Circular Economy Rebound Effects

[Star Scott]

Hey Fam,

 

Though this article and study are geared towards the textile industry, it does a good job of explaining the rebound effect of circular economy advances and explains how technological advances can sometimes backfire.  This is something we all need to be aware of and also explore how this may be happening within the scientific supply sector. 

 

Also, for those of you coming to I2SL next month who are interested in topics such as this one, I’d like to invite you to “The Certified Most Sustainable Conference Talk: Greenwashing 101” Tuesday at 2 pm with myself and Lindsey Yazbek (UT Austin).  We’ll be exploring the messaging around sustainable action and sustainable products and how to avoid falling for misleading marketing.  Hope to see you there.

 

Best,

Star

 

Star Scott

Sustainable Science and Green Labs Program Manager she/her/hers

Facilities Management Division  |  University of Georgia

Chicopee No.1, 1180 E. Broad Street, Athens, GA 30602

Office: 706.542.7884  |  Fax: 706.542.7679

star...@uga.edu  |  https://greenlab.uga.edu

Board of Directors, International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) 

Fellow, Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC)

 

To learn more about the freezer challenge, please see this video. To learn more about our program, check out this recent UGA Research feature article. 

 

I humbly acknowledge and honor the land and people of the Mvskoke/Muscogee Creek and Tsalaguwetiyi/Cherokee Nations on whose ancestral land University of Georgia is located, and I acknowledge and grieve for those enslaved people who were forcibly brought to these lands.

 

[UBC Green Labs]

Hi Star,

 

I’m not attending the conference this year, but I know your talk will be fascinating and I’d love to be notified of the next opportunity to catch it if and when that occurs.

 

Kate Andrews (she/her/hers)

Green Labs Program Lead
Sustainability & Engineering | Campus + Community Planning
University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus 

Cell: 306 861 0684 | kate.a...@ubc.ca | https://sustain.ubc.ca/green-labs

 

The UBC Vancouver campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

 

 

From: 'Star Scott' via Green Labs Planning <green-lab...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 12:18 PM
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Subject: Circular Economy Rebound Effects

 

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