The next ACR+ General Assembly will be held in Dublin

From 31st May to 1st June this year, to mark its 2023 General Assembly in Dublin, ACR+ will offer the opportunity to take part in three events. ACR+, the international network of over 50 regions and...

Circular fashion: the Retex Green consortium for the management of textile waste in Italy is born

The year 2022 opens with good news for the circular transition of the fashion industry in Italy. Faced with the new obligation to separate collection of textile waste, which came into force on Janua...

Call for Innovation still open for the Renewable Materials Conference

The application period for the innovation award Renewable Material of the Year 2021 is still open until March 31. The award, promoted by nova-Institute, will go to the best renewable material, i.e. ...

A call for startups in sustainable innovation

The “ReShape: innovability to build a brighter future” call, launched by Enel for startups and SMEs around the world, will remain open until November 30, 2020. The energy multinational is lookin...

The new European Raw Materials Alliance

On September 29, the European Commission launched the European Raw Materials Alliance. The announcement follows the publication of the Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, a far-reaching strategy ...

IFIB: International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy, Rome 1-2 October

The 2020 edition of IFIB, the International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy, is held in Rome. On Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October, both in presence and on a digital platform, bioecon...

1.27 Trillion Euro: That's How Much the Bioeconomy is Worth in the EU5

A production value of over €1.27 trillion and 7 million workers. These are the bioeconomy figures in Europe’s five major economies (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Spain) accor...

Buildings: The Circular Economy's Challenge

This article is featured in Issue #16 (Summer 2015) of Revolve Magazine on pages 68-73, revolve.media/brussels-building-the-future   Brussels is known for making its buildings more &ldqu...

Water, Energy, Matter and Employment from End-of-life Tyres

It is all very well to talk about sustainability reports. But not all reports are equal. One thing is carefully choosing some data (perhaps overshadowing the less palatable ones) to use them skilful...