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This research explores the disruption of centralised waste facilities to accommodate a decentralised model, known as the mini-MRF, that is capable of extracting more value out of waste streams. Centralised facilities possess a hoax of challenges, be it their complex infrastructure or high capital and operational costs. With that said, existing systems characterise an unsustainable solution for long-term waste management, and a worthy solution to these issues is crucial for effective management of our planet’s resources.
This briefing outlines the value that social economy enterprises bring to the circular economy in terms of job creation, focussing on the upper levels of the waste hierarchy, notably re-use and preparation for re-use activities. Social enterprises are crucial for a just and green transition towards a resilient low-carbon economy, given their activities to curb the use of resources whilst providing local and inclusive employment opportunities and services.
Kollage Kollective are a Berlin-based art collective composed of autodidactic multimedia explorers with a shared vision and driven by a strong ethos. We transform recycled materials into interactive installations through innovative design, engineering and technology.
The fundamental truth of our times is that resources are finite. Thinking in cyclical rather than linear terms can change that, reusing and repurposing disposables to maximize their potential, we artistically demonstrate how trash is a source of inspiration and wish to democratize the making of art.
All our modules operate as platforms to present our digital artwork. 3D visuals are fabricated using creative coding skills and synchronized with sounds. We fuse different media through the hacking of machines and sensors. This technique invites people to engage on a multisensory level for a dynamic experience.
The fundamental truth of our times is that resources are finite. Thinking in cyclical rather than linear terms can change that, reusing and repurposing disposables to maximize their potential, we artistically demonstrate how trash is a source of inspiration and wish to democratize the making of art.
All our modules operate as platforms to present our digital artwork. 3D visuals are fabricated using creative coding skills and synchronized with sounds. We fuse different media through the hacking of machines and sensors. This technique invites people to engage on a multisensory level for a dynamic experience.
In most cases, a guide on iFixit shows the removal of a specific component for replacement. The guide shows step-by-step what must be done to open the device and remove the broken component. Since reassembly is usually just the reverse of disassembly, you don’t need to write reassembly steps. By default, each guide automatically concludes:
This is ThinkWiki, the Wikipedia for IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad users. In here, you can find anything you need to install your favourite Linux distribution on your ThinkPad. Windows users shouldn't run away, there's a lot of useful information for them as well. Some Linux information for Mac users also can be found here.
Digitize in inventory, discover the value
We support our clients in the assessment of materials and components in their existing buildings.
Our service ranges from the digitization as material passports, cost-effective procurement until deconstruction starts and measurable savings of costs, waste and GHG emissions.
We support our clients in the assessment of materials and components in their existing buildings.
Our service ranges from the digitization as material passports, cost-effective procurement until deconstruction starts and measurable savings of costs, waste and GHG emissions.
Fundació Formació i Treball, la Fundació CHM Salut Mental i el Departament d'Arts Visuals i Disseny de la Universitat de Barcelona, col·laboren al projecte de reutilització, reciclatge i economia circular 'Parelles Creatives - Trastos vells'.
Convertir soles de sabata, plàstics que provenen de restes de joguines o roba usada, en productes innovadors, com ara safates de cultiu hidropònic, un rascador de gats, un tendal o un gronxador, no és qüestió de màgia, sinó qüestió de consciència, creativitat i cocreació entre diversos agents. Si a més, a aquesta iniciativa, amb una clara vocació mediambiental, se li suma el valor social que aporta, el resultat és el projecte 'Parelles Creatives - Trastos vells'.
Convertir soles de sabata, plàstics que provenen de restes de joguines o roba usada, en productes innovadors, com ara safates de cultiu hidropònic, un rascador de gats, un tendal o un gronxador, no és qüestió de màgia, sinó qüestió de consciència, creativitat i cocreació entre diversos agents. Si a més, a aquesta iniciativa, amb una clara vocació mediambiental, se li suma el valor social que aporta, el resultat és el projecte 'Parelles Creatives - Trastos vells'.
El projecte comunitari Caixa d'Eines i Feines ofereix la possibilitat de compartir recursos per allargar la seva vida útil, reduir la producció de residus i ser un estalvi per a les famílies.
La reutilització esdevé una activitat necessària i fonamental en la reducció dels residus generats per l’acció humana i en la lluita global per un món més sostenible.
