Over the past fifty years, the global use of plastics has increased twentyfold and is still growing. It is expected to reach up to 1.2 billion tonnes annually by 2050. At the same time, plastic waste is increasingly
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Demand for raw materials is increasing exponentially and there is a risk of resource depletion. In the last 100 years, the world’s population has started using 34 times more materials, 27 times more minerals, 12 times more fossil
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As recognised by the EU Hydrogen Strategy, renewable hydrogen is a key component for success in Europe’s energy transition. Hydrogen has various applications across industries and economic sectors and it can be used as a feedstock, fuel, or
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On 7 July 2020, the European Alliance against Coronavirus organized a webinar dedicated to the Chemical Industrial Modernization S3P partnership to explore solutions and experiences to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 crisis in the chemical sector.
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On May 27 the European Commission presented a revamped EU long-term budget worth €1.3 trillion and a €750 billion EU recovery programme to push the European economy out of the crisis. The total spending would bring the EU
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The 2020 Call for proposals of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking BBI JU is now open until 3 September 2020, 17:00 CET. With a budget of €102 million, the initiative will finance projects working on faster development of new
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The European Committee of the Regions’ ENVE Commission launches a written stakeholders’ consultation aimed at feeding into the preparation of its upcoming opinion on the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) which was published on the 11th of
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A new global study from BloombergNEF (BNEF) finds out that clean hydrogen could cut up to 34% of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry if policies are put in place to help scale up technology, and
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The European Commission has recently unveiled the latest three key elements of the European Green Deal, which are of huge importance to the EU chemical industry: the European Climate Law, the new EU Industrial Policy Strategy and the Circular Economy Action Plan.
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2020 ECRN General Assembly took place on February 21, gathering all ECRN member regions to take strategic decisions on the future of the network. Members appointed Mr. Lieven Top from Flanders region as a new member of the
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