Waste

Focused on addressing immediate challenges such as water stress, and nutrient loss, this article helps point the way to strategies that might be used without much retooling to establish circular and even regenerative systems. 

By , published in Modern Diplomacy  Originally published in Horizon

In 2003, Kamikatsu became the first municipality in Japan to make a zero-waste declaration. Since then, the town has transformed its open-air burning practices for waste disposal into a system of buying, consuming and discarding with the goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Now, the town estimates it...

Article provides a detailed description of the kinds of challenges faced by businesses when governments take initiatives toward circularity, in this case for Scotland on a deposit / return scheme. Even with attention to the needs and concerns of small businesses such initiatives are likely to demand...

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The project is notable for its government support (and allowed derogation from local energy production regulations in order to permit...

The continued elaboration of this aspect of the Green New Deal illustrates the importance of goverments in setting a common groundwork for transparency, standards, and reporting.

The UK's DEFRA agency is seeking input on mandatory digital tracking of waste across the UK. Some 200 million tons are produced each year and tracked by a fragmented network of systems that make noncompliance relatively easy. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/waste-tracking/

The...