Electronics Goes Green 2024 is a conference geared to the growing global community of scientists, product developers, business managers and policymakers working on environmentally benign processes, products, systems and business models in and for the electronics and ICT industry.
Circular Computing’s Sustainable IT Summit will take place on 23 April in the United Arab Emirates. It aims to welcome the leaders of some of the largest companies in IT and will combine theory and practice to identify tangible and workable solutions including circular processes such as remanufacturing.
Used clothing exports from the Netherlands totalled more than €193 million in 2022: not an insignificant amount.
Understanding the realities of second-hand clothing markets in export destinations will be crucial to develop appropriate policy at national and supranational levels. The aim is to support the socially equitable and environmentally sustainable processing of used textiles, and ensure that this industry is in line with the EU's 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan and the European Green Deal.
To this end, the report explores what happens to textiles collected in the Netherlands in their various destination countries, and highlights the impacts and risks associated with these exports, as well as how they are addressed.
“The Road to Green” is a Euronews magazine in collaboration with DG ENV of the Commission. It features monthly 8-minute videos, delivered in a road trip format, covering Europe’s continuing transformation to a circular, net-zero, nature-positive and clean economy.
The 8th World Circular Economy Forum hits Brussels from 15 to 18 April 2024 to turn circular visions into actions. The world’s leading event for circular economy thinkers, doers and leaders will showcase the most impactful circular solutions from Europe and around the world. Online participation is open to everyone.
The online national Register of Electronic Equipment Repairers (Nationaal Reparateursregister) has been launched in the Netherlands. It enables consumers and (retail) professionals to find professional and skilled independent repairers and refurbishers of electronic equipment who work nearby.
The DRIVE 0 project - a collaboration of 7 European countries - has developed Circular Homes, a user-centered digital platform to provide information and resources on circular renovation to homeowners, consumers, and professionals. The platform offers comprehensive resources to understand and implement circularity principles in the built environment.
Key features:
providing clear and concise explanations of circularity and circular renovation practices
a circular self-assessment tool and
a collection of DIY projects that homeowners and consumers can undertake to make their homes more circular.
Objectives:
helping people make their homes more circular
offering advice on saving energy, water and materials, and
improving comfort, air quality or consumption habits.
The Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE) is a working group under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The NCE mandate includes contributing to activities and exchanges of information that will promote the transition to a circular economy in the Nordic Region.
The NCE also wishes to influence the EU and global actors, for example by helping to identify solutions that will reduce consumption of raw materials, waste, emissions and energy by recycling products, including for new purposes.
The NCE also carries out projects on different topics related to the circular economy.
Reliance on electronics comes with steep environmental costs, from mining minerals to disposal of end-of-life devices. As the use of electronic products has grown, their average lifespan becomes shorter. This in turn results in an increased volume of discarded and obsolete electronic devices.
Gruppo FOS in Caserta (Italy) provides a T&G (technology and groupware) Repair Centre and Swap & Repair services for electronic devices.