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Startup: ATRenew: Giving Consumer Electronics a Second Life
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (187+ words) by Antonella Ilaria Totaro RENEWABLE MATTER#62 - 2026 China "Consumers with a limited budget do not see buying second-hand items as shameful." This is the mantra of Rex Chen, President and CFO of ATRenew, a Chinese company whose mission is to extend…...
Bidirectional charging: E. ON launches BDL Next
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (360+ words) At the end of the pilot, we want to have solid, real-world evidence of how bidirectional charging can be integrated into home energy systems and into the wider electricity market," E. ON Italy tells Renewable Matter. The point is to understand,…...
Europe's waste could supply more than half of its CRMs by 2050
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (729+ words) Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter Europe's waste could supply more than half of its CRMs by 2050 The Futu Ra M project maps the potential of urban mining and assesses the availability of recovered critical raw materials Building an onshore wind farm…...
Walter Stahel: "The owner has become the manufacturer's slave
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (252+ words) We spoke from Geneva, where he was confined at home by the G7 security perimeter surrounding the city " and, characteristically, used the occasion to reflect on the difference between being trapped by geopolitics and being trapped by a software update. You…...
Serena Giacomin: "It's not a strange summer: it's climate change
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1339+ words) Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter Serena Giacomin: "It's not a strange summer: it's climate change" Interview with the physicist, meteorologist and climatologist, TV and radio presenter, and scientific director of the Italian Climate Network What can we expect in the coming…...
L'Or'al Italia and sustainable beauty: "Large corporations must set the course
2+ week, 45+ min ago (270+ words) by Maria Carla Rota L'Or'al for the Future'is the programme for a sustainable and inclusive future launched in 2020 by L'Or'al, a world leader in the cosmetics industry,'operating'in 150 countries, with 40 international brands and a turnover of over 44 billion euros. In…...
Le Terre d'Acqua: a convention on water planning, technology and governance at the Marazzato Foundation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (596+ words) Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter Le Terre d'Acqua: a convention on water planning, technology and governance at the Marazzato Foundation A round-table discussion between institutions, industry and the research sector on water resource management and climate crisis On 11 June, in Stroppiana…...
Euro-Mediterranean Water Forum: Italy's challenge to blue diplomacy Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter
2+ week, 2+ day ago (123+ words) What is Italy's current standing as an international geopolitical and economic player in the field of water? In the diplomatic process leading up to UN Water in Abu Dhabi and COP31, what is the Forum's position, and what tangible outcomes are…...
Twenty Years of EUSEW: the new foundations for Europe's energy future
2+ week, 3+ day ago (228+ words) That stocktake was complemented by the session A Letta Report for Energy: Rethinking EU Energy Governance in the Next Decade, which examined whether the current governance framework is fit for the next phase of European energy market integration. The Policy…...
Italy-China Circular Economy Forum: addressing the challenges of the transition
2+ week, 6+ day ago (630+ words) Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter Italy-China Circular Economy Forum: addressing the challenges of the transition From low-carbon steelmaking to textile recycling, from water treatment to hydrogen: the conference held by Ecomondo and ICE in Shanghai encouraged brought together Italian and Chinese…...