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A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model
This move will open green and social public projects to wider investments
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
The initiative focuses on building an integration policy from the perspective of small businesses within the community
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
The flying machines will help pinpoint polluted districts much more accurately
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
It will supply electricity to a population twice the city of Porto
Plzeňský Prazdroj’s new brewery warehouse launched an automated rail system capable of storing more beer and loading it onto trucks much more efficiently
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
Local authorities say that this is a good way to preserve the 15th-century market building while providing a public service
A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
The facility will be located in Hasselt and is set to welcome its first visitors this spring
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
It was high time to do something about the new pollution scourge of our era
The Municipal Water and Sanitation Services of Sintra (SMAS Sintra), in Portugal, will lead a pilot project, together with other entities, that will see the transformation of disposable masks into urban furniture. The project is called Recycling and Valorization Project of Masks and Textile, and it aims to demonstrate to the public the need and possibility to rethink the ‘disposability’ side of items, such as masks and clothing.
SMAS Sintra is partnering with the app for the reduction of textile waste ‘To Be Green’ in promoting awareness of circularity. The project also includes a section that will establish a donation store for textiles that are still in good condition and can be reused.
Precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the scourge of disposable masks that end up on the ground or in unsorted waste containers is the new environmental problem that we now have on our hands. A mask takes 300 to 400 years to decompose, and it is for this environmental impact that the Sintra project decided to seek a solution.
The project sees disposable masks as an opportunity thanks to the recycling process in storage centres installed in buildings rehabilitated for this purpose. Crushing and compressing the masks creates a polymer that is a resistant, durable plastic suitable for any type of use.
For example, it can be molded to create street furniture – garden tables and benches, pillars, vases, and signposts. In addition, other materials, such as objects for the dissemination and promotion of Sintra, drawing moulds and plastic symbols can also be made.
The initiative has two aspects: on the one hand, it aims to avoid and reduce the disposal of masks in landfills or the incineration of masks, by promoting both awareness of the correct disposal and repurposing possibilities.
On the other hand, it seeks to promote the conscious consumption of textiles and their respective reuse in a circular logic, also taking a step towards compliance with the selective collection of textiles, which will become mandatory in European countries from 2025 onwards.
Eurostat determined the way inflation has affected this now globally iconic fast food product
EUvsDisinfo, a branch of the European External Action Service, published a report outlining the tactics and origins of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)
The Quartier des Trèfles will be home to hundreds of people as a neighbourhood-sized three-building complex
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
A new facility in the city will produce biochar, trap CO2 and generate sustainable energy
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The only European country left where the anti-pandemic mandate still applies is Austria
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
