#circularity — Public Fediverse posts

♻️Circular performance depends on a resilient industrial value chain.
Competitiveness and sustainability must advance together to ensure scalable and measurable outcomes.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/8bIAE

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #policy #circularity #construction #packaging

Rediscovering the Handcart

NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!

A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.

→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.

Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk

Rediscovering the Handcart

NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!

A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.

→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.

Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk

Rediscovering the Handcart

NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!

A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.

→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.

Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk

Rediscovering the Handcart

NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!

A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.

→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.

Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk

Rediscovering the Handcart

NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!

A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.

→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.

Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk

🏠Delivering affordable housing requires coordination across construction systems, energy performance and lifecycle considerations.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/FAZra

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #policy #construction #insulation #circularity

Emanuela Gallo has been appointed Vice-President of the Modern Building Alliance.
This appointment reflects the importance of technical expertise and industry engagement in advancing building performance across Europe.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/L4Gc8

#eps #insulation #construction #circularity #eumeps #smartsolutions #initiative #europe

Wegwerfen war gestern!
Am Samstag, den 9. Mai ist von 11-15 Uhr das nächste Repair Café in der Welcome Werkstatt in Hamburg Barmbek.
Wir helfen dir, deine defekte Leuchte, Tasche, Kopfhörer oder Beistelltisch zu reparieren oder dein Rad fit zu machen!
Mehr hier: https://www.welcome-werkstatt.de/veranstaltungen/repair-cafe oder schreib' uns unter [email protected] bei Rückfragen.
#hamburg #hamburgbarmbek #diy #werkstatt #repaircafé #circulareconomy #circularity

The EC has published new guidance on the PPWR, providing further clarity on implementation and assessment criteria. Understanding these developments is essential for aligning packaging systems.

🔗 https://zurl.co/AvwlT

#eps #packaging #circularity #smartsolutions #europe

Finland’s new bridge was built for everyone except drivers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/05/finlands-new-bridge-was-built-for-everyone-except-drivers/

🏢Circularity, industrial resilience and housing performance are closely interconnected.
Addressing these challenges requires coordinated systems, technical expertise and realistic policy frameworks to ensure measurable and durable outcomes across Europe.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/aSloL

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #europe #advocacy #policy #construction #packaging #circularity

📈Long-term performance is central to achieving both climate objectives and housing affordability. Building materials must deliver stable thermal efficiency, durability and integration into scalable systems that support renovation and new construction across Europe.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/H1vWA

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #epsbenefits #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #policy #construction #insulation #circularity

Circularity is shaped by coordination across value chains, applications and national systems. 💡For EPS, performance depends on how collection, processing and reintegration pathways are aligned in practice, ensuring measurable outcomes across sectors.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/O9Jyr

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #epsbenefits #europe #advocacy #policy #construction #packaging #circularity

4 tips for everyday eco-friendly living

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/4-tips-for-everyday-eco-friendly-living/

💡Affordable housing policies must reconcile environmental ambition with economic feasibility and technical performance. Delivering scalable solutions requires materials and systems that support long-term efficiency, cost stability and regulatory coherence across Member States.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/ukawh

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #epsbenefits #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #advocacy #policy #construction #insulation #circularity

Earth Day at 56: why the 2026 theme carries more weight than usual

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/earth-day-at-56-why-the-2026-theme-carries-more-weight-than-usual/

UK startup turns festival urine into forest-grade fertilizer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/uk-startup-turns-festival-urine-into-forest-grade-fertilzer/

🏢Delivering affordable housing requires more than materials.
It depends on system integration across construction, energy performance and lifecycle considerations.

👉 A coordinated approach is essential.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/Kc0SP

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #policy #construction #insulation #circularity

💻EUMEPS recently hosted a webinar on European standardisation and PPWR developments for EPS packaging. The session provided insights into technical requirements shaping future compliance and recyclability criteria.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/eWduY

#eps #packaging #circularity #eumeps #smartsolutions #initiative #europe

♻️Circular packaging systems depend on coordination between collection, sorting and recycling processes.
EPS is part of these systems, where performance depends on infrastructure and operational alignment.

👉 Circularity requires system thinking.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/0alAN

#eps #packaging #circularity #eumeps #smartsolutions #initiative #europe

🏠Energy efficiency is a cornerstone of affordable housing strategies across Europe.
Materials must deliver stable thermal performance over time while remaining economically viable for large-scale deployment.

