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Textile waste in Europe: a test case for the transition to Circular Economy?
According to the European Environmental Agency (link), textiles have on average the fourth highest negative life cycle impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility, The yearly quantity of textile wastes generated in the EU amounts to approximately 7 million tons. The graph below (source EEA) present the estimated annual consumption…
Blockchain: a tool to support circular economy processes ?
The digital transformation of society and economy is seen by a large majority of waste stakeholders as a pivotal mean to “spur innovation and productivity growth, to transform waste services, and to improve the amenity of cities as information, knowledge and data become more widely available”(see the EEA 2020 report on Digital Waste Management). Despite…
Rethinking infrastructure for the future
The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were both adopted in 2015. As illustrated by the Connect4Climate infographic, the implementation timing of the instruments is closely related and there are a lot of synergies between nationally determined contributions to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 under the Paris Agreement and 17 UN Sustainable…
Sustainable Synergies 