Michael Brunn
Chefredakteur
European Commission welcomes Mannheim Message
The Mannheim Message, a call to involve local governments as real dialogue partners for policy development, has been formally presented to the European Commission during the second day of the 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns - Mannheim2020.
Major Cities sign European Circular Cities Declaration
Major cities including Budapest, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Oslo, Prague and Tirana have signed the European Circular Cities Declaration, recognising the need of accelerating the transition from a linear to a circular economy in Europe.
First standard to measure biodegradability of polyolefins
BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, publishes the first standard for measuring the biodegradability of polyolefins.
New study shows life cycle of stainless steels
Team Stainless has published 'The Global Life Cycle of Stainless Steels', a summary of the results of a study which quantifies the stocks and flows cycle of stainless steels.
First high power autonomous street sweeper
Finnish street maintenance technology developer Trombia Technologies has launched the world's first full-power autonomous street sweeper.
A green compliant ship recycling facility in South Africa
Growing environmental and labour concerns in the global ship breaking industry present a desperate need for green compliant ship recycling facilities.
Investing in aluminium packaging sorting and recycling pays off
Several speakers stressed the need to invest now into the Circular Economy, during the European Aluminium web workshop on investing in better collection and sorting of used aluminium packaging for recycling.
Un-bin-lievable: Brits still don't know how to recycle
More and more the media is providing us with feel good stories related to recycling.
Sustainability data rises to the top of the waste hauling strategy heap
Property management companies paying attention to budget-friendly, conscientious junk removal to meet diversion mandates.
EuRIC Statement in support of the State of the Union 2020
Today, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered a landmark speech on the State of the Union 2020.