Circular coffee: the challenge is cultural
Since its launch at the World Coffee Conference in Bangalore at the end of 2023, the Center for Circular Economy in Coffee (C4CEC) has grown to counting about a hundred members, just under half of t...
Design has learned to talk about materials: now it must be held accountable
Between declared circularity and the marginal role of health, the furnishing and interior design sector has not yet come to terms with what it produces and the air it leaves behind in our homes. Tod...
A seat at the circular table
Throughout history, furniture has represented a category of material consumption. Just consider the contribution of Egyptian culture, which, as early as its first dynasties, was producing furnishing...
Nature loss could put 140M jobs at risk across the EU, UK and Switzerland
Yerevan - Perhaps the Kunming-Montreal Global Agreement on Biodiversity should have been called the ‘Agreement on Food Security and Nature’s Services to the Economy’. Brutal and Ca...
Rigid plastics: Aliplast’s new plant for high-performance recycling
Fifty million euros to increase both the quantity and quality of recycled rigid plastics: this is the investment made by Aliplast (a subsidiary of the Hera Group), which also received a €7.7 mi...
Bioeconomy Infrastructure
In the heart of Polesine, in Bottrighe, near Adria, a highly innovative plant in the international bioeconomy sector has been built: this is the first industrial site of its kind capable of producin...
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to the microeconomic foundations...
Startup, Kumasi: fighting food waste with premium drinks from cacao pulp
Kumasi Drinks is a Dutch startup that transforms the pulp of the cacao fruit into premium drinks and products. Cacao pulp is the fleshy, juicy part surrounding the beans used to make chocolate, trad...
Noemi De Santis: “From waste management to water, Junker becomes a multi-utility app”
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water For a decade, Junker has built its relations...
Technology and the transition: China’s lead over the US is difficult to close
September 2015: for the first time, Xi Jinping is received at the White House by Barack Obama. In Washington, climate and the energy transition are at the heart of a rare period of cooperation betwe...
State of the Union: von der Leyen focuses on independence, competitiveness and the climate
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”: Ursula von der Leyen quoted Dickens’s words describing the period of the French Revolution at the opening of her State of the...
Anne-Manuèle Hébert: “STEP brings together the decarbonisation and circularity value chains”
STEP by Pollutec is a new two-day event launching at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles on 1–2 December 2026, developed by RX France as a focused platform complementing Pollutec, its flagship envi...
Novamont publishes the Impact Report 2025 together with the Sustainability Report
Novamont, a Versalis company (ENI), has published its sixth Impact Report since acquiring benefit corporation status in 2020. Unlike previous editions, the 2025 report introduces a significant chang...
HBI Unveils the Future of Sludge Management
Zero Branco (Treviso) - In a warehouse on the outskirts of Treviso, the word “sludge” no longer means waste. On 11 September, HBI inaugurated EVA 3, the first fully industrial-scale impl...
What if perfect circularity came from space
In orbit, nothing is wasted. Every gram of material loaded before launch has a weight, a cost and an already planned second life. On the International Space Station, most of the water – includ...
Bioenergy and bioeconomy: the second IBBC edition comes to Seville
The second edition of the International Conference on Bioenergy & Bioeconomy (IBBC 2026) will take place from 28 to 30 October 2026 at the University of Seville. The event is organised by the In...
Startup, NoPalm Ingredients: an alternative to palm oil
NoPalm Ingredients is a Dutch startup based in Wageningen that produces oils and fats by fermenting by-products from the food industry, offering a sustainable, local and scalable alternative to palm...
Startup, Alkelux: more durable food packaging made from liquorice waste
Alkelux is a deep tech start-up established in Sardinia in 2024 whose mission combines sustainable chemistry, the circular economy and the fight against food waste: transforming an industrial by-pro...
Circularity in models for assessing the construction sector’s emissions impacts
The starting point, as Pierluigi Zerbino explained to an audience of businesses and academics, is disarmingly simple: “We asked ourselves: can the circular economy help to decarbonise the cons...
Stadler, the “connected intelligence” of waste
For most of its history, the recycling industry has been a business of steel and motion: conveyor belts, ballistic separators, screens, magnets. STADLER is a German family firm now in its eighth gen...