How the circular economy is gaining momentum
The transition to a circular economy can only succeed if its many stakeholders work together as one, says Covestro’s chief technology officer Thorsten Dreier. For Endress+Hauser CEO Peter Selders, willingness to cooperate is therefore the key.
Very little of the world’s waste plastic makes it through the recycling process into high-quality new products. Researchers are now looking at remedying this by using real-time analysis and AI.
The digital product passport is designed to support the transition to a circular economy. But how can this best be realized?
Covestro has made circular economy a guiding principle – and is showing the way forward in the plastics industry by fully committing to it. A look at the latest developments from Leverkusen, Germany.
Endress+Hauser has adapted Coriolis technology to be viable in single-use applications. The newly developed Proline Promass U 500 measures flow rates with precision and efficiency to match – as well as being ideally built for subsequent recycling.
Egypt is using a world-record-breaking plant to treat enough wastewater to develop new farmland. As the main supplier of measurement technology, Endress+Hauser ensures that every drop is precisely monitored.
It’s time to rethink our linear economic model: the consequences of all that taking, making and wasting are getting harder and harder to ignore. But as yet we seem to lack that initial impetus, that spark, needed to set the circular economy in motion.
Beginnings are always hard – and so it is with the circular economy. Michael Sinz, director of strategic business, explains how it can become a reality for the process industry and how Endress+Hauser is making headway with its implementation.
Over time, humans have forgotten how to operate resource-efficient economies. But the path to a circular economy is still there. As proof, we needn’t just look back to the past. Positive approaches exist in the present, too – although there is still much to accomplish.
A weak economy, global crises, political tensions: President of the Supervisory Board Matthias Altendorf and CEO Peter Selders talk about Endress+Hauser’s path through turbulent times. And why cooperation makes the company more resilient.
Endress+Hauser has exceeded its own expectations and achieved new records in incoming orders, sales and headcount. See all 2024 facts and figures here.
As a way of finding good answers to forward-looking questions, Endress+Hauser is networking more and more both inside and outside the company. The result is innovations that benefit customers and boost sustainability.
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