News / 23.06.2022

In a press release, the Industrieverband Hartschaum e.V. reported the reopening of the Terneuzen plant on June 23, 2022: The first industrial plant for recycling EPS insulation materials from demolition and renovation work is restarting exactly one year after its initial commissioning. A group of German EPS producers - members of the Industrieverband Hartschaum e.V. - has rescued the Dutch PolyStyreneLoop plant from insolvency. The purchase agreement was notarized last week. The Dutch PS-Loop B. V. at the Terneuzen site is now a 100% subsidiary of the German GEC...

Unkategorisiert / 22.06.2022

Zero-waste city - the concept has long since arrived in the Global South. This is also the case in the city of Cordoba, the capital of the Cordoba region in Argentina. It has set out to implement the circular economy. For the second time, an international congress called Cumbre Mundial de Economia Circular has been held there to show the public what is behind the term Circular Economy. This is a great approach, it has also received the necessary public response, because the awakening is moving forward: in...

News / 08.06.2022

Closing a loop in our digital age usually requires a digital solution. Startups or SMEs that are in the process of transforming to circularity, or aiming to do so, are quickly faced with this task. The competencies for digital solutions are often available. But how do we make this solution circular? And how do we convey the circularity of our solution in a potential grant application or pitch to an investor? The answers to these questions are digital. The software solutions to them must be circular. For this, a...

News / 15.03.2022

What can we learn for waste management from the flood disaster? My consultancy Thinking Circular® is based in the district of Ahrweiler, therefore, in search of the answer, I have been dealing with exactly this question since July 2021. The motivation is personal: floods are a trauma for me. The flashback caught up with me quickly on the morning of July 15, 2021. My trauma is called Kyrill and hit me in 2007 in the Westerwald. A tree from above, water from below -  from all sides. The flood...

News / 19.01.2022

The climate crisis is a global challenge, but with very different regional effects. What "climate crisis" means for everyone personally, for their own place of residence, home and community, we know at the latest since the night of July 14 to 15. How do we deal with the situation in the district of Ahrweiler and what can everyone do for climate protection? Under the title "#klimafit - Climate change on the doorstep! What can I do?", the multi-part Kvhs event led by Eveline Lemke will take place from Thursday,...

News / 17.11.2021

At the official founding meeting of the energy efficiency and climate protection network ETA-Plus Südhessen at the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the members set themselves a common savings target. In the next two years, they want to avoid 1,000 tons of CO2 emissions. For the more than 20 companies, this is an ambitious goal. However, Dr. Nico Wenz from the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who is overseeing the initiative, is confident that the goal can be achieved together. The experience of the last 5 years...

News / 16.09.2021

We are currently experiencing great changes: Climate change, digitalization, the Corona pandemic and weather events that destroy entire landscapes, as recently in the Ahr Valley. All this makes us feel what change means. Donella Meadows has described how, in times of change, people's fundamental ideas about who we are in this world also undergo major changes. With "Transcending paradigms" she described the changes in socially anchored attitudes, which are also the greatest levers in changing systems. Maja Göppel has written about this and described a summary of urgent...

News / 09.09.2021

Economies as complex systems can’t be described in one sentence. Looking into classrooms, students learn about economies as simple linear structures. They inhale demand and supply, production and consumer interests, money and currencies, prices and speculation. All that can easily be described by numbers and curves in a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional math. Leaving the classroom, we come to notice: Economy is more. It is not 2- or 3-dimensional. Especially the global economy - which evolved from cultivated assumptions and underlying paradigms - goes beyond that. How to emphasize the...

News / 10.08.2021

#Save the date October 19 / 20, 2021 Discussing the decarbonisation of global transport, the event will provide opportunities to discuss solutions to the industry’s challenges in both a online and in-person hybrid event format. My session is on the question of sustainable EV for the future. With a mix of high-level, informative presentations and panels, a stellar cast of speakers and audience members with deal-making capacity, the 2021 edition of the event will again be a success. I hope to see you there!  ...

News / 06.08.2021

The top 10 Circular Materials by mass Do you know the world's largest material flows that are managed in a circular way? For Thinking Circular®, this question comes up more often as part of our consulting work. That's because companies turning to the Circular Economy want to know exactly what the effects of adopting a circular economy are, and what the benefits are to their business and the environment as a result. Looking at the most successful materials that are managed by people in a circular way can provide...

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