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Kingspan’s Planet Passionate Resource Center offers educational materials developed by industry experts that discuss a wide range of sustainability topics. Browse our growing library of posts or sort by post type, topic or audience to find answers to your specific questions.

Circularity
Article

Recycling vs. Upcycling vs. Reuse

Sometimes it feels as if we live in a world of waste with little consideration of what happens to materials after their useful lives… toss it and ...
Circularity
Article

Cradle to Cradle

Sustainable product certifications have traditionally been single attribute based. The most popular of these is the Energy Star label, which focuses ...
Circularity
Interview

Extended Life Models and Reuse

Extended life models for construction products can take many forms, some of which require several systems to be in place to enable such models. Tommy ...
Circularity
Blog

Stemming the Tide of Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is currently one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. Disposable plastic products are creating a massive waste stream ...
Circularity
Article

Innovation with Insulated Panel Production Waste

Around 95% of the value of construction materials is lost as buildings decay into obsolescence and then demolition. This is largely due to the ‘take, ...
Circularity
Article

What is Circularity?

Circular building product practices refer to the adoption of strategies and principles that promote the circular economy within the construction ...
Circularity
Article

Breaking Down Today’s Waste Streams

Individuals, households, and industries all produce waste on a daily basis. How we manage these waste streams directly influences their impacts – to ...
Circularity
Article

Waste Diversion Commitments

Building Product Manufacturer Commitments Building product manufacturer commitments refer to the initiatives and targets set by manufacturers to ...
Circularity
Blog

New Use for Insulated Panel Production Waste

Finding new uses for construction products that would otherwise be destined for landfill or incineration, while also reducing carbon emissions, is ...
Circularity
Blog

From Trash to Treasure: How Kingspan’s North American Plants are Diverting Waste from Landfills

Kingspan is on pace for a 30% reduction in waste sent to landfills by the end of the year at our five North America insulated metal panel ...
Circularity
Blog

Combatting Climate Change Through Circularity

According to the 2021 Circularity Gap Report, to keep our world livable and thriving, we need to double global circularity from 8.6% to 17%. The ...
Circularity
Article

How Else Do Organizations Deal with Waste?

Waste diversion refers to the practice of reducing, reusing, and recycling waste materials instead of sending them to landfills or incinerators. For ...
Circularity
Blog

Understanding the Existential Requirement of Circularity

Circularity is more than a buzzword. It has become a necessity. The linear take-make-waste product lifecycle that characterizes our extractive ...
Circularity
Press Release

Kingspan Insulated Panels North America on Pace to Reduce Waste to Landfill by 50 Percent

Effort part of Kingspan’s commitment to zero waste to landfill by 2030