En els darrers anys, la conscienciació sobre aquesta pràctica s’ha vist palesa en l’aparició d’una sèrie d’iniciatives i projectes destinats a donar una segona vida a productes que encara es troben en ús. A continuació, us oferim un recull de propostes i banc de recursos impulsats per entitats sense ànim de lucre
En els darrers anys, la conscienciació sobre aquesta pràctica s’ha vist palesa en l’aparició d’una sèrie d’iniciatives i projectes destinats a donar una segona vida a productes que encara es troben en ús. A continuació, us oferim un recull de propostes i banc de recursos impulsats per entitats sense ànim de lucre
Compra mejor,
toma las buenas decisiones
Yuka descifra las etiquetas de tus productos
alimentos y cosméticos.
toma las buenas decisiones
Yuka descifra las etiquetas de tus productos
alimentos y cosméticos.
Después de vivir en un futuro
en el que aún hay gente que tiene dudas
sobre el reciclaje, nuestro Bot ha decidido
viajar a nuestro tiempo para ayudarnos
y contestar a nuestras preguntas.
en el que aún hay gente que tiene dudas
sobre el reciclaje, nuestro Bot ha decidido
viajar a nuestro tiempo para ayudarnos
y contestar a nuestras preguntas.
Pide. Comparte. Conecta.
Pide prestado cualquier objeto que necesites a los vecinos de tu barrio.
¿Vives fuera de Barcelona? ¿Vives en Barcelona?
Pide prestado cualquier objeto que necesites a los vecinos de tu barrio.
¿Vives fuera de Barcelona? ¿Vives en Barcelona?
Fem un recull de diverses eines que ens són útils contra el malbaratament i el canvi climàtic i per fer un consum conscient i responsable.
Berlin im Mai 2021 – Innovative Reparaturkonzepte, Tausch- und Verleihplattformen, E-Commerce, Vermittlungsbörsen für geteilte Güternutzung und anderes mehr – neue und vielfältige Praktiken zeigen, wie eine nächste Generation der Kreislaufwirtschaft aussehen kann. Gerade in Berlin ist in den letzten Jahren ein „Innovationsökosystem“ für neue Produktnutzungssysteme entstanden, so das Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung (IZT) und das Ecologic Institut in einer Reihe neuer Studien. Im Projekt „Circular City Berlin“ analysieren die Forschungspartner innovative Ansätze der Kreislaufwirtschaft in Berlin mit Schwerpunkt auf Textilien, Bauen und Elektro- und Elektronikprodukte. Das Projekt ist Teil des Forschungsverbunds Ecornet Berlin und wird vom Regierenden Bürgermeister, Senatskanzlei – Wissenschaft und Forschung gefördert.
A consortium of NGOs, science and business formulated a DIN SPEC on a zero waste vision for companies. During the one-year development process of the DIN SPEC, Laura Grotenrath represented Circular Berlin as a delegate of the coordinating body for standardization work of environmental associations (Koordinierungsstelle für Normierungsarbeit der Umweltverbände/ KNU)
Fixperts is a learning programme that challenges young people to use their imagination and skills to create ingenious solutions to everyday problems for a real person. In the process they develop a host of valuable transferable skills from prototyping to collaboration.
Fixperts offers a range of teaching formats to suit schools and universities, from hour-long workshops, to a term-long project, relevant to any creative design, engineering and STEM/STEAM studies.
Fixperts offers a range of teaching formats to suit schools and universities, from hour-long workshops, to a term-long project, relevant to any creative design, engineering and STEM/STEAM studies.
FixCamp is a design and engineering activity camp for the problem-solvers of tomorrow.
For 15 days in 2018 the engineers, designers and thinkers of tomorrow tackled big issues and built big.
Kids and their parents went crazy for FixCamp. If your school, university or company is interested in what happens next then get in touch!
For 15 days in 2018 the engineers, designers and thinkers of tomorrow tackled big issues and built big.
Kids and their parents went crazy for FixCamp. If your school, university or company is interested in what happens next then get in touch!
Why the Buy Nothing Project? The Buy Nothing Project is brought to you by two friends who have worked hard to address the first of the three infamous “Rs,” Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. Rebecca and Liesl want to address the “Reduce” part of the equation, as well as the lesser-known Rs, “Refuse” and “Rethink.”
/via Kamie Robinson
/via Kamie Robinson
Salvage – a term that, in English, was originally associated with the payment received ‘for saving a ship from wreck or capture’ – only came to describe the act of saving itself in the late 19th century with the dawn of the salvage corps. As cities grew, and the risk of large-scale property loss became more central, insurance underwriters found it profitable to establish fire salvage services to reduce losses. A later meaning, evolving during WWI, refers to the ‘recycling of waste material’: put explicitly, the combing of battlefields by the British Army’s Salvage Corps (a ghoulish double entendre), which re-purposed the parts and property of fallen machines and soldiers for continuing use in the war effort.