ECOtwins Second Annual Meeting
26/07/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in the second annual meeting of the ECOtwins project, held at the University of Copenhagen on July 18th and 19th.
FuturENVIRO has published a technical article by Alba Bala, leader of the Waste Management Research Line at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, and Blanca Díaz. In the article published in the Magazine special thematic issue on Waste Management, the researcher gives information about the establishment of a mandatory Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for certain types of single-use containers in a number of EU Member States. “The DRS is a waste management alternative in which those responsible for placing the packaged products on the market charge a deposit on each container to successive customers (through to the end user). This deposit is refunded in full to the consumer if the empty used container is returned in perfect condition for identification,” explains Bala.
“The implementation and evolution of DRS have been subject to different interests and motivations in each country. Although common patterns can be found between systems, the key factors differ to a greater or lesser extent in each country. All of this, added to the scarcity of public figures on performance and results, makes it very difficult to compare and evaluate the potential transferability of DRS to other states and regions,” says Bala.
“The response to the question ‘are DRS results in Europe transferable to Spain?’ must, therefore, be a resounding no. Prior to evaluating the implementation of a DRS, it must be carefully defined and applied to the particular context, taking account of sustainability criteria with the necessary scientific and technical guarantees,” adds the researcher.
26/07/2024
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF participated in the second annual meeting of the ECOtwins project, held at the University of Copenhagen on July 18th and 19th.
22/07/2024
Cristina Campos, investigadora de la Cátedra UNESCO de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático de ESCI-UPF, ha participado en los cursos de verano de la Universidad de Cantabria (UC) en una ponencia en la que abordó el turismo rural desde una perspectiva ambiental y presentó el proyecto GREENTOUR.
13/06/2024
Our researchers, Pere Fullana-i-Palmer and Ilija Sazdovski, collaborated with Harrison Tetteh, Rita Puig, and Mercè Balcells from the University of Lleida, and María Margallo and Ruben Aldaco from the University of Cantabria published a scientific research paper emphasizing the importance of extension of the shelf-life of products in Life Cycle Assessment.
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