circular economy
How does Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) work?
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique developed to measure the possible environmental impacts caused as a result of the manufacture, use and disposal of a particular product or service. The [...]
Brazilian organic industry accounts for BRL 4 billion in one year
The organic food industry is booming in Brazil. In 2018 alone, industry sales reached BRL 4 billion, a result 20% higher than the previous year, according to the Brazilian Council for Organic and [...]
Gil Anderi: “the beginning and the end of a product are the same: nature”
In recent decades, sustainability issues have achieved space, something unknown until then in society. Environmental impact concern has grown and the problems to be taken into consideration [...]
How carbon credits work
People other than just environmental and traditional activists got involved with forest economy for a while now. At least since the beginning of this century, it’s a growing market – [...]
Davi Bomtempo: “circular economy will affect business worldwide”
In Brazil, the weight of the industry in the GDP (2017) was 11.8%. This sector bears around 22% of the Brazilian workforce. Considering how crucial the industry is for the development of the [...]
What is design for assembly and design for disassembly
When a new product is developed, a set of actions could make the journey throughout the chain more or less sustainable. An important part of these actions must happen in the design phase of the [...]
What is cradle to cradle?
Developed in 2002, the method aims to bring a new alternative to the linear production model. Using this method, biological and inorganic material are 100% reusable
Cada um de nós produz em média 1,2 quilo de “lixo” por dia, mas quando este grande volume de resíduos é reciclado, melhora o meio ambiente e gera renda e emprego. Conheça o caminho da reciclagem [...]
Like combustion engines and computers, 3D printers must be the object of a new revolution: circular economy. See how this new technology can change the world
