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It’s Down To Us
Recycling is not the best, but the last solution within the circular economy system. It is a solution following product reuse, repairs, new business models aimed to extend product shelf life. Recycling is a cure, and waste reduction is prevention.…
How to Save on Electricity Bill
The arrival of autumn and colder days gives headaches to many. Apart from hectic preparations for school and searching for the winter clothes in your closets, preparations for the looming heating season are on. One look at the electricity bills during…
Running Like Clockwork
Solar panels on the roofs in Serbia are not a common picture. One, the first step into the world of photovoltaics is not going to cut it. However, this modest share of solar energy in the general energy picture of…
How People Power Helped Saved the Argentine Sea From Oil Companies
Greenpeace Argentina had started the year with bad news: the Argentine State had divided up the Argentine Sea in favour of the interests of the oil industry by approving the project of the Norwegian company Equinor to carry out seismic…
Energy Community Meets 2020 Headline Target for Energy Efficiency, Makes Progress on Renewables
The Energy Community has achieved the 2020 headline target for energy efficiency set by the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive. With respect to renewables, three Contracting Parties – Albania, Moldova and Montenegro – have overachieved their national 2020 targets under the…
What is the Future of Electric Cars?
Contrary to all expectations, the year 2020, gloomy as was to all, caused so much trouble that we were impatiently waiting to “see it vanish”, yet had one bright spot. Once the COVID-19 pandemic peaked, shook the world economy, and…
Circular Business Models and Smarter Design Can Reduce Environment and Climate Impacts From Textiles
The EEA briefing ‘Textiles and the environment: The role of design in Europe’s circular economy’ provides updated estimates of textiles’ life-cycle impacts on the environment and climate. The briefing shows that, compared with other consumption categories, textiles caused in 2020…