

It's the year 2050, and humanity has made huge progress in decarbonizing.That's thanks in large part to the negligible price of solar and wind power, which was cratering even back in 2022.Yet the fossil fuel industry hasn't just doubled down on making plastics from oil and gas-instead, as the World Economic Forum warned would happen, it has tripled production from 2016 levels.

FILE - Boys play soccer among trash that litters the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 8, 2022.Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the 'circular economy,' will be vital for halting the loss of nature, organizers of the World Circular Economy Forum said Wednesday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)MOMBASA, Kenya - Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the 'circular economy,' will be vital for halting the loss of nature by meeting growing demand with fewer resources and will make communities more resilient to climate change by encouraging more sustainable practices on the African continent, organizers of the World Circular Economy Forum said Wednesday.

Construction waste has long been a bane of ecologically minded architects.So a trio of designers zeroed in on what they felt was a particularly egregious example: the architectural mock-up.Created before construction starts on a large real estate development, a mock-up is a one- to three-story model of a facade, often including windows, part of a roof and other features.