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First look at Ireland’s plans for a circular economy
The first draft of Ireland’s circular economy strategy includes an innovation grant scheme and a successor to the National Waste Prevention Programme. Climate action is ramping up across Europe. Here in Ireland, recent initiatives include a new €10m fund to help companies compete in a low-carbon future and a five-year training plan to help them prepare for the impacts of the climate crisis. Today marks another step towards a sustainable future as the Government has published the first draft of its national strategy to transition to a circular economy. It has outlined five objectives for 2021 and 2022.
Force majeure at OVL, BPCL’s Mozambique LNG project | Headlines
he USD 20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, where Indian firms hold a 30 per cent stake, has been suspended indefinitely after an escalation of violence in the area, according to a regulatory filing.
French energy giant Total SE, which is the project lead, declared force majeure on its LNG development in Mozambique, mothballing the investment, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said in a stock exchange filing Tuesday.
Recycling wind turbines and getting new uses out of them
Like many good things in life, wind turbines don’t last forever. But disposing of retired turbine blades has become a headache for the renewable energy industry. They’re made of materials that can’t easily be recycled. But from cycle shelters to bridges, life-expired blades are finding innovative new uses around the world. And the first 100% recyclable turbine blades have just been produced in Denmark. Up to 85% of an existing wind turbine, including the steel mast and electrical components made of metals like copper, can be recycled, but not the turbine blades, which already account for 10% of Europe’s fibre-reinforced composite material waste.
Trend: Employee activism on sustainability marches on
With growing distrust of governmental institutions, employees are using their voices to advocate for change and demand that their employers do so, too.
LXP: A Sustaining Or A Disrupting Innovation?
The arrival of new-generation learning tools often sparks controversy. Is the LXP a disruptive innovation or a sustaining one?
trying every sustainable UNDERWEAR brand so you don’t have to
Finding sustainable and ethical underwear is a struggle, to be honest it’s taken me 3 years to finally take the plunge so I figured I’d just test out A BUNCH of brands to not only help myself, but also to help you if you’ve be in the same boat!