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Promoting greener goods: the Product Environmental Footprint

The European Union’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) is a methodology to calculate the overall environmental impact of products. It aims to enable the provision of reliable and comparable information on products, and therefore to foster a single...
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A boost for reuse through ReMark

An Irish project is seeking to boost the market for second-hand or refurbished consumer goods by testing a standard that can be applied by social enterprises, charity shops and other businesses that deal in reused products. The aim of the standard, known as ReMark, is to foster organisational and presentational improvements...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Eco-innovation in the DNA…

Alfredo Balmaceda has worked for over 20 years on environmental sustainability and circular economy issues, well before the terms meant much to the average person. A civil engineer (PhD) and chemical and environmental expert by trade, he has spearheaded municipal, national, regional and EU projects in this vital field, and helped companies embrace the ‘...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

New EIO Report: Eco-Innovation of products - Case studies and policy lessons from EU Member States for a product policy framework that contributes to a circular economy

Multiple pathways exist for the implementation of circular economy principles, e.g. through repair, re-use, remanufacturing and...
Eco-innovation in the spotlight

Slovenia gets creative on biomass

There is huge potential in advanced materials and products made from biomass that comes in all shapes and sizes. One part of Slovenia’s Smart Specialisation Strategy (3S) is making sure none of that potential goes to waste. The key to fully exploiting the potential of biomass in advanced materials and bio-based...

The EcoAP forum

21st European Forum on Eco-innovation “Eco-innovation for air quality”

Sofia, Bulgaria, 5-6 February 2018

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Upcoming events

3rd National Resource Forum, Salzburg, AT

24/01/2019 (All day) to 25/01/2019 (All day)

Building a climate neutral Europe with natural bio-based construction materials, Brussels, BE

29/01/2019 (All day)

BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS A PATHWAY FOR A CIRCULAR FUTURE, Brussels, BE

05/02/2019 (All day) to 07/02/2019 (All day)

World Sustainable Energy Days, Wels, AT

27/02/2019 (All day) to 01/03/2019 (All day)