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Agro2Circular: A territorial circular solution for the upcycling of waste generated by the agrifood industry

Environment22nd November 2024

Learn how Agro2Circular upcycles agrifood waste, developing enzymatic recycling technology for complex plastics and organic waste

Pioneering solutions to tackle food loss

Environment22nd November 2024

The FOLOU project faces the challenge of food loss at primary production: understanding, measuring, training and adopting.

Bio-based products certification: EU webinar highlights collaborative path toward sustainability

Environment21st November 2024

Register now for the upcoming "Advancing Bio-Based Products Certification: A Collaborative Path Towards Sustainability," EU webinar.

European Commission launch a €1bn call for green research projects

Environment 24th September 2020

The European Commission has launched a €1bn call for research projects that respond to issues caused by the current climate crisis. The Commission is...

UK Green Gas Levy to reduce CO2 emissions by 21.6 million tonnes

Environment 23rd September 2020

The UK Government have announced the launch of a Green Gas Levy to reduce emissions from the gas grid and prevent 21.6 million tonnes...

Investment in renewables will help cut EU greenhouse gas emissions by 55%

Environment 22nd September 2020

The European Commission aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% over the next decade, with €750bn available through the NextGenerationEU recovery...

Climate change and biodiversity: The state of the world’s forests

Environment 21st September 2020

Will Simonson, Senior Programme Officer for Climate Change and Biodiversity at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), discusses some of the...

COVID-19 waste: plastic pollution worsens in the wake of the pandemic

Environment 18th September 2020

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) the Earth has been hit by a ‘tidal wave of COVID-19 waste’, including...

Leading the way in crop innovation

Environment 16th September 2020

The Chief Executive of the UK’s National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Tina Barsby OBE, spoke to The Innovation Platform about the history of...

The role of citizens in achieving a low-carbon future

Environment 15th September 2020

Cittadinanzattiva’s Mariano Votta and Tiziana Toto discuss the SI(e)NERGIA and NUDGE projects in the context of how the behaviour of citizens can play a...

Livestock health and its relationship with contagious diseases

Environment 11th September 2020

Professor Andy Peters, programme director of the University of Edinburgh’s Supporting Evidence Based Interventions (SEBI) project, discusses livestock health and its relationship with contagious...

Mass of plastics in the Atlantic Ocean weighs around 21 million tonnes

Environment 10th September 2020

The mass of plastics in the Atlantic Ocean is approximately 21 million tonnes, according to research conducted by the National Oceanography Centre. This figure is...

Land-based aquaculture’s relationship with nutrition security

Environment 10th September 2020

As climate change threatens global food supplies, innovators look to land-based aquaculture as a solution to increasing nutrition security. As sea temperatures peak and our...

New process using bacteria and algae to help the UK military reduce waste

Environment 10th September 2020

Biological engineers led by the University of Sheffield’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, are developing a new process to help the UK military...

UK announces new plan to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles

Environment 9th September 2020

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today on World Electric Vehicle Day (9 September 2020) the UK Government’s ambitious plan to accelerate the adoption...

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