PIUS®-Check – integrating resource efficiency into SME’s production processes

The challengeSMEs are often unaware of the cost savings resulting from sustainable manufacturing or resource efficiency practices in general. This is particularly the case ...

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) – the Dutch Region of Venlo towards a circular economy

The challengeLinear economic models and the lifestyles that feed on them deplete finite reserves to create products that end up in landfills or incinerators. In contrast to the concept of ...

Large-scale industrial demonstration projects: the Environmental Innovation Programme

The challengeThe UIP was created in 1979 as a response to ongoing air pollution debates. Over the years it has broadened its scope to tackling global challenges such as climate change, energy use and ...

Encouraging the use of recycled content: REMake innovation vouchers for manufacturing SMEs in Wales

The REMake innovation voucher funding scheme was tested by public innovation agencies in France, Germany, Italy, UK (Wales) and Spain. In Wales, the scheme primarily ...

Greening the UK’s clothing sector: the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP)

The challengeClothing has a significant environmental and social footprint across its supply chain and is exacerbated by high consumption levels. In the UK alone about 2 million tonnes (value ...

Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP)

The challenge:Globally, the unsustainable use of resources has triggered critical scarcities and caused climate change and widespread environmental degradation. Driven by these concerns, (coupled with...
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