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Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Hackathon delivers clever ideas for cleaner air

Acknowledged as essential for healthier living, better air quality in cities is now a priority across Europe. At the BreezeCleanAir4City hackathon, organised on 12-13 January 2018, participants were inspired to come up with new ways of using satellite data to measure and predict air...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Breeze Technologies, a most promising start-up!

A pioneering German air-quality monitoring company has been named one of the EU’s most promising start-ups by the European Parliament. While Breeze’s sensor network solution focuses on being simple to use, it hides complex data-processing technology behind an equally complex problem. Air...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Cooperation and innovation for cleaner air

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution is a framework for European, North American and Central Asian countries to cooperate on tackling the pollutants that cause negative effects on human health and ecosystems, such as ammonia,...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

New EIO report: Policies and Practices for Eco-Innovation Uptake and Circular Economy Transition

The 2016 report of the Eco-Innovation Observatory discusses the role of policy for eco-innovation in the circular economy transition. It looks at the present framework conditions fostered by...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Shoes as a solution to ocean plastic

German sportswear giant Adidas has set itself the goal of producing 1 million pairs of UltraBOOST Uncaged sports shoes by the end of 2017. It might not sound unusual that Adidas is producing large numbers of sports shoes, but these shoes are different – they are made from plastic recovered from the oceans. The shoes are the...