Reduce, reuse and recycle for a circular economy
Using Parkville campus as a ‘living laboratory’, a new study evaluates what materials universities use, their associated environmental effects and how to curb them.
Shocks to Australia’s waste and recycling sectors, and the unprecedented rate at which we are consuming resources, have stimulated interest in the circular economy. But how will the University support the transition?
Experts from the University have released a report on the work being done to bring the circular economy closer to realisation. They explain that, to transition to a fully circular economy, it is first necessary to evaluate our material and environmental flows.