Reuse and recycling are often put in the same boat. However these types of waste management solutions are really very different. While recycling is well understood and applied, the same is not true for reuse. As a consequence, it’s much more difficult to channel investment to reuse solutions. How can we make this better? During …
How is collaboration making Koinpack more successful? That’s the question we asked our speakers during our three-year anniversary webinar’s first session. Our venture Koinpack is a reuse system that offers daily household products in reusable bottles to reduce single-use plastic sachets. We asked its director Bintang Ekananda to tell us a little more about the …
3 key learnings on how to tackle single-use sachets through collaborations Read More »
For its 3rd-year-anniversary, we want to look back at everything the Zero Waste Living Lab (ZWLL) program has achieved so far. With the ZWLL venture building program, Enviu tackles single-use plastics in Indonesia by building reuse and refill showcase ventures and by inspiring consumers and organizations globally to follow the movement. For this occasion, who …
3 years of Zero Waste Living Lab – looking back with Anne Read More »
Single-use packaging is everywhere in our day-to-day life. Whether it’s straws, plastic bottles, or takeout packaging, it sometimes feels impossible to escape. By now, we know the problem. It’s of direct harm to wildlife, to ocean pollution and a contributor of greenhouse gases – the consequences are clear. To stop this, we should create models …
5 things to do when designing a reuse/refill solution Read More »
Next week marks the start of the long-awaited COP26, where leaders from all around the world will gather for what many see as our last chance at correcting our climate trajectory. The conference will address four topics: securing global net zero and keeping the 1.5 degrees within reach, protecting communities and natural habitats, mobilizing finance …
Ahead of COP26: If we talk climate we need to talk plastic Read More »
How bending the curve on single-use plastics production is a real solution to plastic pollution that opens up social and economic opportunities for all. Recycling, upcycling and waste-to-energy are means to immediately deal with the amounts of plastic waste that already pile up – they are mopping technologies, but they are not reducing the inflow …
Zero Waste experts and social entrepreneurs that aim to radically reduce single-use plastics at the source gathered in Bandung, West Java for our first zero waste meet-up in February 2019. We revealed chances and challenges, and developed ideas to scale the impact of the zero waste movement and social entrepreneurs. The meet up attracted 20 …
Building The Innovation Ecosystem: Our First Zero Waste Meet Up Read More »