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Towards resource efficiency via business model innovation
26/11/2012
Towards resource efficiency via business model innovation
The modern consumer economy has a fundamental flaw that promotes unsustainable consumption: the more companies sell, the more they earn. Turntoo, a Dutch company, has been building its business model based on an alternative system in which products are not sold by the producer to the consumer, but...
Netherlands
Let the train take the strain
14/09/2012
Let the train take the strain
The Dutch railway operator is retrofitting its intercity train fleet to make it more efficient. Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the railway operator in the Netherlands, is improving the environmental performance of 50 of its intercity trains through a retrofitting programme that will be completed...
Netherlands
One eco-innovation enables another
14/04/2012
One eco-innovation enables another
The scaling-up of sustainable, high-tech dyeing technology is the focus of an ongoing European Commission funded project aimed at strengthening SMEs in the colour textile industry. A consortium of universities, small companies and large players in the energy and transport sectors from five...
Eu
Cutting-edge technology puts glass-recycling company ahead of industry
12/11/2011
Cutting-edge technology puts glass-recycling company ahead of industry
An innovative dry cleaning process offers advantages to glass recyclers - and, by extension, glass producers - through waste reduction, energy savings and increased product quality. G.R.L.-Glasrecycling in Lummen, Belgium processes glass like no one else. At the heart of its operation is a...
Eu
Conjuring water out of air
03/10/2010
Conjuring water out of air
Innovator Dutch Rainmaker has married wind-turbine technology with water production and purification expertise to create a sustainable method for extracting water from air. The idea of collecting water from air is not new. However, Friesland-based Dutch Rainmaker was attracted to the idea of...
Netherlands
World's first mine-water power station opens in Heerlen
15/02/2009
World's first mine-water power station opens in Heerlen
The EU-supported Minewater project opened the world's first mine-water power station in the Netherlands in October 2008 to highlight the geothermal energy potential of water in old mines. Minewater set out to develop a geothermal power station exploiting water in abandoned mines in the town of...
Netherlands

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