Eastman takes a principled approach to developing solutions for the circular economy. In our previous article, “Six principles for the circular economy,” we introduced our approach to evaluating ...

The Three Rs have been around since the beginning of the U.S. environmental movement in the 1970s. Reduce, reuse, recycle is a mantra we’ve all heard. The concepts are simple: Reduce the amount of ...

The culturally embedded phrase “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” often is associated with trash: how much you create and what you do with it. Its origin can be traced back to the 1970s, after the growing ...

Evidence of the economic opportunities that a circular economy could bring is mounting. The potential environmental impact is also clear. The move to a circular economy—a system that aims to reduce, ...

Pretoria, South Africa: A climate justice coalition march against polluting fossil fuel industries. Courtesy Climate Justice Coalition “Reduce, reuse, recycle.” For more than 50 years, those three Rs ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is one of those unforgettable chants. It makes its way into our brains and can affect our actions in the real world. All of us would readily admit we’d like to reduce waste.