EPS plays a role in achieving this balance.

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/hoTp8

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #epsbenefits #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #policy #insulation #construction #circularity

🏠 Affordable housing is not only about cost. It requires long-term performance, energy efficiency and scalable construction systems.
EPS contributes to this balance by supporting durable insulation solutions aligned with European housing needs.

👉 How can performance-based materials support housing policy?

🔗Read more: https://zurl.co/FxMTa

#eumeps #eps #epsindustry #epsbenefits #europe #renovationwave #greendeal #advocacy #policy #insulation #construction #circularity

Green Spot Technologies Ferments the Future of Food

The recently launched Milatea brand consists of powders, fillings, and inclusions derived from the fermentation of fava beans…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #alternativeingredients #america #circularity #fermentation #FoodTechnologyMagazine #GreenSpotTechnologies #May/June2026 #No.3 #science #sidestreams #technology #unitedstatesofamerica #Upcycling #Vol.80
https://www.europesays.com/2853303/

How Circular is the #Circular #Economy?
The fourth volume in a series of books opening up #Lowtech #Magazine’s archive by theme

In this series of articles, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE explores how the #circularity of various #technologies like #bicycles, #solar panels, and #wind #turbines evolves. Placing the #recycling of resources in a historical context makes clear that we are not moving toward a #circulareconomy but rather increasingly away from it.
From Kris De #Decker

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/thematic-book-series-how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/

📰 Circular management of human excreta as a pillar of sustainable cities and food systems

https://hal.science/hal-05478504

This is the written summary of a presentation I gave at the annual meeting of the International Fertiliser Society (you can watch the presentation here: https://video.ploud.fr/w/qb3a8rXPxW7QQmWN7uBBKS)

I discuss the limitations of sewer-based sanitation in the face of climate change and increasing water scarcity: can we still afford the amount of water that is needed for sewers to effectively carry fecal matter all the way to the treatment plant?
Obviously I also mention how alternative management methods are being tested throughout Europe, including in large neighborhoods in Hamburg, Sneek, or Helsingborg (and soon Paris).

#circularity #circularEconomy #environment #sanitation #fertiliser #toilets #sustainability #sustainableCities #WWTP #sewers

The Productivity Commission report on the inquiry into the circular economy has finally been published. The report 'finds that the Australian Government can support sustainable and efficient materials use by reforming regulation, strengthening product stewardship obligations and fostering coordination and innovation.'

‘Making our economy more efficient and sustainable requires coordinated, ongoing efforts across portfolios and levels of government’ - Commissioner Joanne Chong.

The Productivity Commission's recommendations for governments include:

🦺 Establishing a Circular Economy Regulatory Reform Taskforce with federal, state and territory governments

🔋Progressing a national product stewardship scheme for small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and investigate a similar scheme for EV batteries.

🏬Developing place-based initiatives to enable coordination, address distance challenges and support businesses to develop and share new ideas.

🛠️ Implementing the recommendations from the PC's #RighttoRepair inquiry

Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gTWzVKRE

#SustainableUse #Circularity #CircularEconomy #AusEcon #Materials #Reuse #Innovation #auspol #auslaw #righttorepair

Is there a map for dumpster diving that is not focused on food?
Like we had a good spot for getting metal drums near @munichmakerlab unitl a few months ago.
All maps and wikis I found thus far focus on food 🤔

#dumpsterdiving #recycling #retootwelcome #circularity #schrottis

💡EUMEPS leads the EPS industry towards sustainability and innovation. Discover how EPS contributes to Europe's environmental goals.

🔗 Read more: https://zurl.co/cgpFK

#eumeps #eps #sustainability #circularity #europe

Tja werte #CDUCSUkorrupt, #FDPseudoliberal und #SPDbeton: Vielleicht war der Kuschelkurs und die Zugeständnisse auf die polemischen Forderungen von #Bauernverband und Co. sowie der #fossilLobby doch nicht der richtige Weg? Vielleicht liegen die Ursachen einfach tiefer (wie #Umweltverbände und andere gewarnt hatten), und:
▶️ ein ständiger Konkurrenzkampf und zunehmende Exportorientierung zu internationalen Märkten führen in die Sackgasse?
▶️ vielleicht ist immer größer/schneller/weiter doch kein Garant für mehr Wert, sondern treibt Preise für Lebensmittel und Einkommen nach unten?
▶️ vielleicht wäre es mal geboten, die Grundlagen für Landwirtschaft e.g. #Boden #Luft #Biodiversität zu bewahren und deren Zustand zu verbessern, anstatt entsprechende Regeln als vermeintliche Hemmnisse zu #framen und immer weiter zu schleifen?!

