France leads the way with a “Repair index” for electronic products
In France beginning January 2021, many electronic products must be labeled with information about repairability on a scale ranging from 1 to 10
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[UPDATE] Start-up of the Day: Kipster chickens lay the most sustainable eggs in the world
Many interesting start-ups have been presented here on IO over the past year. This is why we are reviewing a number of successful young businesses […]
Start-up of the Day: Facility management is all about all the materials that enter and exit a building
Yvette Watson (37), the co-founder of PHI Factory, finished second in the Dutch bank ABN AMRO Sustainable Top 50 competition in 2019 and was nominated […]
Start-up of the week: Extra three robotic arms around the operating table saves lives
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]
Start-up of the week: This week’s winner heralds the end of the dreaded pap smear
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]
Start-up of the Day: trash into treasure with Hańderek Technologies
What if we could live in a world where, instead of throwing things away, we would pay more attention to how we could reuse them? […]
Start-up-of-the-day: cycling on a bicycle made of used plastic bottle caps
There wasn’t any particular moment when it became clear to him. It was more of a growth process, that’s how Johannes Alderse Baas explains the […]
Start-up of the week: Discarded solar cells? Let’s call our winner of the week!
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]
Start-up of the day: Field Factors recycles rainwater in a compact modular system
Field Factors enables purification and storage of rainwater with the use of their Bluebloqs circular system. It can be applied in an urban environment like […]
Specialized incinerators for recycling metals: ‘Solution to a rising shortage’
The manufacture of batteries, telephones, laptops and other electronics is continually on the rise. The mountain of electronic waste is also expanding. Thousands of kilos […]
Wastewater treatment plants provide a valuable resource for growing vegetables in greenhouses
Wastewater treatment plants have the job of purifying sewage. But science also sees these as a valuable resource. Wastewater – and what it is made […]
EU research into the use of fields, manure and forests aims to restore the environment
In the next five years, Europe has to invest in developing systems that measure and explain as to why some agricultural crops are growing well […]
Top 10 Emerging Technologies (1): Bioplastics for a Circular Economy
World Economic Forum (WEF) asked a group of international technology experts to identify this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies. After soliciting nominations from additional experts […]
Waste with a passport: the land registry of materials
One might wonder why it doesn’t already exist: a land registry for materials. In 2017 Madaster, Utrecht region based, was founded: a company that creates […]
Elphi Nelissen leads Team Circular Construction Economy
“There is a circular alternative to everything you do.” On January 15, 2018, the Transition Team Circular Construction Economy presents its plans for accelerating the […]
[High Tech Peak Awards] Tonnis Hooghoudt
Recently the e52 High Tech Piek Awards were presented to nine people who made a significant contribution in the high tech arena (or from whom […]
[DDW Special] Hidden Gem 7: Future Footprints
During Dutch Design Week, e52 will be introducing you to the hidden gems of the festival. Together with Dutch Design Daily, we’ve selected nine special […]