Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

ByThe Circular Economy Team June 12, 2021

, Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport, TheCircularEconomy.com Soot particles from oil and wood heating systems as well as road traffic can pollute the air in Europe on a much larger scale than previously assumed. This is what researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) conclude from a measurement campaign in the Thuringian Forest in Germany. The evaluation of the sources showed that about half of the soot particles came from the surrounding area and the other half from long distances.

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SuperSpatial Reinvents E-waste for the Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020

ByThe Circular Economy Team January 29, 2019January 29, 2019

Multidisciplinary practice SuperSpatial was selected as one of the 6 finalists for the South Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.

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Chula Successfully Converts Carbon Dioxide to Methanol – Reduces Global Warming, and Adds Value to the Circular Economy

ByThe Circular Economy Team August 3, 2021

An Engineering professor, Chulalongkorn University has successfully converted carbon dioxide to methanol via a thermochemical method that consumes less energy…

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Coldplay Announce 2022 World Tour

ByThe Circular Economy Team November 13, 2022November 14, 2022

Coldplay have announced a world tour behind their Max Martin–produced album Music of the Spheres. After declining to tour the album’s predecessor, Everyday Life, for environmental reasons, the band have pledged to cut tour emissions by 50 percent and adopt a broad model for sustainability, with each show powered exclusively by renewable energy. Coldplay plan to eliminate “significantly more CO2 than the tour produces” with initiatives including the planting of one tree for each ticket sold. Ten percent of all tour earnings will enter a fund for “environmental and socially conscious causes,” according to a press release. Check out the dates below.