by Pollutec | Oct 4, 2019 | Industry, Innovation, Plastic, Pollutec, Sustainable City, Waste - Recycling
Pollutec did not wait for the concept of the circular economy to showcase materials produced from recycling or from renewable sources (i.e. bio-sourced). Recycling and recovery have been at the heart of the show for decades, bringing together the raw materials and...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Sep 26, 2019 | Circular economy
This summer, the French government and its General Secretariat for Investment launched three new calls for innovation projects on ecological transition(1). One of them, (“Economie circulaire – Ecoefficience dans l’industrie, l’agriculture et l’eau – “The...
![[Part 2] Ocean Economy: Maritime transport is changing](https://blog.pollutec.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/09/Transports-maritimes-1024x633.jpg)
by Pollutec | Sep 18, 2019 | Sea & coast
Nowadays, 90% of all goods traded around the world are carried by sea, on an estimated total of 59,000 ships. The 10-billion-ton mark was reached in 2016. In France alone, a merchant vessel will dock in port every six minutes. But like all human activity, sea...
![[Video] Corporate citizenship, by Guido Locatelli](https://blog.pollutec.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/08/Entreprise-contributive-1024x633-2.jpg)
by Pollutec | Sep 12, 2019 | Employment, Pollutec
At the last Pollutec, we were fortunate to meet Guido Locatelli, CEO of ENVIE Rhône-Alpes. He went on camera to talk about the principle of corporate citizenship (l’entreprise contributive in French), while highlighting ENVIE’s specific experience. ...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Sep 9, 2019 | Resources - Climate
While it remains too soon to assess the economic implications, the heatwaves of 2019’s summer have undeniably broken records and people have seen the direct effects at various levels. Now, we look back at the June and July episodes and their main impacts. First, an...
![[Part 1] Ocean Economy: The Various Sectors](https://blog.pollutec.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/06/Eolien-en-mer-1024x633.jpg)
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Sep 6, 2019 | Sea & coast
The OECD defines the ocean economy as ocean-based industries together with the natural assets and ecosystem services this provides(1). As such, the ocean economy encompasses established sectors (fishing, transport, coastal tourism, etc.) and more recent or emerging...
