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Enershare, Europe's first common space for energy data

Enershare, Europe's first common space for energy data

A consortium of international energy, industry and science leaders has launched the Enershare project, funded with 8 million euros from the European Commission. Announced in Lisbon on November 9, th...

From recycled wood, a material that is stronger than steel

From recycled wood, a material that is stronger than steel

Recycling wood waste, including wood chips and sawdust, to turn it into a building material even more durable than steel. Phrased that way, it almost sounds as incredible as the discovery of the phi...

Superworms like styrofoam, and that's great news for plastic recycling

Superworms like styrofoam, and that's great news for plastic recycling

The gastronomic preferences of a beetle larvae open new avenues for the circular economy of plastics. From Australia has come news that the larvae of the Zophobas morio beetle, also known as superwo...

An inter-regional network for the circular bioeconomy in the Alps

An inter-regional network for the circular bioeconomy in the Alps

Seven nations and as many as forty-eight regions and self-governing provinces. The Alpine macro-region unites under the banner of a single agreement – the EU Strategy for the Alpine region – the...

Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund

Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund

Empower all consumers in the fight to reclaim our planet. This is the motto on the homepage of Regeneration.VC, a new venture capital company that has recently closed a first round of 45 million dol...

Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany

Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany

At the intersection of the energy transition and the sustainable products revolution, the battery supply chain is one of the strategic hubs of the green revolution in the economy. Its more sustainab...

Sustainable packaging: Walmart launches the Circular Connector

Sustainable packaging: Walmart launches the Circular Connector

"We don't have time to waste." With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector last April 11th. The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of sustai...

Six actions everyone can take to fight the climate crisis

Six actions everyone can take to fight the climate crisis

It's time to take responsibility for the climate. This line may sound ominous, but it is actually good news. If in fact, as individuals, it's easy to feel powerless and surrender to fatalism in the ...

Circular fashion: the Retex Green consortium for the management of textile waste in Italy is born

Circular fashion: the Retex Green consortium for the management of textile waste in Italy is born

The year 2022 opens with good news for the circular transition of the fashion industry in Italy. Faced with the new obligation to separate collection of textile waste, which came into force on Janua...

LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bag...

Denmark invests 11 billion euros in the world's first green ammonia plant

Denmark invests 11 billion euros in the world's first green ammonia plant

The Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) awards 81 million DKK (app. 11 billion €) to the green ammonia project managed by the three partners Skovgaard Invest, Ves...

New Zealand introduces the first law in the world on transparency for sustainable finance

New Zealand introduces the first law in the world on transparency for sustainable finance

“New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business.” This was stated...

Clothing recycling: the first automated plant for textile waste is in Sweden

Clothing recycling: the first automated plant for textile waste is in Sweden

Textile and fashion industry have a huge circular potential that has yet to be developed. One of the main issues currently holding back the application of the circular economy in this sector is sort...

Call for Innovation still open for the Renewable Materials Conference

Call for Innovation still open for the Renewable Materials Conference

The application period for the innovation award Renewable Material of the Year 2021 is still open until March 31. The award, promoted by nova-Institute, will go to the best renewable material, i.e. ...

In Sydney, the harbor pavilion will be made of recycled oyster shells

In Sydney, the harbor pavilion will be made of recycled oyster shells

New frontiers for circular architecture: in Australia oyster shells become building materials.The new Sydney Harbor Pavilion, designed by architects Jessica Spresser and Peter Besley, will use recyc...

Bioplastics: Novamont Acquires Norway-Based Biobag

Bioplastics: Novamont Acquires Norway-Based Biobag

From Novara to Norway, and then to the whole world. Novamont, the Italian bioplastics giant, has taken an important new step in its international expansion with the acquisition of BioBag, a Norway-b...

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlè named the world’s top plastic polluters for the third year

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlè named the world’s top plastic polluters for the third year

Coca-Cola has conquered, for the third year in a row, the unenviable podium of the top plastic polluter in the world. This was stated in the latest report by the Break Free From Plastic coalition, w...

The man who invented the bioeconomy: the story of Raul Gardini

The man who invented the bioeconomy: the story of Raul Gardini

The Eni of Enrico Mattei, the great vision of Adriano Olivetti: in the industrial history of Italy we too often find ourselves, in retrospect, regretting the enormous opportunities lost due to the r...

Plastic packaging: in the EU, Covid boosts the single-use and pushes recycling targets away

Plastic packaging: in the EU, Covid boosts the single-use and pushes recycling targets away

Europe is far from the plastic packaging recycling targets it set for itself. Take this step forward, and it will not reach those of 2025 nor those of 2030. This is the conclusion, not exactly heart...

A call for startups in sustainable innovation

A call for startups in sustainable innovation

The “ReShape: innovability to build a brighter future” call, launched by Enel for startups and SMEs around the world, will remain open until November 30, 2020. The energy multinational is lookin...

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