CONOU has a long and interesting history. As a consortium, it has been operating since 1984. Its mission is to collect and recycle hazardous waste materials ranging from waste oil that comes from ca...
The expression “sustainability” is strictly correlated with forests. The word came into use in 1713 when the chief mining official Hans Carl von Carlowitz, from Freiberg, Saxony, published the ...
According to anthropologists, around 12 000 years ago at the dawn of the Neolithic Revolution, when humans ceased hunting and gathering, there may have been between 2 and 20 million people living on...
In the United States there are 36 million people already out of work. In Europe, by the end of May, 60 million could, be laid off or suffer a sharp reduction in salary. In the rest of the world over...
The Covid-19 emergency does not stop innovation in the hemp sector. The 17th edition of the EIHA Hemp Conference, the most important international meeting on industrial hemp and cannabis, will be he...
Ladeja Godina Košir is the Chair of CG of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP), Founder & Executive Director of Circular Change and co-leader of the Research Group Circula...
Re Soil Foundation kicks off, its objectives include transforming into a valuable asset the reintroduction of carbon into the soil. It is all about paying attention to the soil. A hardly renewable r...
How to recognize existing connections between soil health, food quality and humans’ health from a systemic perspective? We asked to some scientists and experts: Franco Fassio of the University of ...
The outdoor apparel sector is in a full green revolution. Today it is impossible to be on the market without a circular and sustainable rethinking of materials and processes. A key player in the fie...
Described by the organizers as a "platform for participatory innovation that aims to create a more circular economic model," the Copenhagen Circularity Lab is a unique experiment that helps make the...
Credit Kayana Szymczak 2020 will mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of Merchants of Doubt, a book that in Europe and the USA has had an impact due to its capacity to make us pond...
With wind, solar and biomass gaining prominence and replacing age old sources such as coal, oil and even nuclear energy, there is space for virtuous companies to enter new markets in India’s clean...
With the approval of the new Public Contracts Code in 2016, Italy is the only European country that has made Green Public Procurement mandatory. This means that all public authorities have to employ...
Name: Excess Materials Exchange Sector: Digital Platform Pros: Matching supply and demand of materials and offering better reuse opportunities Characteristics: Online marketplace where companies ca...
Name: Nairoby Sector: Sports Equipment Pros: Snowboards made with a thermoplastic composite that at their end of life can be recycled and/or partly reused in new equipment Characteristics: Snowboar...
Name: Lingrove Sector: New materials Pros: CO2 negative biomaterial obtained from flax fibre and vegetable-based resins 10 times more resistant than wood Characteristics: Bio-thermoplastic compound...
Name: Lablaco Sector: Circular Fashion Pros: Online platform that aims to make fashion more sustainable and accessible through clothes exchange and awareness campaigns Characteristics: Social marke...
Von der Leyen, on 10 September 2019, introduced the team of 26 designated European Commissioners (12 women and 14 men) who will officially be in office once the list has been approved by a vote in t...
Within the first 100 days, Timmermans will have to present the first European law on climate. Additionally, he will have to follow the existing circular economy pathway, continuing the push for fina...
As more companies begin to explore alternatives to the linear “sell it and forget it” business model, Product as a Service (PaaS) is gaining traction.One of the five core business models to enab...
