Consumption

Circular Food Systems: What Does Valorisation Mean and What Are the Benefits of Organic Waste?
What is a Circular Economy in Food Systems? A circular economy offers a rethinking of the food system. It presents a fresh vision where food production and consumption processes are

Food Loss, Waste, and Climate Change
Food systems encompass the wide range of actors, activities, and institutions involved in food production, processing, distribution, consumption, and waste management. A sustainable food system ensures food security and food

Circular Economy: From Design to Regeneration
Discussions of the circular economy are often reduced to a single activity: recycling. In practice, however, recycling represents only one stage of the system and the final one at that.

From Waste to Resource: How the Circular Economy Is Transforming Production and Consumption
Every day, we purchase, use, and then dispose of countless items. Water bottles, food packaging, clothing, electronics – the life cycle of almost every product ultimately ends in the same

Reuse Systems in the Retail Sector: International Experience
Modern retail is moving into a phase where packaging is perceived as a full-fledged resource and becomes an integrated, valuable component of the system – one that requires efficient management,

Plant-Based Wax Coating: Apeel Sciences’ Circular Project
One of the most pressing environmental and economic challenges facing the modern world is food waste. According to current statistics, nearly one-third of all produced food ends up in landfills.

How Supermarkets Reduce Food Waste: The European Experience
The wide range of products displayed on supermarket shelves represents only the visible part of a much larger system on which our economy depends. Behind these shelves, however, lies one

Transforming Agricultural Waste into Interior Objects: How Designer Items Are Made from Rice Straw
In India, after the rice harvest, large amounts of rice straw remain on agricultural fields each year, locally known as “Parali.” Burning it to prepare the land quickly is a

GaeaStar: How Clay Replaces Plastic – The Future of Packaging That Returns to the Earth
The global battle against plastic waste has reached a critical tipping point. Modern convenience is currently built on a fundamental design flaw where we use synthetic materials designed to last

How Coffee Grounds Are Transformed into Cups – Kaffeeform
Daily coffee consumption has become one of the most widespread habits worldwide, generating large amounts of waste. Used coffee grounds, which in most cases end up in landfills, actually represent