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22 November 2021 | Circular economy

Circular Water Solutions in the event series Circular Economy SMEs Across Europe

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4 December 2020 | Circular economy

"Don't waste your time" - Solutions durables "made in NL"

Meet Joris Houtman, Director of NBSO Lyon during our conference “Don’t waste your time”, Wednesday December 2nd at 3.15pm. We will present a selection of sustainable solutions live from the Netherlands. Reputed to be true pioneers in innovation, the Netherlands is continuously developing new solutions for the protection of our environment. The fight against plastic […]

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23 July 2020 | Circular economy

How will the circular economy allow for effective and environmentally-friendly waste management?

How will the circular economy allow for effective and environmentally-friendly waste management? The circular economy is a system that addresses the need for the fundamental reinvention of how we produce and consume. It’s a model that allows resource consumption to be reduced while limiting environmental impacts. How will this new system allow for better waste management?

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27 April 2020 | Circular economy

Ecodesign: key to the efficient use of resources

Nowadays the reduction of a product’s negative environmental impacts, or the inclusion of environmental considerations in the design process, are no longer just the preserve of a few pioneering companies. More and more manufacturers are offering ecodesigned products or product ranges, not just for show, but as an approach that will in time become the […]

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26 February 2020 | Circular economy

Renewable energies increasingly competitive in France

The renewable energy production sectors, still just emerging at the start of the 21st century, are now seeing their costs fall rapidly thanks to technological advances and the economies of scale associated with the increasing installed volumes. Certain sectors are already competitive with traditional technologies, with others set to join them. These are the findings […]

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17 January 2020 | Circular economy

A new methodology to calculate material footprint

Accurate knowledge of the quantity of raw materials consumed by an economy is a pre-requisite for any circular economy policy. From this perspective the ad-hoc indicator is the material footprint. This is currently calculated using a methodology developed by Eurostat for EU member states. However, two French researchers propose an alternative methodology that better takes […]

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