How can the EU meet its growing demand for critical raw materials (CRMs) through domestic recycling?

This hybrid event on 8 November 2023 (10.30–12.00 CET) at Press Club Brussels (Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels) explores the gaps between EU ambition to ramp up CRMs recycling and the current state of play.

On 26 October, Environment Park in Turin (Italy) will host the event Hydrogen as Sustainable Driver for Innovation - From the production to the final uses of hydrogen devices for a sustainable and circular supply chain.

Taking an overall lifecycle perspective to production, design, manufacturing and the final use of hydrogen devices, this event will explore the sustainability dimension of some of the main steps in the hydrogen value chain.

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe is announcing a one-day event focusing on Circular Healthcare. Their training session to be held in Brussels on 28 November 2023 is aimed at transforming how to approach healthcare practices and implementing principles from the waste hierarchy in the sector.

Its objectives:

• Learn how to reduce plastic and its impacts on health and the environment
• Discover how to prevent waste and introduce reusable alternatives in healthcare settings
• Explore how to eliminate harmful chemicals from healthcare products and processes
• Engage in discussions on sustainable procurement and circular business models for healthcare
• Network with fellow Circular Healthcare practitioners and innovators from across Europe.

The 4th International Conference on Strategies toward Green Deal Implementation – Water, Raw Materials & Energy (ICGreenDeal2023) will take place on 14-15 December. It will tackle climate change and ways to prevent it, including innovative solutions (technological, environmental, economic and social) that can be implemented under the Green Deal Strategies.

Pathways2Resilience is a flagship project under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, working to empower 150 regions in developing transformative adaptation plans.

Join the Pathways2Resilience launch conference on 23 November and help shape a common vision for regional climate adaptation.

CEN and CENELEC, together with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), are carrying out an annual ‘foresight on standardisation’ initiative named  Putting Science into Standards (PSIS).

The 2023 PSIS workshop on 12-13 December will focus on Circular technologies for construction. This workshop will bring stakeholders from the research, scientific and standardisation communities together with policy makers to debate standardisation needs for implementing circular technologies in the construction sector.