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Water scarcity may become our everyday reality, but a circular economy can help

Humans are about 60% water. Water covers about 71% of the Earth's surface. It feels like water is all around us, forever available. But approximately 1.1 billion people lack access to it, and 2...

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

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...

Ecuador, a referendum for the future

Leaving oil in the ground by popular demand. This is what Ecuadorians approved yesterday in a historic referendum to stop the development of all new oil wells in Yasuní National Park in the A...

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...

Space Mining 

In Netflix's ironic and apocalyptic blockbuster Don't Look Up, a comet is determined to crash into Earth. Leonardo DiCaprio portrays an astronomer stuck somewhere between terrified and dumbfounded: ...

Lebiu, biobased materials from cork waste in Sardinia

Taking its name from the Sardinian word “lightness”, LEBIU is an innovative startup that develops cutting-edge materials by transforming cork waste from the local supply chain for h...

G20 India, the start of an industrial coalition for circular economy

Technological cooperation, partnership, and finance to enhance the impact and scale-up of initiatives on the matter of circular economy. These are the three pillars guiding the Resource Efficie...

Startup: Real Bowl, delivery pet food fresh and ready to eat

Real Bowl is the online platform allowing you to order and receive at home a tailormade diet for dogs containing no preservatives, prepared using only high-quality fresh ingredients. The food can be...

Rock and sustainability: Coldplay & C., this is how music reduces its impact

Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour, which has dramatically reduced the band’s carbon footprint, is setting new standards of sustainability. The seventh concert tour of the British grou...

For Italian Businesses, Investing in the Circular Economy Pays Off

For Italian businesses, environmental sustainability and the circular economy have become lucrative assets worth investing in. This is supported by the analysis of the second CleanTech Observatory c...

Startup: Circular Fiber, Karshof flour from artichoke waste

Circular Fiber is an innovative startup aiming to combat food waste through the transformation of agri-food scraps into value products. The company’s current main focus is the production of Ka...

A carbon tax on luxury consumption? More equity, less CO2

Taxes on “luxury” goods and services could result in more equity and less CO2. According to a study published at the end of June in the academic journal One Earth, a carbon tax on domest...

Startup: Automated technologies for the rearing of black soldier fly with Kinsect

“Kinsect is a benefit society aiming to provide technologies to develop sustainable insect breeding with minimal environmental impact. Insect breeding allows the creation of proteins while req...

Make Italy Green: Frank Meyer’s ESG vision

Energy communities, customer care, highly decarbonisation-focused business, and a clear plan: “Make Italy Green”. E.ON Italia CEO Frank Meyer is an optimistic visionary who is working ti...

Startup: Reusable Filters by Atium to Combat Mercury Water Pollution

Atium is a startup that has developed a patent-pending technology, based on a reversible electrochemical process, to improve the performance and efficiency of mercury removal from water. The technol...

Startup: a new life for coffee grounds with Coffeefrom

Coffeefrom is an innovative startup with a social purpose (SIAVS), born from an idea by Social Enterprise Il Giardinone. The startup transforms coffee grounds from the food industry – among th...

The new version of the Circularity Platform, the digital tool to accelerate the circular transition

Circularity's Circularity Platform changes its look and updates its digital services to make companies more circular. The 2018 version aimed to broaden the scope of collaboration between companies w...

The true cost of our food

The current system of food production and consumption is threatening life on our planet. It is a major cause of global biodiversity loss, climate change and poverty. From an economic perspective, th...

Startup: Materials Design Map, a free online database of sustainable solutions

“We believe in multidisciplinary approaches to the sector and in design as a method to promote a transition towards a more sustainable future. Materials Design Map is our first project launche...