While the three R's reduce, reuse and recycle constitute the most well-known mantra of the eco-conscious, Kay McKeen of environmental education nonprofit SCARCE says a fourth ‘R' should be added: ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/CNS Camryn Woods is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s ...

Eastman takes a principled approach to developing solutions for the circular economy. In our previous article, “Six principles for the circular economy,” we introduced our approach to evaluating ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Anand Subbaraj ...

What inspired you to bring the issue of e-waste to the forefront with the short film, Silicon Mountain? In 2013, my company engaged with a struggling client that opened our eyes to a hidden mountain ...

I've been writing this column for just over two years and it is time to move on. So this is my last one. I've covered a multitude of subjects connected with sustainability, lower carbon choices and ...

San Francisco-based Timbuk2, famous for its ubiquitous messenger bags, has launched the Timbuk2 Life Cycle — a robust environmental responsibility program to reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, and ...

The successful candidates will work with Professor Kelly Dombroski (Massey University) and/or Dr Matthew Scobie (University of Canterbury), on a Marsden funded project, ‘Reduce, reuse, repair”. This ...

Michigan’s Recycle Ann Arbor has launched Boost Reuse, a program focused on reuse and repair. Partially funded by a waste reduction sponsorship from the Washtenaw County Water Resources Materials ...

With their innovative reuse, recycle, and repair services, Tinker Electronics is setting an example for other businesses to follow in the fight against environmental and social waste. As the world ...

Deepika Mathur has received research funding from the Northern Territory and federal governments. Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the ...