Archive for the ‘Waste is a resource in an effective economy’ Category

  • Emissions Fees: Driving Transition to Fossil-free and Sustainable Living

    söndag, juni 16th, 2013

      How Flexible Emissions Fees Can Drive Transition to Fossil-free and Sustainable Living VERSION 4.02 Stephen Hinton Anders Höglund Published online 17 June 2013  Download earlier, free version VERSION 4.0   To purchase the extended version, pay by credit card or PayPal using the button below. After payment you will be automatically directed to the [...]

  • Updated power-point presentation of Flexible Emission Fees

    söndag, april 14th, 2013

    Sustainable Economic Growth with pollution fees from Stephen Hinton This presentation is a longer version of the one prepared for a presentation at the Swedish Agency of Economic Growth.

  • Foundation proposes innovative approach to creating the circular economy, phosphorous emission-free society

    söndag, april 7th, 2013

    STOCKHOLM APRIL 7th.  Last month, the foundation together with a consortium of scientists and sustainability practitioners, including The Natural Step and The  Stockholm Environmental Institute, submitted  a project proposal to study Gotland as a Sweden in miniature, as a place to create the circular economy, emission-fee island. The work is based upon the foundation’s innovative flexible fee mechanism and work [...]

  • Flexible emission fees set new direction towards sustainable development?

    tisdag, april 17th, 2012

    A recent report from The Nordic Council of Ministers ( title: Flexible emission fees - An incentive for driving sustainable production and consumption) is optimistic that growth and environmental goals can be reconciled. If the conclusions of the report can be implemented, it could set a new direction towards sustainable development. The starting point for the [...]

  • Waste is a resource

    måndag, juni 20th, 2011

    A well-written article in the Guardian echos the Foundation’s views: waste is a resource and it is a crying shame that the present system encourages accumulation of waste and not recycling. Read more in the article. Read more about how systemic changes in the economic system can encourage total recycling and re-use in our WHITE [...]