Nature Outlook: The Circular Economy

To realize the potential of biofuels, the industry needs to pay attention to how feedstock crops change soil carbon

The world is running out of sand. Is circular thinking the solution?

Chemical processes could recycle the cellulose from clothing waste into renewed fibers for garment makers

To prevent devastating droughts and floods, humanity can tune in to natural solutions to repair water cycles that human development has disrupted

Making buildings part of a circular economy that minimizes the waste of materials could yield huge environmental rewards

Here’s how companies and other organizations are trying to make plastics more sustainable

Recycling can only get us so far to a sustainable plastic future. The real solution to transforming the plastic economy lies in making less in the first place

Mining electronic waste for rare-earth elements while isolating the remaining toxic chemicals could help solve the global e-waste crisis

To create a sustainable economy, we need to revamp how we reduce, reuse and recycle products to create less waste

Scientists and manufacturers are charting a path toward material sustainability