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Outdoor gear company Arc'teryx flies toward a circular economy

GreenBiz

Today, the company launched its ReBird platform , a centralized hub on the company site that gives customers an inside look at its circular initiatives — from upcycling and resale to care and repair. The company is upcycling materials from a jacket line to create new products. Circular strategy in motion. Courtesy of. Pull Quote.

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Adorable goat playground raises awareness of upcycling waste

AGreenLiving

an educational pavilion and animal playground that raises awareness about the merits of upcycling. Because the pavilions would only be built of upcycled waste, the final designs were limited by the materials the architects could salvage. Adorable goat playground raises awareness of upcycling waste. Installed in the town of ?daži

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Greater Manchester calls for a repair revolution

Envirotec Magazine

Through a series of events and workshops across Greater Manchester this week (11-17 March), R4GM will be shining a spotlight on the impact of waste and aims to empower residents to learn how they can save money – and protect the environment – by repairing the items many instinctively throw away.

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KOGAA upcycles construction waste into a plant-filled coffee hub

AGreenLiving

Related: This dad built a backyard coffee shop with repurposed materials The area closest to the entrance is used for sales, while the enclosed central space serves as both a showroom for professional barista machines and a multipurpose area for barista competitions and workshops. A ring of potted plants surrounds this office space.

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Something borrowed? Selfridge's pilots second-hand, rental and repair wedding wear services

Business Green

Dubbed 'Resellfridges: The Wedding', the pop-up workshop is slated to run for five weeks, offering customers vintage wedding accessories and outfits, as well as helping customers upcycle old clothes or rent entire wedding party outfits, the retailer said yesterday.

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Hempitecture (Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.)

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

All libraries are offering equipment, workshops, and tools free of charge to overcome cost barriers for the public, making everyday circular economy actions more accessible. SLIC plan to create a toolkit, disseminated through workshops, to share their learnings and help other library services across the UK replicate their approach.

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