Circular economy to become $26bn industry in Australia by 2025: World Economic Forum

By Mark White
Updated July 5 2015 - 1:18am, first published 12:26am
Bounce back: Instead of landfill, old mattresses are a profitable source of steel, timber, foam and textile. Photo: Supplied
Bounce back: Instead of landfill, old mattresses are a profitable source of steel, timber, foam and textile. Photo: Supplied

A Danish company rents baby clothes for the first year of their life. Google's Project Ara is a modular smartphone, with features that can be upgraded separately. A trial of 99 per cent recycled asphalt is underway in Boroondara, Victoria.