PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ON MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER REUSE
The new rules, proposed by the Commission in May 2018, must establish harmonized minimum water quality requirements for the safe reuse in agricultural irrigation of treated urban wastewater. The text includes aspects such as the levels of microbes in the water or the frequency and characteristics of quality controls [...]
A CHANGE OF COURSE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REVERSE DEGRADATION AND GUARANTEE FUTURE PROSPERITY.
Europe needs "urgent" actions to face the loss of biodiversity, the impacts of climate change and the hyperconsumption of natural resources if it wants to meet the climate goals set for 2030. And, in addition, the current energy system will not allow us to achieve either the climate neutrality set for 2050, points out the environmental report, considered the "most [...]
MEPs PRESS IN FAVOR OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050
According to the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) should commit to carbon neutrality by 2050 and strengthen its ambition for 2030 to reduce emissions. Before the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held in Madrid in December, MEPs [...]
THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY FOR THE TREATMENT OF URBAN WASTEWATER
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report that ensures that more investment is needed so that urban waste water treatment plants are able to face the difficult challenges posed by the impacts of climate change. Much has been done in recent decades to improve the treatment of waste water, according to the latest information [...]
THE EU MUST ACCELERATE AN AMBITIOUS CIRCULAR ECONOMY POLICY
The second day of the informal meeting of EU Environment and Climate Ministers focused on expanding the circular economy to new areas. The ministers discussed the solutions offered by the circular economy to mitigate climate change and stop the loss of biodiversity. The informal meeting of Ministers of the Environment [...]
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES THE NEW CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGY
Announced earlier last week, the "A Circular Google" initiative includes a new goal to "maximize the reuse of finite resources in its operations, products and supply chains and enable others to do the same." Although it lacks tangible and time-based overall objectives, the new strategy has established […]
The first # SinPlástico patrol is organized on Barceloneta beach
The Caixa d'Enginyers Foundation collaborated this weekend with the first # SinPlástico patrol on Barceloneta beach to raise awareness of the pollution generated by marine litter. What does this initiative consist of? The # SinPlástico patrols, which are part of the Ocean Initiatives volunteer program of Surfrider Spain, consist [...]
Advanced materials and the industrial challenges of the future
We are pleased to invite you to the Business Meeting 'Advanced materials and the industrial challenges of the future'. Through projects developed at the UPC, we will present the central role of advanced materials as a facilitating technology to face the new challenges in: Health: Biomaterials, biosensors and drug release. Energy and environment: Hydrogen production, reuse of plastics and valorization [...]
