Building the Circular Economy
Welcome to my blog, 'Building the Circular Economy'. Its all about designing stuff to 'disassemble' rather than disposal and preventing uncessary use of energy. Some people call it 'cradle to cradle' manufacturing, or C2C, the aim is to encourage reuse of materials or using biodegradable ingrediants rather than landfill.
Other subjects include encouraging people to lease their stuff rather than buying it - this way materials are returned to the manufacturers who will have an incentive to design their products with an emphasis on sustainability. Other themes include the 'reverse supply chain' preventing unnesessary movements of goods and people around the world.
I hope you will enjoy the articles, which will look at all aspects of new innovation, Smart Cities, the expansion of Electric Vehicle use around the world, future energy storage plans to help wind and solar energy.
I hope that you find the articles interesting. Please feel free to add your comments, links to other articles and observations - the more contraversial the better! You can follow me on Linkedin [ and look at our group #GreenLeeds] and Twitter @tbarbarnett .
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The importance of Health and Safety Laws for your firm
Posted on September 24th, 2013 by Jeremy Barnett
Health and safety laws are renowned as being a bit of a drag. The laws tend to prohibit people having fun and seem to be an endless stream of bureaucracy that we have to contend with on a daily basis. That...
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Read MoreChina Health and Safety: serious issues or protectionism?
Posted on September 14th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
A couple of years ago, when the American economy suddenly found itself under threat from China manufacturing, a number of stories appeared in the Western media, alleging shoddy workmanship in the Chinese toy...
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Read MoreHealth and safety partly responsible for riots says Cameron
Posted on August 25th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The Prime Minister has said that rioters felt able to act without common sense because of health and safety and other reasons.
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Read MoreHSE claim for costs substantially reduced.
Posted on July 31st, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The Judge at Chester Crown Court fined two companies for safety failures following a blaze at the Gateway industrial estate in June 2007. A 'newton hearing' was avoided by a novel use of a 'Joint Experts...
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Read MoreFirms face unlimited fines over Crewe chemical fire + video
Posted on July 28th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Article from Crewe Chronicle July 27 2011 . http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/ TWO companies face unlimited fines after their failings led to an explosion and catastrophic chemical fire at the...
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Read MoreHealth and Safety of paramount importance to the offshore wind industry.
Posted on June 14th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The Royal Acadaemy of Engineers has published the report which is the summary of proceedings held in March 2011 attended by representatives of government, industry and other organisations, with the help...
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