The challengeFollowing the waste hierarchy, landfill or disposal of waste is the least preferred step in its management. With the aim to extract the maximum practical benefits from products and to ...

The challengeIncreasing trends of urbanisation and growing number of urban population are expected to continue in the coming decades. This means that the demand for safe water supply will be growing ...

The challengeAn increasing amount of waste is one of the most severe problems is the world. Particularly, construction and demolition waste can be very is difficult to treat and manage properly.The ...

The challengeThe main challenge of the COOL-Coverings project consisted in developing coloured materials (even dark) for construction that stay cool under sun radiation. These two features can be ...

The challengeThe SOMABAT project targeted the following objectives:achieving a lithium battery in which at least 50% (in weight) of the battery would be recyclable,reducing the ...

The challengeThe EC Waste Directive 2008/98 targets a more sustainable construction industry by 2020, recovering a 70% (by weight) of its non-hazardous construction and ...