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 [...]
SIX EU ISLANDS PUBLISH THEIR AGENDA FOR THE TRANSITION TOWARDS CLEAN ENERGY
Six European islands have this Wednesday published their clean energy transition agendas, taking a firm step towards the decarbonisation of their energy systems with a strong focus on citizen participation. On November 20, the Aran Islands (Ireland), the Cres-Island archipelago (Croatia), Culatra (Portugal), La Palma (Spain), Salina (Italica) and Sifnos (Greece) published [...]
TEXTILES: THE FOURTH CAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE IN THE EU AFTER FOOD, HOUSING AND TRANSPORT
According to a report published this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the consumption of clothing, footwear and home textiles in the European Union (EU) annually amounts to around 1.3 tons of raw materials and more of 100 cubic meters of water per person. A large-scale shift to the economy [...]
TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRALITY
The EU will need to update its long-term climate goal in 2020. The Parliament wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament will vote in the plenary session, from 25 to 28 November, a resolution in which it will urge the EU to set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality [...]
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 [...]
Open 2nd call for the C-VoUCHER project, which gives aid to circular economy projects to companies.
C-VoUCHER, is a project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program and aims to create circular value in traditional industries. Who can apply? Companies willing to embark on the journey of circular transformation and change the way they do business, cooperate with others and create a positive impact on the environment. The [...]
The EU Council will debate the role of agricultural land in capturing CO2
Agriculture ministers will meet next week to discuss the potential to capture atmospheric CO2 through better soil management, as Finland's presidency of the EU Council seeks to advance talks on a long-term climate strategy term of Europe. Finland's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Jari Leppä, has […]
