Tag: Circular economy
Big plans for timber construction
wood hybrid construction Wood plays a major role in the construction of the headquarters of the Bavarian Supply Chamber. (Photo: Rendeffect GmbH) Dusseldorf, Munich In March 2023, the British architect…
A recycling cycle full of holes – Europe is sinking into yoghurt pots, milk cartons and shampoo bottles
plastic waste Europe has a massive plastic problem. The continent is sinking into yoghurt pots, milk cartons and shampoo bottles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Small bits of plastic are stuck to…
Why manufacturers find it so difficult
Dusseldorf Consumers see the beginning of the plastic revolution with every purchase. On many shampoo tubes or detergent bottles, manufacturers advertise that they use more recycled plastic in their packaging.…
Cloud platform for the automotive industry: Catena-X is taking shape
BMW plant in Dingolfing The automotive industry wants to network more closely digitally – also for reasons of sustainability. (Photo: BMW) Munich The German automotive industry wants to network more…
Europe’s largest start-up center launches circular economy initiative
Founders in UnternehmerTUM The Munich start-up center UnternehmerTUM has been supporting young people in founding start-ups for 20 years. Photo: UnternehmerTUM Munich In view of fragile supply chains, a shortage…
Turning waste into profit – A new global trend is emerging
Cologne The World Bank calculated in 2018 that people leave behind two billion tons of garbage worldwide every year. And by 2050 the mountain is likely to grow to 3.4…
Why a car manufacturer is planning a junkyard
Cologne A car manufacturer with an attached junkyard? At Stellantis, this is not absurd, but forward-looking – and is called circular economy. By 2030, the new “Circular Economy” business unit…
How Western industries can make themselves less dependent on raw material imports
Volkswagen – batteries for electric cars VW wants to build six gigafactories in Europe by around 2030, which should be sufficient for a total production of around five million electric…
Right to repair: No more paternalism
It was George Orwell’s novel 1984, of all things, that first raised awareness of the problem a few years ago. Amazon had deleted the story about a surveillance dystopia from…
How CO2 becomes a valuable raw material
CO2 So carbon dioxide will continue to be emitted for a long time. One solution: converting CO2 into resources. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Imago, Getty Images, Reuters [M]) Gent Francis Steenbrugghe…
How CO2 becomes a valuable raw material
CO2 So carbon dioxide will continue to be emitted for a long time. One solution: converting CO2 into resources. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Imago, Getty Images, Reuters [M]) Gent Francis Steenbrugghe…
Federal government supports Mercedes-Benz battery recycling project
Battery production at Mercedes Aside from the production in Untertürkheim, capacities for the recycling of batteries from electric cars are being created – and also funded by the federal government.…
Will the circular economy save us from the raw materials crisis?
Dusseldorf Anyone who has tried to buy a car, electronic device or furniture in the past few months will have been surprised at the extremely long delivery times for many…
Sustainable construction: Interboden builds recycling office buildings
Dusseldorf Thomas Götzen pedals to the construction site in Düsseldorf’s Medienhafen on his racing bike. His dark hair sticks to his temples – the Interboden Group office in Ratingen is…
Consumer goods companies are at risk of missing their plastic targets
Dusseldorf The goals are ambitious: consumer goods giants such as Henkel, Beiersdorf and Unilever are planning to drastically reduce the amount of new plastic in their packaging for deodorants, creams…
How investors can benefit from trends in theme ETFs
Dusseldorf With themed ETFs, investors can invest in specific areas. This form of investment was already popular last year – at that time especially in the areas of health, technology,…
Henkel, Beiersdorf, L’Oréal and Co. have a plastic problem
Packaging from Henkel The Düsseldorf-based consumer goods manufacturer is also looking for ways to avoid and reduce plastic. When it comes to climate issues, we already know: it takes revenge…
“Right to Repair” movement aims to make it easier to repair electrical appliances
Dusseldorf The end is announced weeks in advance. At first the electric toothbrush only lasts a good minute, soon only a few seconds, and at some point nothing moves at…
How investors can get a return on rubbish
Mountains of rubbish Investors can benefit from waste too. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt So far, waste has only been an annoying evil for many. More and more, however, a holistic economic…
Is a full circular economy possible?
Dusseldorf Humans extract more than 100 billion tons of raw materials such as oil, gas and metals from the earth every year – but only around nine percent of them…