Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence

🌍 Generative AI and E-Waste 🌍 A recent study suggests that generative AI could generate up to 2.3 million tonnes of e-waste annually by 2030. ISF’s Damien Giurco shared his expertise on this pressing issue, emphasising the importance of sustainable practices in tech development. Professor Giurco highlighted, “If you're putting equipment onto the market, you need to be making sure [there's] a pathway that supports reuse of materials and recycling.” It’s important that we prioritise a product stewardship approach to AI advancements! 💡🌱 Read the full Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) news article here: https://ow.ly/cVHg50TVVPl #Sustainability #AI #Ewaste #TechInnovation #EnvironmentalImpact

Don’t miss the latest episode of the Textile Innovation Podcast, ‘Roadmap to a circular future’ which features Danielle Kent, #Seamless General Manager, Industry Transformation. Danielle explores the Seamless origin story and the benefits of a stewardship approach to address the critical challenges facing the clothing industry, with over 200,000 tonnes of waste ending up in Australian landfill annually. Hear Danielle talk about the Seamless priorities for the first 12 months as we strive to make Australian clothing circular by 2030. Listen to the episode on Spotify or the Apple Podcast app or from the World Textile Information Network (WTiN) website here: https://lnkd.in/gX5B_Kvy #Seamless #SustainableClothing #CircularEconomy

Greenwashing, mandatory corporate sustainability reporting, minimum recycled content requirements, corporate net zero and circular economy policies, etc are requiring all segments of the battery value chain to implement tracking and trace systems. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has released a Guide to step companies through the National Framework for Recycled Content Traceability. The Guide is to help all companies 🔋understand the movement of recycled materials in their supply chains 🔋understand what data to collect 🔋engage with supply chain partners on traceability 🔋choose a traceability system 🔋verify traceability information Further information https://lnkd.in/gDWX6q34 #batteryrecycling #batteries #lithiumbatteries #leadacidbatteries #alkalinebatteries #zincbatteries

When up to 80% of a product's impact can be influenced at the design stage, it's a great opportunity to focus on waste prevention and avoidance through design for circularity. Download the 'Circular Electronics Design Guide' specifically created 'by practitioners for practitioners'. Published by the Circular Electronics Partnership, it is an exceptional resource packed with relevant information and interventions across the product lifecycle and value chain. #design #guide #gooddesign #circulareconomy #productstewardship #eproducts #weee #ewaste

Widespread use of single-use plastics (SUP) is causing significant harm to people and planet. This free Talks Live webinar provides key insights into the evolving regulatory landscape, including the international plastics treaty, and how aligning policies across Australia can drive more effective waste management and support the transition to a circular economy.    Join environmental economics experts Peter Kinrade and Alex Hegarty as they explore:  🔹 Why we need to improve our approach to tackling the single-use plastics problem. 🔹 How clarifying policy objectives for SUP management can help guide decision-making and ensure solutions are targeted and aligned. 🔹 Taking action: practical steps to help you support sustainable market and policy development.    Whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, regulator or policy maker, secure your spot today by registering via the Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/gK6maBZf   #SingleUsePlastics #PlasticPollution #CircularEconomy #ShapeTheFutureWisely #TalksLive #FreeWebinar #FreeEvent

For those interested in digital product passports and their role in stewardship for the bedding industry. #productstewardship #mattresses #bedding #digitalproductppassport

🚧 What are the barriers to a circular economy? 🚧 📢 Calling all businesses and consumers who have views to share on your reasons for not adopting #CircularEconomy practices. Find out more and make a submission by 1 Nov: https://bit.ly/4ehFJjg #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #EconomicGrowth #Circularity #Business #Consumers #InternationalDayofRepair

Too often the solutions proposed for how we manage our planet's resources are to slow down, to be more frugal and stop production, but how do we do that while maintaining economic growth? Cutting back is not a viable solution for positive and lasting impact. Policy and innovation must come together to produce large, system-wide changes that turbo-boost our processes and set us up for sustainable success. Contrary to what some believe, we can recycle our way towards a better future – but we must take the right steps. Governments must implement regulation for all products and services at every stage of their life cycle so big businesses adopt a recycling mindset to drive Australia towards a truly circular economy. It's a silver bullet to sustainability, if we act quickly. Thank you to Helen Trinca and The Australian for the feature! Read more below or online here: https://lnkd.in/gvgfg4J5

For those interested in digital product passports and their role in stewardship for the bedding industry. #productstewardship #mattresses #bedding #digitalproductppassport