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07/07/2021
Circular models and pollution targets: It’s a process of elimination
A budding pan-industry European Partnership under Horizon Europe, Process4Planet, seeks to transform the European process industries for a sustainable society. It is early days, but momentum is set to gather pace alongside announced European zero-pollution targets. European Partnerships are a...
Europe
©Francesco Luca Labianca
10/12/2020
An indicator for eco-innovation as part of the European Green Deal
In its proposal for an eighth European Union Environment Action Programme, published in October 2020 (8EAP, COM (2020) 652), the European Commission promised to present by the end of 2021 a set of headline indicators to help guide the EU towards its environmental goals. These goals, framed by the...
Europe
©Gabriel Crismariu
10/12/2020
Eco-Innovation, a decade of observation and insight
In 2009, the OECD organised a global forum on eco-innovation at which experts in the then nascent field discussed how industry can do a better job at ‘innovating’ its way towards a greener planet, supported by insightful policies and tools.  A speaker from Maastricht University concluded a...
Europe
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18/11/2020
Using nature’s tools to crack a tough ‘chemical synthesis’ nut
European researchers are working to crack a tough nut: how to cut waste streams in chemical production. The team is developing a new chemical reactor platform that mimics the dynamics of how living cells elegantly and economically synthesise a huge variety of complex products. Their vision is a...
Europe
©fluidion
14/10/2020
Water managers take the digital plunge
An EU-backed innovation project, digital-water.city (DWC), is keen to bring water management into the digital era, showing how smart technology can boost the integrated management of water systems in Europe. Digital technology combined with the power of ‘big data’ are driving a wave of innovation...
Europe