Corrected Link: Green Public Procurement (GPP) News Alert - July 2021 issue
Biotechnology
A survey of 6,000 people shows that consumers have a growing awareness of biodiversity and want companies to protect it. This is the key finding of the 2020 UEBT Biodiversity Barometer.
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.
A new study by the European Parliament analyses biodiversity as a human right and examines its implications for the EU’s external action.