Tag: circular economy

On 19 February the EU Recovery Package will enter into force

After the European Parliament, EU Council adopted the Instrument, too. However, the decision authorizing the Commission to borrow on the capital markets to finance this instrument needs to be ratified in all Member States. This financial instrument will make €672.5 billion in grants and loans available for public investment and reforms in the 27 member

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European Parliament votes on the Recovery Fund: what about sovranist parties?

  During the February Plenary Session, the European Parliament will debate five topics regarding COVID-19. One concerns the EU’s mega aid plan for countries in difficulty: the Recovery and Resilience Fund of € 750 billion. What will be the vote of the sovereign parties of the right and the extreme left? The question is legitimate

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Plastic Free Ocean

On 15 January 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement for a new partnership to support clean and sustainable ocean initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region, and ultimately to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Everybody already knows that

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EU reduces your energy bill by €285/year and €150/year from 2030

EU decided a new eco-design measures for products such as refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and televisions. This could reduce your bill energy by €150/year, which will be added to the €285/year reduction already planned starting from 2020. Improving the eco-design of products contributes to implementing the “Energy efficiency first” principle of the EU’s Energy Union priority

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Europe Bans Plastic

The European Revolution on Plastics Never before, the European Union had launched a total war, like the one against plastic. Why? Because every year Europe produces 25 million tons of plastic waste, of which 13 million end up in the oceans, for a cost of at least 8 billion euros a year! How? The EU

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