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How is it going so far in 2022? Here are some top trends in green manufacturing!

Top 8 Green Manufacturing Trends for 2022 The pandemic changes the manufacturing industry, especially those related to sustainability. Here are some green manufacturing trends for 2022.

According to United Nations, pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste leads to at least 9 million premature deaths a year, with a constant violation of human rights. To put things in perspective, to date we had 6 million deaths due to Covid-19.

Pollution causing more deaths than COVID, action needed, says U.N. expert Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.

According to Circle Economy's latest report, a record 101.4 billion tonnes of virgin raw materials were used globally in 2021, with nations and businesses ignoring and failing to comply with climate specialists recommendations.

Report: Global resource use hit record high in 2021, despite pandemic slowdown A record 101.4 billion tonnes of virgin raw materials were used globally last year, with nations and corporates failing to cut resource use and improve reuse and recycling at the rate demanded by climate science.

The “mushroom leather” - made of mycelium, a material grown from fungi - can be engineered to look and feel like calfskin or sheepskin.

Californian firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainability gamechanger Vegan leather alternative isn’t just the hot fashion must-have – it could teach us about consumption and waste

Expert reactions and overview to COP26

COP26: experts react to the UN climate summit and Glasgow Pact Has the summit delivered on its goals?

“It is now 100 times more lucrative to mine gold from e-dumps than from the ground". Is this the Waste Age?

‘This is the age of waste’: the show about our throwaway addiction and how to cure it It is now 100 times more lucrative to mine gold from e-dumps than from the ground. Yet 70 years ago, we barely threw anything away at all. Can design change our disposable culture?

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It's worth checking the West Midlands Circular Economy Routemap, put together by the great team at West Midlands Combined Authority!

Creating a Circular Economy | West Midlands Combined Authority Traditionally our economy has worked in a linear way, where products and materials are made, used, and then thrown away.  

Are you ready for the World Circular Forum 2021 starting next week? Organised by the Gov Canada and Sitra, this online, free event brings together world’s leading game-changers in the circular economy.

The World Circular Economy Forum 2021 - WCEF2021 The World Circular Economy Forum 2021 September 13 to 15, 2021, hosted virtually in Canada It’s time to change the game. Co-organized by the Government of Canada and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and hosted for the first time in North America, the World Circular Economy Forum brings together f...

Great news for the Circular Economy community!

Ellen MacArthur to advise ministers on environment - BBC News The round-the-world yachtswoman is among the experts appointed to a new Scottish government committee.

Green Alliance shows that greater UK government ambition for an effective and expanded circular economy by 2035 has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the country.

https://green-alliance.org.uk/resources/Levelling_up_through_circular_economy_jobs.pdf

You can now watch the recording of our webinar co-hosted by the DSM Network Plus project (Digitalised Surface Manufacturing): Digitalisation for Sustainable Manufacturing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vBK0atVqA&ab_channel=DSMNetwork

Digitalisation for Sustainable Manufacturing- Joint Event- DSM+/UKMSN+ 21 July 2021 Jointly presented by UKMSN+ and DSM+ projects, the event is targeted at professionals with an interest in sustainable manufacturingAbout this eventIn contras...

Few days left until our webinar on Digitalisation and Sustainable Manufacturing, 21 July 2021, 10:00 - 12:00 am, co-organised with DSM Network

To secure your place, go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digitalisation-for-sustainable-manufacturing-tickets-162427273347

Key speakers:
- Prof. Allan Matthews, Professor of Surface Engineering and Tribology and Director / PI of DSM Network, The University of Manchester
- Dr Luciano Batista, Senior Lecturer in Operations Management and Director / PI of UKMSNPlus, Aston Business School
- Andy Whyle, Sustainability Specialist(S-AW) and Chair of IEMA Circular Economy Network Steering Group
- Prof. Adrian Murphy, Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
- Mark Thompson, Managing Director, AceOn Group
- Joe Armstrong, International Sales, Polytec
- Kenny Maddock, Digital Manufacturing Manager, HSSMI

An interim solution to reduce carbon emissions from transport and manufacturing sectors: the adoption of a 4-day working week could shrink the UK’s annual carbon footprint by 127 tonnes of GHG emissions by 2025. Work-life balance would also be a win!

A Four-Day Work Week Might Reduce Emissions by 20%. Analysis shows that switching to a four-day work week by 2025 might help battle climate change by lowering emissions by over 20%, according to government and academic sources.

A reason to celebrate: A major research programme - National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) - funded by UK Research and Innovation, involving 34 universities and 200 industry partners has been launched to catalyse the UK’s shift to a circular economy

National circular economy research programme launches A major research programme encompassing 34 universities and 200 industry partners has been launched to catalyse the UK’s shift to a circular economy.

A group of global organizations among which Google, Microsoft and Dell Technologies, a group of experts and the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development started the first private sector alliance for circular electronics.

https://waste-management-world.com/a/google-microsoft-dell-and-many-more-join-circular-electronics-partnership-cep

Google, Microsoft, Dell and many more join Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP) A group of global organizations, several experts and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) started the first private sector alliance for circular electronics.

Dispatches - Channel 4 investigation questions eco-friendly claims of incineration industry

Revealed: why hundreds of thousands of tonnes of recycling are going up in smoke Investigation questions eco-friendly claims of incineration industry

A great piece by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with McKinsey & Company discussing circular economy as a driving force for industry decarbonization. Check their stats!

Home - circular-economy-for-net-0-industry-transition After the power sector, heavy industry is the second-largest source of CO2​ emissions, accounting for 27 percent of all CO2​ emissions worldwide. Four materials – steel, cement, aluminium, and chemicals – are responsible for 60 percent of current industry emissions, a total of 7.1 Gt CO2​ ...