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From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Across Europe, cities are rethinking how to tackle food waste. In Bruges, trained residents workin...

The vital role of soil diversity for sustainable agriculture

The vital role of soil diversity for sustainable agriculture

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The smell of wet earth is unmistakable and evokes something in all human beings. But why do we lik...

Startup, Refiberd improves fabric recycling with AI to recognise fibres

Startup, Refiberd improves fabric recycling with AI to recognise fibres

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano California-based Refiberd, founded in 2020 by Sarika Bajaj and Tushita Gupta, has developed a text...

Europe Eyes Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Textile Waste Recycling

Europe Eyes Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Textile Waste Recycling

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The European textile sector faces a dual challenge: mounting waste volumes and the urgent need for...

Cyclus: A Circular Economy Network for the Automotive Sector

Cyclus: A Circular Economy Network for the Automotive Sector

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano According to Eurostat, 6 million end-of-life vehicles are generated annually in the European Union...

Reinventing industry: carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change

Reinventing industry: carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In a potential game-changer for heavy industry, a magnesium-oxide mine in Greece received seven sp...

Smart Mountains by Design: The Example of Madonna di Campiglio

Smart Mountains by Design: The Example of Madonna di Campiglio

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano One of the most significant challenges for tourism in Alpine ski resorts is mobility. By definitio...

Startup, Neurotechnologies for Mindfulness with Muse

Startup, Neurotechnologies for Mindfulness with Muse

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Muse is a technological headband equipped with brain sensors designed to support meditation, relax...

Beyond Profits: Ethical Banks Reshape Europe’s Financial Future

Beyond Profits: Ethical Banks Reshape Europe’s Financial Future

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, the European debate on the role of finance has intensified, driven by the need to...

From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed

From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Edoardo Piretto’s weathered hands have been scraping scales off fish since he was nine, in t...

CONOU: How Biofuel is Decarbonising Used Oil Transport

CONOU: How Biofuel is Decarbonising Used Oil Transport

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano For over 40 years, CONOU, Italy's National Consortium of Waste Oils, has been a reference point na...

United Nations, is UN80 the start of a new era?

United Nations, is UN80 the start of a new era?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche italiano “The Trump presidency is seriously destabilising the UN system, and many heads of state are fol...

Silent danger: researchers tackle chemicals that threaten health and fertility

Silent danger: researchers tackle chemicals that threaten health and fertility

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Professor Majorie van Duursen, a Dutch environmental health expert and toxicologist, has her sight...

Integrating Knowledge for the Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity

Integrating Knowledge for the Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Amazon is the biome of superlatives. As the world's largest tropical forest and often describe...

Working Towards Decarbonising the Aviation Sector with SAF

Working Towards Decarbonising the Aviation Sector with SAF

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Based on the forecasts of aeroplane manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, passenger air traffic in Euro...

Startup, Biodegradable Banana Fibre Sanitary Products with Saathi Pads

Startup, Biodegradable Banana Fibre Sanitary Products with Saathi Pads

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Saathi Pads is the first company to manufacture 100% biodegradable sanitary products made from ban...

U.S. overhead conductor market set to surpass USD 393.4 million by 2037

U.S. overhead conductor market set to surpass USD 393.4 million by 2037

Research Nester’s latest report, “U.S. Overhead Conductor Market: Supply & Demand Analysis, Growth Forecasts & Statistics Report 2025-2037,” offers a comprehensive evaluati...

Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism

Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The extended fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a Global P...

A Circular Vision for Coffee Is an Opportunity for the Global South

A Circular Vision for Coffee Is an Opportunity for the Global South

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano  Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, India, and many others. To speak of coffee i...

Drought, Climate Change, and Scientific Diplomacy: A Collective Response from Latin America

Drought, Climate Change, and Scientific Diplomacy: A Collective Response from Latin America

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Drought is no longer just a natural or cyclical phenomenon: it is one of the most destructive impa...

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