Recycle solar panels: Circular economy to manage solar waste safely

From the point of view of C.L.A.S.S., sustainability is about rethinking design for today’s more socially responsible world.

Brooklyn artist Robin Frohardt has used old plastic bags to create foods such as tomatoes and sushi rolls for an installation in New York’s Times Square.

Absolut is calling attention to its supply chain transparency and sustainability efforts in a video ad campaign released this week. With the tagline “the vodka with nothing to hide,” the Swedish company’s video about the local production process features completely naked — and strategically blurred out — employees and farmers. “We only use wheat that comes from around Åhus, Sweden,” our nude guide Gunnar tells the camera. “And we know each farmer by name. Hey Lars!”

Last year the EU passed ambitious new laws to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics. That same thinking now needs to be applied to the economy as a whole, argues Meadhbh Bolger, saying Europe can get started by setting targets in its upcoming Circular Economy Action Plan.

PARIS, FRANCE The Pont Neuf is considered to be the oldest stone bridge in Paris.  Henri IV ordered it to be constructed in 1578.  Tw…