Antonella Ilaria Totaro is an expert in circular economy and sustainability, which she has been working on for years between the Netherlands and Italy. She holds a Phd in Innovation for the Circular Economy at the University of Turin and is Head of Production and Communication of the Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast. On Renewable Matter she is responsible for the Startup section.
Founded in 2019, German startup FixFirst offers companies a software as-a-service that aims to be the OS (operating system) for circular services and products, focusing especially on repair. A soft...
Germany-based Traceless Materials offers an alternative to single-use, fossil-based plastics thanks to its biobased and home compostable plastics. With special technology developed by the Hamburg-ba...
Tebrito is the Swedish insect production company that uses the protein produced by the Tenebrio molitor, also known as the mealworm or miller's tenebrion, native to continental Europe, as an al...
Climate change increases the risk of flooding in regions around the North Sea due to rising sea levels, increasing river flows, and more intense precipitation. People and economies are at risk, but ...
“The sustainable management of global water resources will be at the core of the circular economy of tomorrow,” states Ramzi Bouzerda, founder and CEO of Droople, a Swiss cleantech compa...
MagREEsource is a French startup that, thanks to its hydrogen-based magnet recycling process, is contributing to reducing the carbon footprint of the green energy industry and guaranteeing Europe’...
The digital platform created by the Dutch startup geoFluxus presents itself as a waste forecasting consultancy. Through resource mapping and digital analysis tools, it tracks the journey of waste fr...
Byborre, a textiles innovator based in Amsterdam, combines technology and craftsmanship to create a future-proof textile industry. Working at the frontiers of material development, functionality and...
Digital technologies play a crucial role in the transition to a circular economy. Specifically, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart products connected to it are a crucial enabler of the circular ...
Regenerative Poultry Systems is the US-based company that aims to facilitate the poultry industry's transition to a regenerative farming model, based on the proven ancestral system focused on return...
London-based startup Wase has developed a method to treat even the most difficult waste, allowing it to manage wastewater, food waste, and agricultural waste to produce electricity and recover water...
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), a global network of national Green Building Councils – nonprofit associations made up of companies and organizations working in the sustainable buildin...
Circularity Capital, a private equity firm established in 2015 that specializes in investing in circular economy companies, announced a few weeks ago the closing of its largest circular economy inve...
The Sustainable Products Initiative, included in the new Circular Economy Action Plan and one of the goals of the Green Deal, plans to establish a digital product passport (DPP) that collects data o...
In the coming years, widespread use of wood in construction could radically change the appearance of our cities. This is the hope of Laudes Foundation, founder of Built by Nature, a new organisation...
100 years after Bauhaus, a movement that radically changed art, design and architecture in Germany and beyond, the European Commission has launched a New European Bauhaus to rethink our lifestyles a...
Creating a platform for all the players in the automotive supply chain that relies on field knowledge, partnerships, funding and creativity to develop the technologies and business models of the car...
The Netherlands have set themselves rather challenging circular goals where cities play a key role in such transition. Rotterdam, with its port and industries, outlined a pathway up to 2030 that wil...
Designing and manufacturing sustainable products that will nourish a healthy, equitable and circular tomorrow: that's the goal of Cradle to Cradle Certified, a global standard rooted in the Cradle t...
In recent months, policies and initiatives at the European and global level have emphasised the potential of remanufacturing as the key model for the circular economy, useful in extending the lifesp...
