Maiaspace scientists face technological challenges stemming in part from Europe’s delay in fully embracing reusable technology.
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Tycoons have gotten in trouble for running their own foreign policy before. History has not been kind.
The giant Starship rocket is designed to fulfill Elon Musk’s ambition to send people to the moon and, eventually, to Mars.
Sahra Wagenknechtโs brand of โleft conservatismโ is upending German politics ahead of critical elections in the east.
Using 3D printing, researchers developed lattices which removed up to 75 per cent of PFOA, one of the most common forever chemicals.
Push comes ahead of the imminent 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
One successful test launch doesn’t mean that Europe’s struggles in the space race are over.
After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse โ and start tackling Europeโs waste problemRenรฉ Heiden pulls two glass yoghurt jars off the shop shelf, and lists the nearby supermarkets in which they can be …
Launching a weather satellite with SpaceX and not Ariane 6 is a “surprising” decision, said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency.
Two European companies were selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Wednesday (22 May) to develop a re-entry cargo spaceship and alleviate Europe’s struggle to access space independently.
Dr Nikhil Gokani,
Lecturer in Consumer Protection and Public
Health Law at the University of Essex, Chair of the Alcohol Labelling and Health Warning
International Expert Group at the European Alcohol Policy Alliance,
Vice President of the La…
The European Parliament approved on Tuesday (23 April) new rules to make products sold in the EU more reusable, repairable, upgradeable, and recyclable.
As the world prepares for the fourth round of negotiations to create the first treaty to end plastic pollution, a dedicated global business coalition shares its insights with negotiators.
Brussels is going after excessive packaging in a bid to slash waste.
Pharmacies in the Spanish region are giving out one menstrual cup, one pair of underwear for periods, and two packages of cloth pads free of charge.
Move by Spanish regional government to tackle period poverty will benefit about 2.5m peopleThe Catalonia region of Spain has begun providing free reusable menstrual cups, period underwear and cloth pads at pharmacies, in one of the first initiatives of…
Business groups could face penalties for overzealous lobbying on the EUโs new rules to ditch throwaway packaging for reusable options.
Annette Young meets Ruby Raut, the Nepalese teenager who grew up to become the founder of WUKA; the first British company to manufacture reusable period pants. Also a French female MP receives a standing ovation at the nation’s parliament as she retur…
On 22 November, the European Parliament sent strong positive signals to EU citizens and businesses when it voted on its amendments to the proposal for an EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Encouragingly, Members of the European Parliam…
France has already banned it โย now industry is lobbying hard to ensure the EU doesn’t do the same.
Crucial EU vote on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could result in a rule intended to prevent waste including a loophole that causes a mountain of it.
Next weekโs vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is a risky moment for Europeโs green future and circular economy.
MEPs should recognize reuse and recycling as complementary solutions in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched a call this week for European companies to develop a re-entry cargo spaceship at a time Europe is unable to send satellites into orbit due to delays with European launchers. The ESA’s Director-General Jose…
The signature contoured bottle from Coca-Cola, alongside other designer bottles for whiskey or perfume, could end up being pushed out of the European market under draft EU rules to promote reusable packaging, a move that is causing jitters in the drink…
The unprecedented level of lobbying seen in Brussels these days around revamped packaging waste rules is making some politicians strangely hesitant, and the EU risks staying attached to single-use packaging and a throw-away economy, Aline Maigret writes.
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Europe needs to shift towards reusable packaging to help bring it back within planetary boundaries. This requires structural change, underpinned by an ambitious packaging waste law, and lawmakers in the European Parliament need to back this, writes Ali…
Without a packaging legislation that is supportive of reuse, refill and recycling as complementary solutions, industry faces major difficulties in meeting its circularity obligations, and the future of currently-effective recycling systems could be seriously compromised.
Food giant: Blanket approach to Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation reform is at odds with EUโs green ambition for carbon emissions reduction, consumer safety and food waste goals, and innovation.
The environmental crisis has reached a critical level. We are faced with three different yet intertwined challenges: accelerated resources depletion, an alarming level of pollution, with a high concern on plastic but not limited to, and ultimately, cli…
A blanket โbring or buyโ reusable scheme has been introduced in the town, which was getting through 23,000 cups a weekKillarney used to accept it as a price of being a tourist town: ubiquitous disposable coffee cups spilling from bins, littering roads …
We fully agree that packagings are widespread, that it would be appropriate to minimise their usage where not necessary and their dispersion into the environment should be avoided.
The urgency of the environmental challenges confronting us has reached an unprecedented level, shining a glaring spotlight on the unsustainable nature of our current single-use packaging practices. Accepting the status quo is no longer an option and pr…
Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is โjust the beginningโ amid European drive to send satellites into orbitSpanish company PLD Space launched its reusable Miura-1 rocket early on Saturday from a site in south-west Spain, carrying out Europeโs fi…
The ongoing revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has drawn a spotlight that casts shadows far and wide. From the halls of the European Parliament to the stock rooms of cafes and restaurants throughout the European Union,…
