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Tag: circular economy

A focused section of the long-running Mark and Focus publication record.

Wastewater Treatment Plants Becoming Prosumers

Around the world, leading wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are becoming prosumers: both a producer and consumer of energy. In regular WWTPs, aeration, pumping, and solids processing account for most of the electricity…

A smart Brussels sprouts up

With the global pace of urbanization unprecedented, cities around the world will need to become smart in how they reduce emissions, use resources efficiently and become resilient to extreme weather events. A…

Stockholm’s world-class waste solutions

In the recently published Urban Water Atlas for Europe, and solid-waste treatment. Stockholm is one of the fastest growing cities in Europe with its population expected to increase by 11% by 2020…

A future-proof wastewater resource plant

Traditionally, wastewater is seen as a burden that needs treating and disposing of. However, as demand for water grows and the quantity of wastewater produced increases, to be exploited. In this new…

Wastewater becomes resourcewater

and instead see it as a resource that provides water, for both humans and nature, as well as energy and fertilizer. with the city’s utility, HAMBURG WASSER, setting the goal of closing…

The circular economy in the water world

With the rise of the circular economy, where products and waste materials are reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled,. One water utility leading the way in implementing the circular economy is Berlin’s Berliner…

The circular economy and the water world

With the rise of the circular economy, where products and waste materials are reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled,. One water utility leading the way in implementing the circular economy is Berlin’s Berliner…

The world’s first carbon neutral city

Between 2007 – the year South Australia established its climate change legislation and released its first climate change strategy – and 2013. At the same time the city’s economy grew by 28%.…