Tag: recycling
What Germany can learn from Switzerland when using recycled concrete
new strong The construction project in Zug is the largest project to date in which CO2-enriched concrete is used. The start-up Neustark helped develop the process. Zurich Concrete is part…
Grover: The billion-dollar circular economy startup
Dusseldorf Germany now has a unicorn of the circular economy – i.e. a start-up with a valuation in the billions. The Berlin start-up Grover has raised 330 million euros in…
Grover: The billion-dollar circular economy startup
Dusseldorf Germany now has a unicorn of the circular economy – i.e. a start-up with a valuation in the billions. The Berlin start-up Grover has raised 330 million euros in…
Germany not only dependent on Russia for gas
Greenpeace protests at Rosneft subsidiary PCK With this action, Greenpeace is protesting against fossil imports from Russia and the associated indirect financing of the war in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Renovation should become more environmentally friendly
thermal insulation The materials for energy-efficient building refurbishment can also be harmful to the environment. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission wants to reduce the environmentally harmful effects of construction.…
Japan is fighting plastic waste with innovations
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo When Japan develops robots to solve a problem, the…
Samsung has taken an important step in recycling!
Today, many institutions, from technology giants to companies producing grocery bags, attach great importance to recycling. Actually, there is a very simple reason for this. If we want to preserve…
“Right to repair”: traffic light plans meet with rejection
In business, however, the project is met with rejection. At EU level, there are already guidelines for the repairability of certain products. The managing director of the German Retail Association…
Mining group starts recycling electric car batteries
Glencore headquarters in Baar The Swiss commodity giant is getting into the recycling of e-car batteries. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich The Glencore mining group is getting into the recycling of old…
Nestlé takes mineral water Vittel from the German market
Dusseldorf Mineral water from Vittel will soon disappear from the market in Germany and Austria. Nestlé will completely stop doing business with the brand in both countries before the summer,…
How record prices for metals threaten to slow down the energy transition
Berlin, Zurich Gas, coal and oil prices have rallied like never before. Due to the efforts for more climate protection, some high energy prices are likely to become permanent. But…
How record prices for metals threaten to slow down the energy transition
Berlin, Zurich Gas, coal and oil prices have rallied like never before. Due to the efforts for more climate protection, some high energy prices are likely to become permanent. But…
Handelsblatt Green: What to do with electronic waste?
San Francisco Year after year, the tech industry presents the latest models of smartphones, tablets and computers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Sustainability is becoming more…
Keurig Canada hat eine Geldstrafe in Millionenhöhe wegen falscher Behauptungen über das Recycling verhängt
Links zum Brotkrumenweg Geldnachrichten Kanada „K-Cup-Pods werden in kommunalen Recyclingprogrammen außerhalb von British Columbia und Quebec nicht häufig recycelt.“ Autor des Artikels: Postmedia-Nachrichten Die Eintassen-Kaffeemaschine von Keurig. Postmedia-Dateien Artikelinhalt Keurig…
How Javier Goyeneche pioneered recycled fashion
Madrid Javier Goyeneche talks about his project with a mixture of humility and enthusiasm. He produces sustainable fashion and for this purpose collects rubbish from the sea. To do this,…
Henkel, Beiersdorf, L’Oréal and Co. have a plastic problem
Packaging from Henkel The Düsseldorf-based consumer goods manufacturer is also looking for ways to avoid and reduce plastic. When it comes to climate issues, we already know: it takes revenge…
“Right to Repair” movement aims to make it easier to repair electrical appliances
Dusseldorf The end is announced weeks in advance. At first the electric toothbrush only lasts a good minute, soon only a few seconds, and at some point nothing moves at…
A lack of plastic will act as a brake on the switch to the circular economy
PET recycling plant in Rostock (Photo: picture alliance / dpa) Dusseldorf The consumer goods companies have set themselves high goals for the new year: They want to drastically increase the…
How investors can get a return on rubbish
Mountains of rubbish Investors can benefit from waste too. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt So far, waste has only been an annoying evil for many. More and more, however, a holistic economic…
Why it is so difficult to get plastic out of packaging
Dusseldorf At first glance, the cardboard displays on which Procter & Gamble will be presenting Gillette razors at Lidl and Kaufland from this week look inconspicuous. But a year of…