A&B Laboratorios de Biotecnología is a growing Spanish biotech and chemical business built around respect for the environment and a quest for greener alternatives. And EU Ecolabel certification is a key feature of its market appeal.
To better understand the extent to which substances of concern are present in products, and to ensure their safe handling by waste operators, companies will from 5 January 2021 have to submit data to a new European Union database managed by the European Chemicals Agency. The database, known as SCIP (Substances of Concern In Products), was mandated by a 2018 revision of EU waste laws.
Following the launch of the Level(s) framework in mid-October, the Level(s) website has been revamped, with all the information and materials now being accessible from the new website landing page.
The accumulation of plastics in the marine environment is an issue of great concern, with bottom-feeding species eating plastic microparticles (MPs) they find in the sediment of their habitats. To understand what influences the entry of MPs into the marine food web, a study took samples from the vicinity of two Croatian islands, exploring the impact of MPs on a marine species: the sea cucumber.
Demand for portable energy storage is growing with rising demand for products such as electric cars. Supercapacitors supply a higher power density and longer cycle life than a conventional battery but require porous carbon in their manufacture. A new study presents a method to create large amounts of carbon — suitable for supercapacitor manufacture — from an abundant, low-cost source: used coffee grounds.
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This issue’s Star Tweet is by the European Federation of the Precast Concrete Industry.
Stora Enso has launched a concept for a modular wooden school building to overcome barriers and inspire customers and other value chain members to design, construct and maintain sustainable buildings from wood. A wooden school is a low carbon, renewable alternative that can help combat global warming and lower material manufacturing and processing emissions.
Each month, Josefina Lindblom, DG ENV’s lead on the Level(s) initiative and member of the Sustainable Production, Products and Consumption Unit, talks to someone who really understands Level(s) and the benefits of the framework for building professionals and occupants. This month she talked to Pascal Eveillard, Group Director, Sustainable Business Development at Saint-Gobain, the EU based building distribution, construction products, and innovative materials multinational
The purpose of the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference was to present the Circular Economy Action Plan to stakeholders from across Europe, and together discuss the next steps in the transition to a circular economy.
On 19th October, business leaders and policymakers who had previously interacted with the Level(s) project in the testing phase discussed their experience of the framework.
Infographics: Smart sensors, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things... These technologies are transforming how we source, treat and use water. Scroll down to explore how smarter water can shape greener cities!
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.
By being ‘ambassadors for change’, Green Capital and Green Leaf title winners inspire other towns and cities in Europe. We talked with representatives of both cities to learn more about their sustainability projects.
Vitoria-Gasteiz is a sustainable city that has worked for years on a city model that also embraces its landscape, even as it grows. At times, during the 20th Century, the city’s population multiplied by four in just a decade, but planning ensured that it stayed inside city limits in order to respect natural spaces and boundaries.
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This issue’s Star Tweet is by the Croatian Green Building Council.
Level(s) is steadily making its way across EU member states. After visiting Slovenia in the previous newsletter, we now head to Romania to discover the “SMARTER Finance For Families” H2020 project and their Green Homes Green Mortgages initiative.
