mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 6, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The EU Council and Parliament reached agreement Monday to revamp rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging, including a ban on ‘forever chemicals’ in food contact packaging. EU packaging – generating a turnover of EUR 355 billion in 2018 –...
mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 5, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The new measures aim to make packaging used in the EU safer and more sustainable, by requiring all packaging to be recyclable, minimising the presence of harmful substances, reducing unnecessary packaging, boosting the uptake of recycled content and improving...
mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 5, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
McGill researchers find evidence that partially replacing red and processed meat with plant protein foods can increase lifespan and mitigate climate change. The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups,...
mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 4, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma. “Only one out of five people are actually accessing hearing...
mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 4, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The European Commission was instrumental in brokering important outcomes at the 13th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (MC13) that ended Friday in Abu Dhabi. After a week of intense engagement, EU negotiators secured important agreements on...
mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 1, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The EU Commission launched a call for proposals Thursday under the Connecting Europe Facility for Transport Programme, making EUR 1 billion available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply. This is the second phase of the Alternative Fuels...