Promoting and enabling reuse, upcycling and do it yourself – this is what the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre is about. The centre employs 450 […]
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On the southern tip of Sompasaari, near the construction sites of Kalasatama, a sauna is being heated. It is quiet, as the sounds of the […]
Would people become more eager to recycle plastic if they got paid for it? And how well would a deposit scheme for food packaging work? […]
Zero waste author and blogger, Otso Sillanaukee, managed to fit all the waste he produced in a year into a single jam jar. How did […]
The Uusix workshops are a production unit of the City of Helsinki’s Social Services and Health Care Division providing rehabilitative work. The employees at Uusix […]
Last autumn, Valio began planning its brand’s upcoming year and thinking of ways to become a more visible part of young adults’ lives. Based on […]
Yhteinen pöytä (‘Shared table’) operates in Vantaa, developing networks of community-centred food aid with food waste from supermarkets at the core of the operations. Small […]
Soile-Maria Linnemäki is standing on the street, smiling and carrying clothes packed in paper bags and transparent sacks. Effortlessly, she manages to shake hands […]
Emmy Clothing Company Oy is a business operation in Lohja, Finland, and its mission is to encourage people to acquire high-quality clothing and reuse them. […]