This course looks at where important materials in products we use every day come from and how these materials can be used more efficiently, longer, and in closed loops. This is the aim of the Circular Economy, but it doesn’t happen on its own. It is the result of choices and strategies by suppliers, designers, businesses, policymakers and all of us as consumers.
To enable the advancement of Indian industry to a position of eminence in the global marketplace and leverage India’s emergence as the world’s supplier through the ‘Made in India’ mark. MISSION:To develop and implement a ‘ZED’ culture in India based on the principles of: Zero Defect (focus on customer) Zero non-conformance/non-compliance Zero waste Zero Effect (focus on society) Zero air pollution/liquid discharge (ZLD)/solid waste Zero wastage of natural resources.
In 2007, a group of university students became increasingly aware of the excessive amount of photocopy paper wasted by people using only one side of the paper. To reduce this waste, they developed a way to efficiently use both sides of the sheets by turning them into perfectly usable notebooks. In the beginning, these notebooks were only used by the group of students themselves, but it soon became clear that their production exceeded their need. So, they decided to use them for a good cause.
Our global society is not sustainable. We all know about the challenges we’re facing: waste, climate change, resource scarcity, loss of biodiversity. At the same time, we want to sustain our economies and offer opportunities for a growing world population. This course is about providing solutions we really believe in: a Circular Economy.
In this course we explore the Circular Economy: how businesses can create value by reusing and recycling products, how designers can come up with amazingly clever solutions, and how you can contribute to make the Circular Economy happen.
The circular economy offers business leaders and government a clear opportunity for long-term growth that is less dependent on cheap materials and energy, and which can restore and regenerate natural capital. This report provides an actionable toolkit for policymakers who wish to embark on a circular economy transformation.
Over half of global land-based plastic waste leakage into the ocean originates in just five Asian countries. Yet, the
contribution of informal waste management to reducing pollution, remains largely overlooked. The United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is gathering evidence in pilot cities in
Asia to identify opportunities to return plastic resources into the production cycle by linking informal and formal
waste processes.
The Maldives, an atoll island chain consisting of 1,192 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, are at high risk from rising sea-levels with a maximum elevation of 2.4m above mean sea-level. More than 44 per cent of settlements and 70 per cent of all critical infrastructure are located within 100 meters of shoreline, which makes them highly vulnerable to flooding and coastal erosion. Climate change induced sea-level rise will increase extreme levels due to storm surges and swell waves, exposing islands population, infrastructure and livelihood assets to increasing flood risk.