Offenders: These products generate high amounts of waste or a hostile user experience, due to seemingly deliberate choices. — Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop Wireless USB Keyboard and Mouse A popular, arguably comfortable wireless keyboard and mouse combination. The offense? You are forced to throw away a perfectly working keyboard and mouse if the USB connection dongle stops working. That’s right. …

Think of a party and invariably we think about food, gifts, and favors. If we are from the eco-friendly types then we also (and probably first) think about the trash generated by the use of single use plates, cutlery, napkins, gift wrappers, glitters, and undesired gifts and goodie bags. I…

One rainy afternoon, while sitting in my in-laws’ house in Pune, I was reading about efforts to redesign urban areas in the city of Paris.. The redesign aims to transform Paris into a 15 minute city. That means a city in which almost all residents’ needs can be met within…

In supermarkets across the world, vegetables and other organic produce is most often wrapped in plastic film. This is such a common occurrence that most of us rarely stop to think about it. Even those of us who are vaguely aware of some sort of negative impact of plastics on…

In this post I write about: How I converted soapnut berries to a liquid concentrate to wash clothes, dishes, and hands. Testing and Results (ketchup test, dirt test...common tests we see in detergent advertisements). Takeaway: A possibility of 100% natural, biodegradable and zero waste detergent that can compete with conventional…

Roads constructed from plastic waste, 3D printed mud houses, European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan, and a three story billboard with living bees, are some examples of innovation and circular economy. In this post, we look at these examples in construction, law and policy, and advertising. (Previous posts: Introduction to…

Clothes that grow with your kid, a social movement that emphasizes ‘not buying’, and buying light without purchasing lighting equipment are some examples of innovation and circular economy. In the previous post, Introduction to Circular Economy — With Examples, we saw Fairphone, a product and company that exemplifies circular economy…

One of the most common things we hear / read these days is: The earth has limited natural resources. If we keep using them recklessly then we will run out of those resources. Today, about 13% of the world’s population lacks access to fresh water and 9% faces severe food…

“Nothing except a few new clothes and a couple of baby bottles”, was my mother’s plain and simple answer to my question,”What did you buy for me when I was a baby?” Considering that modern baby registries include hundreds of items, her answer left me flabbergasted and curious to know…