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Challenges and opportunities in making Europe a ‘recycling society’
28/07/2011
Challenges and opportunities in making Europe a ‘recycling society’
The initiative to promote the prevention and recycling of waste at EU level has led to substantial improvements but significant margins still exist for better resource efficiency. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik on a visit to the UMICORE precious metal recycling plant in Belgium in...
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Stimulating better personal environmental performance
28/07/2011
Stimulating better personal environmental performance
The EU Action Plan on sustainable production and consumption aims at enabling citizens to make greener choices that will ultimately improve their personal environmental performance The European Commission is targeting the consumer behaviour of citizens with the intention of improving their...
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Maintaining Europe's competitive edge in eco-industry
28/07/2011
Maintaining Europe's competitive edge in eco-industry
A Commission study on the competitiveness of European eco-industry in 2009 analysed the health of the sector and recommended a series of policy actions to maintain global leadership. The study performed competitiveness screening of core eco-industries – air-pollution control, collection and...
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EUSEW 2009 addresses key eco-innovation issues
28/07/2011
EUSEW 2009 addresses key eco-innovation issues
EUSEW 2009 hosted a number of events relating to eco-innovation. These events demonstrated leading projects in different areas, and highlighted the funding opportunities available. ‘Take a week to change Tomorrow’ was the theme of the third annual EU Sustainable Energy Week (SEW) from 9 to 13...
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Using ‘emergy’ analysis to measure eco-village sustainability
28/07/2011
Using ‘emergy’ analysis to measure eco-village sustainability
A survey carried out to measure the sustainability of a Sicilian eco-village suggests that ‘emergy’ analysis produces more comprehensive results than life-cycle or other forms of analysis As communities strive to meet the challenges of energy efficiency, the need to calculate their...
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ETAP forum tackles global environmental technology market
28/07/2011
ETAP forum tackles global environmental technology market
The 4th European Forum on Eco-innovation in Vienna on 31 January and 1 February 2008 debated key recommendations on how the EU can boost its position in the global market for environmental technologies. Jointly organised by the Austrian Minister for the Environment, the Swedish Ministry of the...
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Green accounting, our future
28/07/2011
Green accounting, our future
Growth can no longer be measured in strictly economic terms such as the monetary value of output, income or expenditure per head. Additional criteria are needed for green growth. According to UK economist Tim Jackson: “Prosperity consists in our ability to flourish as human beings – within the...
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Improving technology transfers in the environmental sector
28/07/2011
Improving technology transfers in the environmental sector
The EU funded METTTES project, which finished in September 2008, endeavoured to increase cross-border transfer of technologies that are particularly relevant to the environmental sector METTTES was established to generate concrete long-term partnerships within the European environmental sector...
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Climate change key concern for European citizens
28/07/2011
Climate change key concern for European citizens
The 2008 Eurobarometer survey indicates climate change has become a key issue for European citizens, and highlights the need for better information and greater action at national and EU level The September 2008 edition of the Eurobarometer highlights European citizens’ serious concerns...
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Regions work together to support eco-innovation
28/07/2011
Regions work together to support eco-innovation
The ECREIN+ project will provide regional support for eco-innovation in partnership with the Assembly of European Regions. ECREIN+ is funded under the INTERREG IVC programme. The European clusters and regions for eco-innovation network plus (ECREIN+) project, succeeds the ECREINetwork...
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