About Material Progress

Material Progress covers the gap between how products are made and what happens when they're done being used. The problems are economic, logistical, and political as much as environmental. Landfill fees, recovered material markets, reverse logistics, regulatory gaps, and business model design determine what gets recovered, reused, or buried. The briefings map these problems. The interviews are with people trying to solve them.

The publication alternates between those two formats. Briefings break down specific areas — construction waste, takeback systems, composting infrastructure, closed-loop material recovery, circular business models, and others as they emerge. Interviews with practitioners fill in what the briefings couldn't see from the outside.

Who it's for

Founders working on zero-waste problems and closed-loop infrastructure. Operators inside established companies running takeback, recovery, or circular material programs. Scientists and engineers working on materials, processes, and infrastructure. Policy people working on EPR, deposit return, and related regulation. Students studying waste systems, materials, and sustainability. Journalists, researchers, and NGO leaders working on the field's underlying problems.