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LCA specialist Joana’s candid account of her first weeks at Edge

31 agosto 2016 By Joana Almeida In All Categories, Edge News

I recently met a group of people inspired by their work, committed to their clients and to solid science. The best part about the meeting …

Breaking news: NCCARF launches Coast Adapt risk assessment tool

23 agosto 2016 By Tom Davies In All Categories, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Edge News, National News

Today the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) launched Coast Adapt. As an information and decision support tool, Coast Adapt is set to help coastal managers in Australia …

Reverse logistics: how to influence your supply chain and become more ‘circular’

15 agosto 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Strategy & Supply Chain Management

Productivity goes up; cost comes down. The circular economy isn’t just a theoretical concept, it can be implemented, and is often much easier than one …

Welcome to Joana Almeida

12 agosto 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Edge News

We, at Edge, are excited to welcome our newest recruit, Dr. Joana Almeida. Originally hailing from Portugal, Joana specialises in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and has a PhD in …

Edge recognised by UNEP for Sustainable Procurement expertise

9 agosto 2016 By Jacqui Bonnitcha In All Categories, Edge News, International News, National News, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Procurement

Edge Environment announced as a global partner to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); will help to build knowledge and implement strategies to encourage sustainable supply …

Use, re-use, re-make: circular economy lessons from a Dutch jeans producer

2 agosto 2016 By Tom Davies In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies, Social Impact Strategy

What if you could lease your clothes, then when you’ve grown tired of them, return them for re-use or re-purposing? Now, imagine doing that for …

Building the circular economy ‘one brick at a time’

1 agosto 2016 By admins In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment, Strategy & Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Construction

A transition to the circular economy is vital for all industries. The building products industry is one of the most important, due to the large amounts …

Circular economy – Bundle of Cardboard for Recycling

Creative ways to use your waste: how one company turned beer by-product into dog biscuits

20 julio 2016 By admins In All Categories, Edge News, Industrial Ecology, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies, Sustainable Food

Microbreweries are popping up across the country, with waste streams to match. But an innovative new project is turning this waste into tasty dog treats – and making money along …

It’s time to bin trim

13 julio 2016 By admins In All Categories, Case Study, Edge News, Industry Insight, Recovery Strategies

NSW businesses send nearly two million tonnes of waste to landfill each year, of which more than 70% can be recycled. How’s that for a reality …

Infrastructure projects now targeting EPDs

9 junio 2016 By Jonas Bengtsson In All Categories, Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Product Labelling and EPDs, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Procurement

Environmental Product Declarations – verified documents that convey transparent and comparable information about a product’s environmental impact – will now gain credits in rating tools for infrastructure …

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