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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Alternate Business Structures [ABS] delay
Posted on September 28th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 permits alternate business structures to conduct business in the legal services marketplace in England and Wales. This means for the first time non - lawyers will be able...
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Read MoreGerman upper house rejects Carbon Capture Law
Posted on September 27th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Germany's upper house of parliament has recently rejected a controversial law on carbon capture and storage technology [CCS]. Although CCS is seen as one of the main methods of reducing greenhouse emissions,...
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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 MoreG Wiz fatal accident inquest verdict
Posted on September 14th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
A recent inquest has concluded that a fatal accident that occured when scientist Judit Nadal was thrown from her car following a collision, was an accidental death. The car's importer said that 'the GWiz has...
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Read MoreEcovelocity review - Hybrids excel
Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Ecovelocity was the first low carbon motor festival in London, September 2001 . Click here to go to the website Most manufactureres of Electric Vehicles and other hybrids were there, together with smaller...
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