🔗 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/landwirte-gewinn-100.html

#Agrarwende #FarmToFork #Circularity #WirHabenEsSatt #ÖkoLandwirtschaft

📌 Wir haben eine Broschüre zu Open Source Hardware herausgebracht! Die grundlegende Idee für Einsteiger und Details zur Dokumentation von OSH für die Fortgeschrittenen. Begleitet wird das Ganze von 3 Interviews und weiterführenden Links! 🧐 😍 ♻️

@opensourcegardens
@openhardware @opensourceseeds @opensourcediversity @nlnet @osi @oshwassociation (English soon)

#OpenSourceHardware #OSH #DIY #OSEG #OpenSource #Engineering #Circularity

Many experts at the #EGG2024+. No seat left. Currently presenting "Can we create a circular structure for guiding innovation towards both what is and what is to be?"
by Mads Kogsgaard Hansen (Director, Head of Product #Circularity & Portfolio Planning at Bang & Olufsen A/S)

#obsolesence
#EGG24

I got properly #NerdSniped last night thinking about how to create #shapes.

A circle is easy and has a defined #circularity (1) and #AspectRatio (1), but how do you create a set of shapes with given values for these properties?

An ellipse seems like a decent "base" shape to start with but then calculating the perimeter is not as trivial as I thought it would be.

Here is the question that started it if anyone is interested in chiming in:
https://forum.image.sc/t/free-shape-generator-based-on-the-obtained-data/96113?u=dnmason
#Maths #Geometry #Mathstodon

There's an opportunity to join our team as research associate working on various UK & European colloborative research projects on aspects of policy, #techoeconomic analysis, #circularity etc. for #OceanEnergy

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/10303/

#OffshoreWind #WaveEnergy #TidalEnergy #RenewableEnergy #AcademicJobs

Among other things, OASIS and its experts are the source of many relevant open #standards, including #UBL (ISO/IEC 19845), the most widely used global e-trade and e-invoicing data model, and the AS4/eDelivery ecommerce data methods embraced by Europe (and other governments) for G2B and G2G interop (the ISO 15000 series).
HT ISO, openPEPPOL 🇩🇰 🇳🇴, and DG GROW 🇪🇺​
🌿​ What's the relation to #circularity and #greentech? These existing, open-source-driven data methods already are in commerce, use simple tools, and can be extended to securely add as much origin, content, recycyling, and customs metadata as regulations may need. Without any extra wackadoo new tech or proprietary additions.
🤖​​ Upwardly compatible with more complex methods like #blockchain? Yes. Are parties in commerce REQUIRED to use blockchains, other new untested or proprietary methods, or a math PhD? No. The lesson of 20 years of ecommerce and EDI is clear: simple secure tech is best for large, multi-tier supply chains.

HT @EU_Commission @nist

Congratulations to our American colleagues who managed to move forward with testing urine diversion rather than building new #sewers in #Falmouth !

https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/state-recommends-fast-tracking-urine-diverting-toilets-for-provisional-use/article_dc492298-c8a7-51f7-bec1-fbf37146d120.html

This was made possible by many dedicated individuals, as well as the Rich Earth Institute and the MASSTC.

https://richearthinstitute.org
https://www.masstc.org/project/critical-questions/falmouth-ecotoilet-project

#urine #urineDiversion #toilets #ecology #nitrogen #phosphorus #circularity #pee #peeCycling

EU support for SMEs must extend to the PPWR [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/eu-support-for-smes-must-extend-to-the-ppwr/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #circularity #environment #packaging #PPWR #promoted

EU support for SMEs must extend to the PPWR [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/eu-support-for-smes-must-extend-to-the-ppwr/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #circularity #environment #packaging #PPWR #promoted

RT @florikafink: A secure & sustainable supply of critical #RawMaterial is key for our green & digital transition & autonomy.
🇪🇺 proposes a Critical Raw Materials Act to boost diversification of supply & foster sustainable sourcing & #circularity:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_1661
 
#EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1636394450711891968

Principles of degrowth

Source of diagram: https://climatescience.org/simple-circular-economy-degrowth

#degrowth #sustainability #circularity #cooperation #sharing #localProduction #workLifeBalance