Resource security through a circular economy
This post is by Julie Hill, Green Alliance associate and chair of the Circular Economy Task Force launched by Green Alliance. Today Green Alliance launches the Circular Economy Task Force. For me, this...
View ArticleThe new consensus – only green growth will work
This post is by Will Andrews Tipper, Green Alliance’s head of sustainable business. It first appeared on BusinessGreen.com A month ago, I returned from a consultancy career in Brussels to take up a new...
View ArticleHow better appliance reuse systems could net a £260 million prize
This post is by Jonny Hazell, policy assistant on the Resource Stewardship theme at Green Alliance. Wouldn’t it be nice if every time you ordered a new product, the person who delivered it offered to...
View ArticleHow retailers can help the UK get more circular – and profit from it
This post first appeared on BusinessGreen. What comes to mind when you think of the British economy? A land of supermarkets and call centres? If so, you wouldn’t be far wrong, as retail business...
View ArticleBig manifesto ideas: responsible pensions, help to heat and a resource target
With the 2015 general election on the horizon, we’ve asked leading thinkers and experts for their one big manifesto idea. The one they think will make a real difference to a greener Britain. Today...
View ArticleThe huge wasted economic opportunity of inconsistent recycling
Our new report, Wasted opportunities, marks the end of the second year for the Circular Economy Task Force of leading businesses. It reveals that outdated recycling systems are losing the UK economy...
View ArticleA review of new EU and UK ambitions for a circular economy
A version of this post was first published on BusinessGreen. It’s only years after its 1970s inception that the circular economy concept is really beginning to gain traction. The publication this...
View ArticleLow resource prices are no reason to go slow on better productivity
A version of this post first appeared on BusinessGreen. Resource prices have been in the news again of late, although this time for the refreshing reason that they’ve been tumbling instead of...
View ArticleLet’s banish the ghosts of the past and do better on waste in future
Nearly 175 years ago, Charles Dickens ‘invented’ the modern holiday of Christmas through A Christmas Carol, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from miser to the embodiment of festive...
View ArticleWhy we need more than plastic promises
The post was first published on Business Green. In December 2017, Blue Planet II shocked the world with disturbing images of plastic pollution: albatrosses feeding their chicks plastic bags, plankton...
View ArticleSetting the record straight: our view on plastic packaging
Last week, on behalf of the Circular Economy Task Force, we published an insight into what the grocery sector is really doing about plastic. The report, Plastic promises, has generated considerable...
View ArticleThe secret life of stuff remains a secret to most of us
It is nearly ten years since my book The secret life of stuff was published. Those ten years have seen some big changes to the planetary agenda, and the book might have had an even warmer reception had...
View ArticleA circular economy will protect us against future shocks
Over the past few months of upheaval, Covid-19 has succinctly highlighted many shortcomings of what used to pass for the ‘normal’ functioning of economy and society. It’s made many rethink what they...
View ArticleIt’s time we recognised that overconsuming resources causes climate change...
In just a few short months this year, world leaders will assemble at two landmark conferences to hammer out solutions to the two biggest environmental challenges facing the planet. The COP15...
View ArticleWhat’s in store for the next phase of the Circular Economy Task Force
This post is by Libby Peake, head of resources and Tom Booker, policy assistant at Green Alliance. In 2012, the year we launched our Circular Economy Task Force (CETF), our annual review noted:...
View ArticleWhy we need more than plastic promises
The post was first published on Business Green. In December 2017, Blue Planet II shocked the world with disturbing images of plastic pollution: albatrosses feeding their chicks plastic bags, plankton...
View ArticleIt’s time we recognised that overconsuming resources causes climate change...
In just a few short months this year, world leaders will assemble at two landmark conferences to hammer out solutions to the two biggest environmental challenges facing the planet. The COP15...
View ArticleNo one will win the global battle for critical raw materials
Critical raw materials – those resources vital to the economy with a high risk of supply disruption – have made the headlines before and they’re back on the agenda now. This time they are likely to...
View ArticleWhy England’s single use plastic ban isn’t what it seems
Saying it wanted to tackle plastic pollution “head on”, the government announced last week it will ban certain single use plastics in England from this October. These include takeaway plates and...
View ArticleIt’s behind now but construction has huge potential to catch up on climate
Two years ago, in a report for the Circular Economy Task Force, we called on the government to adopt a new strategic approach to resource use. In particular, we wanted to see a bold target to reduce...
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