This article about #degrowth focuses more than I've heard from other people about a shorter work week and more leisure time. That might be part of it, but I think a bigger focus is on #rebuilding, #reusing, #repairing, #sharing, and getting pleasure from things that don't need to be freshly made or cost bucks. And more than anything, it requires decoupling progress from gnp.
https://digitalcourage.social/@bhaug/110990764387151660

Hartcliffe Way Household Reuse and Recycling Centre in Bristol has a second hand furniture shop which has saved 13,000 pieces from being scrapped.

#GoodNews #Recycling #Reusing #Furniture #Bristol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-66178704

Finally introducing myself! #introduction

I'm Saffron, a member of a plural system (@cobalt on here is one of my headmates). I love #knitting! I'm a product knitter (I focus on the end result more than the act of knitting), and I have a passion for #reusing things that would otherwise be thrown away, like plastic bags and holey old t-shirts.

I'm excited to see everyone's photos of their projects, and to share my own! Here's a scarf I'm currently working on.

#FiberArts @knitting @fiberarts

The EU has adopted suggested rules put forward more than a year ago banning planned obsolescence and destruction of unsold goods.

#GoodNews #EU #Tech #Manufacturing #Sustainability #Fixing #Reusing

https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/lawmakers-back-eu-ban-on-planned-obsolescence-destruction-of-unsold-goods/

@machias Personally, I think that #Reusing and #Refurbishing is very important and can be done...

And even a broken machine can be salvaged by parting it out and #Upcycle|d like #DIYperks showcased here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP_L7Mgz6M

Interesting read looking at recycling and the knee jerk reactions to e waste and it’s importance to economies in poorer countries. If we applied a similar approach to clothing, I wouldn’t have had clothes to wear as a kid. I still get the majority of my clothes from op shops beyond the ones I make myself and buy new like underwear.

‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/03/i-spot-brand-new-tvs-here-to-be-shredded-the-truth-about-our-electronic-waste?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Recycling

#Reusing

#Reducing

Heat exchangers are very exciting. This article looks at a swedish company who install a heat exchanger in a restaurant which captures the waste heat from cooking and uses it to drop their heating bills by 90% a year and its carbon footprint by 30 tonnes!

#GoodNews #Heat #HeatExchangers #Waste #Reusing #Heating #Restaurants

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65328579

Plastic waste is being cleaned from a beach in Skye. Some of the waste will be transformed into plant pots.

#GoodNews #Plastic #Waste #Polution #Cleaning #Reusing #Recycling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge4n5vexqpo

#DigitalTechnologies are changing how #food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. #Companies are now pairing #DataCentres with #greenhouses - #CapturingHeat emitted by #ComputingHardware & #reusing it to #GrowCropsIndoors .

#QScale data centre #development in #Lévis #Québec is one such project.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/14/Computer-Heat-Grow-Food

#Canada #ClimateAction #FoodSecurity #Innovation #TechGrownFood #NewSolutions #GrowingFood #FoodGrowing

#Filmmaker & #environmentalist Suresh Heblikar has #emphasised the need for #understanding #WorldCulture to recognise the #significance of #ecology & also stressed the need for #rejuvenating & #reusing material to #establish a #CircularEconomy .

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/suresh-heblikar-lays-emphasis-on-the-need-for-circular-economy/article66725897.ece/amp/

#AsianMastodon #India #Degrowth #Sustainability #Sustainability #environmental #GreenFuture #GreenTransition #TheFutureEconomy

#ComoxValley residents can get their household items #repaired without a charge through the upcoming #Cumberland #RepairCafe .
Hosted by #CumberlandCommunitySchoolsSociety (#CCSS ), and in partnership with #Comox #Strathcona #WasteManagement , the cafe aims to provide an #alternative for household items meant to be used for #landfill , by #repairing and #reusing them.

https://www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/89658/news/comox-valley/repair-cafe-coming-to-cumberland-next-month/

#VancouverIsland #vanisle #FreeService #RightToRepair #ZeroWaste #RepairDontDiscard #LowerWaste #Repair

Disposal of child car safety seats is an environmental nightmare in South Australia.

Any seat that's been in a car involved in even a minor collision has to be discarded, and it's not recommended that seats be used more than ten years., so there's no secondhand market for used seats.

