PACCT for Sustainability (Product as a service to Accelerate Cooperation & Circular Transformation) is a platform which aims to make service and sustainability the keystone of businesses across Europe and to build a European community focused on Product as a Service.
It is organising a webinar exploring how Efficiency-as-a-Service in the building sector can be a game changer in achieving key environmental targets and objectives.
The circular economy can help us address many of the crucial challenges and problems that we and our planet face today, such as wastage in different forms, resource depletion and climate change. Cities have a very important role in the circular transition as cradles or ecosystems and catalysts for circular change.
This guidance document outlines why cities should actively engage in and support others in the circular transition and how they can do that through 15 circular steps. The steps are divided into three phases: prepare and plan, facilitate and act, and invest and implement.
The BIOTRANSFORM project (Circular BIOeconomy TRANSFORMation for regions by enabling resource and governance networks) is hosting its final event. Come and find out about the project’s key achievements, practical outcomes and future potential to support Europe’s transition to a circular bioeconomy!
The circular economy is reshaping how we use natural resources, but how far have we come? Are products in Europe truly lasting longer? Is the European economy becoming more circular?
This European Environment Agency webinar will explore these questions and more, drawing insights from the EEA’s latest briefings.
Poly(L-Lactide) (PLA), a fully biobased aliphatic polyester, constitutes around 30% of global production of biobased and/or biodegradable plastics.
It has attracted significant attention in the last decade due to its exceptional properties, such as high tensile strength, biocompatibility, (bio)degradability in various media, easy recyclability and good melt-state processability by the conventional processes of the plastic/textile industry. PLA has a number of applications, such as packaging and controlled release matrices for fertilisers and pesticides.
This paper looks at how blending PLA with other polymers can improve its shortcomings.
Leire Sanchez-Duenas; Cristina Monteserin; Estibaliz Gómez; Miren Blanco; Mikel Larrañaga; Estibaliz Aranzabe; Miryam Criado-Gonzalez; Rajat Rai; José Luis Vilas-Vilela
The rise in demand for electronics and programmed obsolescence have increased electronic waste. New sustainable and/or recyclable electronic devices need to be developed.
Devices could be made sustainable by using biobased materials and avoiding those which harm the environment. These materials could be used to develop specific devices, such as resistive temperature sensors attached to flexible materials. The variation in the resistance of the sensor depends on the material of which they are made. In this work, resistive temperature sensors are screen printed using four different pastes: a silver-based commercial paste and three carbon-based pastes. The sensors are printed onto glass fibre substrate to ensure flexibility and infused with a resin to produce a composite.
This conference will present papers by young scientists, PhD students, students and scientific groups on new technological and IT solutions and innovative products and materials supporting sustainable (including circular) and competitive development.
Representatives of science, industry and start-ups will also promote implemented projects, innovative product solutions and innovations in the business process.
Are you passionate about sustainability, innovation and tackling the challenges of plastic waste? The Symposium on Innovation in the Circularity of Plastic Materials is your opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of plastic materials.
The Basque Country feels very strongly about the circular economy. One initiative they've adopted to promote it is the Zirkularrak website promoting locally made circular products.
This CEPS In-Depth Analysis examines the role, state of play and future prospects of standardisation of critical raw materials (CRM) from an EU perspective.
It begins with an overview of the key benefits and actors in both the EU and global technical standardisation system.
It then maps key recent developments and initiatives in CRM standardisation, in the EU and globally. Drawing on consultations with experts, it identifies three fundamental risks and challenges: the limited participation of EU stakeholders and experts, specific content gaps in recycling and traceability, and a highly fragmented ESG standardisation landscape.
Lastly, it provides policy recommendations to help address these challenges and enhance the EU’s role in CRM standardisation.
