Monday, November 18, 2024

European week for waste reduction

This entire week from 16-24 November it is the European week for waste reduction, which also has a Dutch website.The aim is to encourage all Europeans make others aware of renewable sources and recycling options. 

While the one entry listed for the Netherlands is a clothing swap in The Hague, our own campus also regularly has clothing swaps, the latest during the sustainability week

As for awareness, I still think the best publication with options along the entire supply chain was: Circular Economy 3.0 - Solving confusion around new conceptions of circularity by synthesising and re-organising the 3R's concept into a 10R hierarchy.This shows the following ten options, and the first 4 (R0-R3) and R7 are specifically for consumers to consider, and can really help with rethinking choices for circularity in our own lives.

R0 = Refuse

R1 = Reduce

R2 = Resell, Reuse

R3 = Repair

R4 = Refurbish

R5 = Remanufacture

R6 = Re-purpose

R7 = Recycle materials

R8 = Recover energy

R9 = Re-mine

 


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