Used Oils: CONOU's Winning Model
Approximately 40 years ago, CONOU – Italy’s National Consortium of Waste Oils – became the first to inaugurate an applied extended producer responsibility scheme to collect and reg...
Circularity Gap Report 2024, a roadmap to lead the world towards the circular economy
Everyone is talking about it, but few actually practice it: while the circular economy is now a megatrend (considering the number of articles, reports and debates on the topic increased threefold in...
Startup, cutting-edge Reforestation Technology with Land Life Company
Land Life Company is a reforestation company that plants trees on a large scale, deploying innovative technologies and offering businesses a sustainable and transparent way to offset carbon emission...
The "sustainable" bioplastic that pollutes Bangkok's air
This is the first article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ along with Eu Obs...
Cobat Tessile, a Cross-cutting Approach to EPR
Cobat Tessile is an Italian voluntary association for the collection, treatment and recovery of end-of-life textile products. Established in 2022 by Cobat – the largest circular economy platfo...
Circular economy, rethinking the built environment in the digital age
The list of digital innovations that can be applied to the construction sector, one of the most impactful on the environment, is long and varied. Digital twins, artificial intelligence, materials pa...
Startup, Ecococon: Straw and Wood Panels from Slovakia
“We are revolutionising the construction sector by providing a building system that is climate neutral, healthy, effective and designed to be safely returned to nature after use,” says E...
Satellites Watch Over Us from Above
On November 3, 2023, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Karnali province in western Nepal. Immediately after receiving the news, the Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs asked Sentinel Asia to send...
Calculating and Powers: Interview with Kate Crawford
Neither artificial nor particularly intelligent. That's AI according to Kate Crawford. An eclectic researcher who divides her time between Annenberg University of California, Sydney University,...
Startup, Bike Club: bicycles for children that change as they grow
Bike Club is revolutionizing the children's (but also adults') bicycle industry by providing families with the opportunity to subscribe online to new or refurbished bicycles and scooters and to...
During the press conference Meloni fails to talk about climate, and neither do journalists
The press conference with Giorgia Meloni lasted over three hours and there was not a single mention of the climate crisis. There were more than 40 questions from reporters to the Prime Minister...
Startup, Leko Labs: Wood for Construction Powered by AI and Robotics
Leko Labs, which describes itself as a “carbon-negative construction company”, has developed a new system for walls and flooring based exclusively on wood and wood fibre that could ...
Africa is Working on an Ultimate Producer Responsibility
When second-hand goods cross EU borders, the EPR fees associated with them are often retained by the exporting countries. This deprives importing countries of the ade quate financial support to hand...
Startup: Restor’s Open Maps Highlight Forest Restoration Potential
“Forest restoration alone has the potential to cut approximately 30% of carbon emissions and prevent approximately 60% of forecast biodiversity loss, all while improving food security for over...
Growing Responsible in Toyland
In the pink year of Barbie, talk of the environmental impact of toys is back on the table. Alongside the diatribes about the glossy feminist message of Greta Gerwig's film, the sales figures of the ...
Startup: EcoEx, the Digital Platform That Certifies EPR Compliance in India
Indian EPR legislation for “Plastic Waste Management Rules”, approved in 2016, asserts the responsibility of producers, importers, and trademark owners to ensure the treatment of their w...
Here is how countries will have to allocate climate resources after COP28
*from Dubai The equation is simple: if you want to decarbonise the economy, it will not be enough to have a final text here at COP28 calling for the phase-out of all fossil fuels, with emis...
Climate racism is the absentee at COP28 negotiations
*from Dubai Ecological transition, decarbonization, forest protection, carbon markets. For civil society, these key elements in the fight against climate change often have a double face. Wh...
Is capturing CO2 necessary for the climate or for fossil fuel companies?
Will COP28 be the showdown or the beginning of the payback for the oil&gas sector? With a record number of 2,456 accredited individuals associated with the oil&gas sector (among them, 34 fro...
Startup, Coffee Pod Recycling in the UK with Podback
Podback is a not-for-profit UK-based coffee pod recycling service. Created by major pod manufacturers like Nespresso, Nescafé Dolce Gusto, and Tassimo, it is the first cross-sector schem...