Growth by integrating bioeconomy and low-carbon economy
In this report, the primary focus is to analyse how to achieve full bioeconomy potential and bridge the on-going research to industrial implementation. In the analysis, we have mainly focused…
The Basque Country, the first European Region that has calculated its own circular economy indicators, following the European Union methodology
The implementation of the circular economy in the companies of the Basque industrial sector would reduce the consumption of raw materials by 6% and would imply an economic saving of…
Portuguese KATCH_e partners promote Workshop on Product Design in Circular Economy at the University of Aveiro
On May 2, 2018, a new multidisciplinary curricular unit of the University of Aveiro (UA) will be presented to the students, in a event that includes a workshop with Portuguese…
Starting of 19 circular economy projects subsidized by the Basque Government
Ihobe, agency of environment, belonging to the Department of Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government has selected 19 projects to develop circular economy remanufacturing, recovering and recycling…
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NATIONAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES
HOW TO PROMOTE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY? INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NATIONAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGIES Madrid, March 21, 2018 In 2015, the European Commission designed its Action Plan for the Circular Economy…
Films and presentations from the Ecodesign Conference 24–25 January now online
What is the role of the Ecodesign Directive in reaching climate and resource efficiency objectives in Europe? Evaluations show that the Ecodesign Directive is one of the best performing European…
The Concept of the Individual Building Renovation Roadmap – Report
One of the main barriers to renovation is the lack of knowledge about what measures to implement and in which order. Building renovation is often considered a burden that many…
Circular synergies – Challenges for Portugal
Resource productivity and waste recovery indicators show that Portugal is below the European average. Despite the targets and actions plans set by most of national waste management plans, there has…
The sustainable urban ceramic drainage system begins to be installed within the framework of the LIFE CERSUDS project
The work on the Sustainable Urban Drainage System, which uses ceramics of low commercial value within the European LIFE CERSUDS project, which is being coordinated by the Instituto de Tecnología…