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The ships are old junk heaps run on a shoestring by hard-bitten characters on the edge, seemingly held together with two pieces of string, chewing gum, and the will of God — the SF equivalent of the struggling Film Noir private eye, in other words.
Creating the Junkyard Planet. Adam Minter Talks Circular Economy and Christmas Tree Lights - YouTube
Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet, stopped by iFixit Headquarters to give an super interesting talk on rethinking e-waste, the circular economy and the fate of all your thrown away Christmas tree lights. Adam's an amazing author and an even better speaker so we hope you enjoy his talk as much as we did.
DRDs are ovoid, approximately 14 inches long, 10 inches wide and 8 inches tall, with two flexible black eyestalks with lights. They contain multiple tools and sensors to maintain and repair the Leviathan they inhabit, including a plasma welder which can double as a weapon.
Old parts, new parts or spare parts, you can shine no matter what you're made of!
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen estimate that close to 40% of multinational profits (more than $700 billion in 2017) are shifted to tax havens each year. This shifting reduces corporate income tax revenue by more than $200 billion, or 10% of global corporate tax receipts.
SZOIL founder David Li calls this the expression of “China as a service.” Instead of having to learn to build electric scooters, Joyor, Grin, Bird, and Lime can focus on the work that requires local knowledge, like distribution and getting permits from city governments.
In this video I'll be showing you several different things you can make from old, dead laptops!
An interactive educational toolkit for upper secondary high school educators and students to integrate circular thinking into the classroom.
The lifecycle of your phone has big impacts on the planet.
Upcycling Deluxe ist der größte Onlineshop für Upcycling Design in Deutschland. Entdecke eine ganze Welt voller ungewöhnlicher wiederverwendeter Materialien, denen mit liebevoller Handarbeit in Entwicklungsländern zu neuem leben verholfen wird. Damit helfen wir nicht nur aktiv bei der Wiederverwertung von Müll, wo es keine Recycling-Möglichkeiten gibt, sondern wir stärken gleichzeitig auch lokale Wirtschaft um Armut zu bekämpfen.
Upcycling vs. Recycling
Unter Upcycling versteht man die kreative Wiederverwertung vermeintlich nicht mehr brauchbarer Materialien und Reststoffe in Form von neuen Designs. Die Ausgangsmaterialien werden – im Gegensatz zum Recycling – durch die neue, hochwertige Verarbeitung aufgewertet und sind daher neu hergestellten Produkten mindestens ebenbürtig. So werden ausrangierte Ölfässer zu einzigartigen Lampen und alte Zementsäcke zu Laptophüllen umfunktioniert.
Upcycling vs. Recycling
Unter Upcycling versteht man die kreative Wiederverwertung vermeintlich nicht mehr brauchbarer Materialien und Reststoffe in Form von neuen Designs. Die Ausgangsmaterialien werden – im Gegensatz zum Recycling – durch die neue, hochwertige Verarbeitung aufgewertet und sind daher neu hergestellten Produkten mindestens ebenbürtig. So werden ausrangierte Ölfässer zu einzigartigen Lampen und alte Zementsäcke zu Laptophüllen umfunktioniert.
Don’t let the name fool you: WesternTrash is waste-neutral and 100% sustainable. The materials are upcycled or recyclable, the packaging is reusable, and bottles are sourced locally in Berlin. It’s about taking trash out of the system without putting any back.
There isn’t just one, inevitable future of work. Let us apply the power of our technological imagination to practice forms of cooperation and collaboration. Worker–owned cooperatives could design their own apps-based platforms, fostering truly peer-to-peer ways of providing services and things, and speak truth to the new platform capitalists.
Smart cities and their protagonists are strong, and their incentives are high; the cards are stacked in their favor, including the self-logic of technological development. Nevertheless, creative resistance is not futile, as there are strong tail-winds blowing with people and earth, of dignity and inclusion.
Explore Berlin-based organizations and projects working in the circular economy field! Click the bubbles to find out more, zoom in, search & filter by circular strategies.
Waste avoidance is simply avoiding the production of waste. It is often associated with the terms ‘waste reduction’ or ‘source reduction’, as well as ‘waste minimisation’. As stated in Background to Waste Management, minimisation is at the top of the waste hierarchy, and contrary to popular perception, reducing the amount of waste that is produced can be achieved relatively simply. Slight modifications of procedures and/or altering procurement practices can improve efficiencies in utilising resources, leading to a reduction in the amount of waste produced.
The Internet of Things (IoT) and ubiquitous computing are leading to an increase in objects with a short lifespan - either through breakage, “bricking” by the manufacturer, or discontinued use by the owner. This website documents a virtual workshop that took place as part of ACM DIS 2020, which explored how the configuration of values (e.g., functional, emotional, sentimental and environmental) designed into IoT objects influences the end-user practices of disposal, recycling and upcycling after these objects become defunct or obsolete. Through this lens, we considered potential design strategies that can be instilled during the process of design, to support the continuity of the material life of IoT objects after their “death”.