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Steel supply chain innovations deliver green benefits
19/09/2011
Steel supply chain innovations deliver green benefits
A better integrated supply chain and consumption-based accounting would enable more efficient use of steel and less waste, so helping reduce the industry’s environmental footprint. The steel sector needs to think about how it can provide the same services with less steel, Julian Allwood from...
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Taking stock of green public procurement in Europe
19/09/2011
Taking stock of green public procurement in Europe
EU Member States are increasingly using their purchasing power through public procurement to stimulate eco-innovation and the uptake of green technologies and services across Europe. About one in five public authorities in Europe today includes environmental requirements in over half their...
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Tackling urban water shortages: new technologies for self-sufficiency
04/09/2011
Tackling urban water shortages: new technologies for self-sufficiency
A Danish study of alternative water supply systems suggests that adopting a mix of different technologies could optimise the potential for water self- sufficiency in urban areas. Population growth and urbanisation are challenging current water supply systems. In many urban areas, attention has...
Denmark
Sweden sees big biogas potential in waste
28/07/2011
Sweden sees big biogas potential in waste
Anaerobic digestion of food waste could double Sweden’s biogas production and reduce environmental damage by cutting methane emissions from landfill suggests a government strategy. Swedish government agencies representing energy, agriculture and the environment have made a strong case for large...
Sweden
Belgian Catalogue of Recycled Products goes European
28/07/2011
Belgian Catalogue of Recycled Products goes European
Raise awareness on recycled products and make them more easily available to European potential buyers. A free European Catalogue of recycled products will soon be available.
Belgium
28/07/2011
Significant emission reductions possible at a low cost
A report from the European Commission Joint Research Centre indicates that environmental improvements in residential buildings could result in overall greenhouse gas emission reductions of 7%. The JRC IMPRO-Building report suggests that such reductions could be achieved without incurring...
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Budapest ETAP forum focuses on emerging environmental technologies
28/07/2011
Budapest ETAP forum focuses on emerging environmental technologies
The 5th Forum on Eco-Innovation, held in Budapest, Hungary on 16 October 2008, explored emerging environmental technologies in the fields of recycling, waste and bio-based products. The Budapest event brought together high-level stakeholders from business, the R&D community, policy makers...
Hungary
Eco-innovation INNO-Net champions eco-innovation policy
28/07/2011
Eco-innovation INNO-Net champions eco-innovation policy
The Commission's INNO-Net on Eco-innovation will enable an exchange of ideas, and lead to common work towards transferability of good practices, benchmarking, and target setting An initiative to build on the promising policies of Member States for the promotion of eco-innovation was announced...
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Commission energy strategy calls for efficiency and solidarity
28/07/2011
Commission energy strategy calls for efficiency and solidarity
The Commission's second strategic energy review package looks at energy security, climate and emissions targets, and both renewable energy and energy efficiency The European Commission has unveiled its second review of the strategic energy package, which includes a variety of proposals that...
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Copenhagen climate adaptation forum calls for innovation in thinking and technology
28/07/2011
Copenhagen climate adaptation forum calls for innovation in thinking and technology
The 7th European Forum on Eco-Innovation provided recommendations to remove a series of barriers in the drive for climate-change adaptation as the essential partner to mitigation. The forum – a joint initiative of the Danish Ministry for the Environment and the European Commission – brought...
Denmark

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