Only the hard plastic core can be recycled. Fabric and padding can't be recycled, nor can polystyrene.

Generally recycling services charge $5- 10 to take them so it's no surprise that the number going to landfill is massive.

The perpetual churning out of new models means not even the fabric covers can be re_used.

Measures to be taken:

1. Require frames and fabric covers to be sold separately.

2. Regulate for seats to be inspected after car collisions and approved if still safe to use.

3. Seats older than 10 years - same as 2.

4. Offer a reward for whoever invents a way to recycle styrenes.

#recycling #reusing #SouthAustralia

@9to5Mac not sure what the fuss is about. They didn't say if shoes were unfit for purpose. I'd argue that turning perfectly usable product into a tarmac is waste, while #reusing it for it's original purpose is highest form of #recycling.

May the 4th be with you - #Vulcan certification mission planned for 📆 May 4. Second mission #SierraSpace's #DreamChaser. "It will take a couple of years to actually be #reusing the #BE4 engine." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/after-vulcan-comes-online-ula-plans-to-dramatically-increase-launch-cadence/

📆 26 Dec, 2022 "More and more companies are shifting to at least partial #reusability within the #SpaceIndustry." https://thespacebucket.com/how-ula-plans-to-recover-reuse-vulcans-be-4-engines

Path to First Flight Infographic ©️ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/32854051607

10,800 – 27,200 kg to #LEO https://ula.bsshost.me/docs/default-source/rockets/vulcancentaur.pdf

May the 4th be with you - #Vulcan certification mission planned for 📆 May 4. Second mission #SierraSpace's #DreamChaser. It will take a couple of years to actually be #reusing the #BE4 engine." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/after-vulcan-comes-online-ula-plans-to-dramatically-increase-launch-cadence/

📆 26 Dec, 2022 "More and more companies are shifting to at least partial #reusability within the #SpaceIndustry." https://thespacebucket.com/how-ula-plans-to-recover-reuse-vulcans-be-4-engines

Path to First Flight Infographic ©️ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/32854051607

10,800 – 27,200 kg to #LEO https://ula.bsshost.me/docs/default-source/rockets/vulcancentaur.pdf

May the 4th be with you - #Vulcan certification mission planned for 📆 May 4. Second mission #SierraSpace's #DreamChaser. It will take a couple of years to actually be #reusing the #BE4 engine."

📆 26 Dec, 2022 "More and more companies are shifting to at least partial #reusability within the #SpaceIndustry." https://thespacebucket.com/how-ula-plans-to-recover-reuse-vulcans-be-4-engines

Path to First Flight Infographic ©️ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/32854051607

10,800 – 27,200 kg to #LEO https://ula.bsshost.me/docs/default-source/rockets/vulcancentaur.pdf

Having a surreal moment - sewing curtains that I last sewed 31 years ago when I was just about to give birth to my daughter!! I loved them then and they're still perfect despite their age. It's a pity stuff these days doesn't last like this 😔 #repurposing #reusing #sewing #makedoandmend #quality #habitat

@Sh4d0w_H34rt
Again, some see 'post.news' or 'locals.com', we just see Amazon.

Anything like that is a block from us. The #neofeudalists need to be fought off.

Readers may find our recent idea about #reusing 'invasion' stories somewhat important:
https://activism.openworlds.info/@dsfgs/109680461108156461

#reuse #recycle #invasion #prep

@atomicpoet
@davegarywood@social.davegarywood.com

This is your yearly reminder that empty chocolate trays make great temporary/disposable paint palettes! I especially like Toffifee trays for this. (They're also so tasty, goodness 🤤)

#ArtTips #Recycling #Reusing

Britain's #thriftiest #Christmas card certainly appeals to me! 😉

RT @AGraySpace_net@twitter.com

👆Spoiler alert! Future festive themes include but aren’t limited to #Recycling #Upcycling #Reusing #Reworking #ProfuseApologies #ProfuseAplogiesToBert #Thrifty #Cheap #NoMoney #VeryLittleConnectionToChristmas #NoConnectionWhatsoeverToChristmas #PerfunctoryAdditionOfFestiveMotif

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AGraySpace_net/status/1598266424320880640