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What Starbucks has learned from its reusable cup experiments

What Starbucks has learned from its reusable cup experiments

Starbucks plans to let all U.S. customers order hot or cold drinks poured into reusable cups by early 2024. That goes for orders placed at cafe counters, in drive-throughs or via the mobile app. The...

Italy can aspire to leadership in the Space Economy, but investment must happen now

Italy can aspire to leadership in the Space Economy, but investment must happen now

The New Space Economy is a strategic sector that Italy must look to more attentively because it can offer precious opportunities across different production areas. From the use of satellite data to ...

Startup: Willow Technologies researches and develops agricultural by-products in Ghana

Startup: Willow Technologies researches and develops agricultural by-products in Ghana

Selected among ArchDaily’s  Best New Practices 2023, Willow Technologies was founded by designer Mae-Ling Lokko. This Ghanaian-Philipino architectural designer works towards the research,...

US: Biden launches Climate Corps, a climate civil service

US: Biden launches Climate Corps, a climate civil service

Environmental civil service is returning to the United States. Ninety years after the Civilian Conservation Corps created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to overcome the Great Depression, the Biden adminis...

Apple Watch: concerns about carbon neutrality and accusations of climate-washing

Apple Watch: concerns about carbon neutrality and accusations of climate-washing

On September 12, Apple declared its new Apple Watch to be carbon neutral. It did so with a powerful and quite acclaimed video in terms of corporate and environmental communication. A five minut...

Startup: Søuld, from eelgrass materials designed for circularity

Startup: Søuld, from eelgrass materials designed for circularity

Søuld is a Danish manufacturer committed to providing designers, builders and end-users with eco-friendly, recyclable building materials and acoustic products made from eelgrass (zostera mari...

Artificial Intelligence to support European transition to healthy soils

Artificial Intelligence to support European transition to healthy soils

Today, it is estimated that between 60 and 70% of the EU’s soils are unhealthy. Healthy soils capture carbon, improve yields, help reduce flooding and boosts biodiversity – but they are ...

If the SDGs are to survive, multilateral development banks must embrace reform

If the SDGs are to survive, multilateral development banks must embrace reform

In the lead-up to the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the outlook for the future of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seemed rather bleak. Global efforts to achieve th...

Startup: Renoon helps to find ethical and sustainable fashion companies

Startup: Renoon helps to find ethical and sustainable fashion companies

Renoon is a platform that helps shoppers discover ethical and sustainable fashion companies. This Dutch startup allows customers to search for sustainable fashion through various parameters such as ...

Sustainable nuclear power? Italy wants another go at it

Sustainable nuclear power? Italy wants another go at it

Italy is giving atomic energy another try. Over 35 years after the historic popular referendum that in 1987 decreed the end of the Peninsula's brief nuclear season, it seems the time has come for a ...

Startup, Flocus: insulating and regenerative yarn from kapok fiber

Startup, Flocus: insulating and regenerative yarn from kapok fiber

Flocus is a company specializing in the production and development of sustainable and eco-friendly materials based on kapok, a natural fiber from the seed pods of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) gr...

Global Plastic Treaty: Zero Draft Published

Global Plastic Treaty: Zero Draft Published

On September 4th, the zero draft of the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty was published, reflecting a wide range of options and viewpoints. Among the various options are mandatory reduction of virgin ...

The End of Rubble

The End of Rubble

A video gone viral in the summer of 2021 showed the simultaneous demolition of 15 new and never-lived-in skyscrapers in the southern Chinese city of Kunming in just 45 seconds. Certainly, the frenzi...

Startup: AI and Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Fish Farmers with Aquaconnect

Startup: AI and Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Fish Farmers with Aquaconnect

Founded in 2017 in Chennai, India, Aquaconnect is an integrated platform for aquaculture inputs and outputs, supported by a digital distribution network. To date, the Indian company collaborates wi...

Extended Producer Responsibility is Becoming Increasingly Extended

Extended Producer Responsibility is Becoming Increasingly Extended

Waste management in Europe, especially when an EPR scheme is involved, is anything but a homogeneous affair. Under the umbrella of EU legislation, over the years member states have found flexible, d...

Blue Economy in the Netherlands: A Sea of Potential

Blue Economy in the Netherlands: A Sea of Potential

Working with the sea is part of the history, tradition, and culture of the Netherlands. For centuries, the Dutch have worked on the open sea, gaining a profound understanding of the specific co...

Worldcoin, groundbreaking currency or privacy risk?

Worldcoin, groundbreaking currency or privacy risk?

The cryptocurrency Worldcoin, the digital currency created by Sam Altman, one of the founders of artificial intelligence giant ChatGPT, continues to create buzz. This week, the Kenyan governmen...

The Top Benefits of Home Composting

The Top Benefits of Home Composting

More and more people are turning to home composting as a way of being greener, improving their gardens and making use of organic waste which would ordinarily be sent for recycling or to landfil...

Startup: Finless Foods, plant-based and lab-grown fish products

Startup: Finless Foods, plant-based and lab-grown fish products

Finless Foods is a pioneering company in the fish alternatives sector, renowned for having been the first to produce seafood from cell cultures and plant-based ingredients.Harnessing cellular b...

The Netherlands, Circular by Design

The Netherlands, Circular by Design

According to the Circularity Gap Report – The Netherlands, https://www.circularity-gap.world/netherlands the Dutch economy is 24.5% circular. Targeted strategies, especially in the key sectors...

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