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Major packaging users seek ways to cut resource consumption
15/07/2014
Major packaging users seek ways to cut resource consumption
Danish brewing multinational Upcycling is the conversion of used materials into materials of equivalent or better quality. The Carlsberg initiative, the Carlsberg Circular Community, will address the need for greater resource efficiency and reuse in its packaging by seeking Cradle-to-Cradle (...
Denmark
Slovakian company finds profit in auto industry waste
07/10/2014
Slovakian company finds profit in auto industry waste
A Slovakian company is increasingly finding new uses and markets for its innovative product - which is made by recycling a waste stream from the auto industry. The company, Stered PR Krajné Ltd, grew out of a project involving the Textile Technology Institute in Bratislava, the Chemical Fibres...
Slovakia
Social networking for green SMEs  
21/10/2014
Social networking for green SMEs  
A new European eco-innovation platform is hoping to create the foundations for what could become an eco social network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project, One aim of the project is to build up a database of SME “solutions” that other SMEs can access. These cover a...
Eu
Alternative economy shopping centre planned for Dijon, France  
17/11/2014
Alternative economy shopping centre planned for Dijon, France  
A new type of shopping centre that aims to address both environmental and social concerns is being planned for the eastern French city of Dijon. Known as the “Cité de l’autre économie,” or city of the alternative economy, the centre is expected to open in 2016. The “Cité de l’autre économie”...
France
First commercial development of straw houses goes on sale following EU project
11/03/2015
First commercial development of straw houses goes on sale following EU project
A group of seven houses constructed from highly compacted straw has gone on sale in Bristol, United Kingdom, following extensive testing to prove the safety and environmental performance of the straw panels, which was carried out with assistance from a European Union-funded eco-innovation project...
Eu
New innovations promise better results from rubber recycling
20/04/2015
New innovations promise better results from rubber recycling
An Israeli company has developed a rubber recycling process that results in a high quality recycled material that can be used to make a wide range of products. The method could help create new markets for recycled rubber, which can usually only be used for low-grade applications. The process,...
Eu
Sustainable packaging from “mushroom materials”
22/05/2015
Sustainable packaging from “mushroom materials”
A US company has developed a successful line of “mushroom materials” that can be used as a compostable, biodegradable replacement for polystyrene and other packaging derived from hydrocarbons. The company, The company has developed a method of “growing” packaging materials from regionally...
Eu
Hackerspaces offer bottom-up approach to the circular economy
22/06/2015
Hackerspaces offer bottom-up approach to the circular economy
Hackerspaces or makerspaces are local community clubs or networks that offer a location for people to meet and share tools and expertise related to the repair and design of products – usually consumer electronics. Hackerspaces have emerged in response to concerns that electronic and electrical...
United Kingdom
Planet Mark promotes continuous carbon footprint reduction
23/06/2015
Planet Mark promotes continuous carbon footprint reduction
A United Kingdom sustainability certification scheme is extending its impact beyond the companies that it certifies to provide support to the The Planet Mark is a collaboration between London-based sustainability consultancy Planet First and the Eden Project, which opened in 2001 in Cornwall,...
United Kingdom
Belgian fish farm takes up the sustainable aquaculture challenge
22/09/2015
Belgian fish farm takes up the sustainable aquaculture challenge
Over-exploitation of the oceans means that meeting current demand for fish by taking from the wild is unrealistic. To sustainably produce fish there will have to be more reliance on aquaculture. The scale of the challenge was illustrated by a 2014 World Bank report 1 that found that by 2030, 62%...
Belgium

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