ESRs’ Blog
INTA Seconded at UPN
During my visit at the University of Parthenope (Naples), I was involved in a project related to Argentina’s trade and how the natural resources involved can be...
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USFD@INTA – An international journey
Javier Gutierrez, who is completing a three-month secondment in Argentina, hosted by Dr Gloria Rotolo at INTA, writes about his experience: “I am grateful for...
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USFD in secondment to Agritalia
Last November, Karla Ileana Tun Gongora, PhD student at Sheffield University Management School completed one-month secondment to Agrit in the city of Naples, Italy...
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Let’s ReThink our attitude!
Text by Felipe Alexandre de Lima & Jayani Ishara Sudusinghe Aquarelle by Felipe Alexandre de Lima It’s worldwide recognized that the current “take-make-dispose”...
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Organic waste: Biobased circularity
Municipal solid waste and in particular organic waste are globally generated in large quantities from various sectors including different stages of the food supply...
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Why can’t we live circular?
For billions of years we have had life on our planet, but no species had such a catastrophic effect on life on the planet as humans now have. And that is for one...
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EU announces new investment in CE
European Union’s (EU) priority is to achieve a greener and smarter Europe. The circular economy (CE) has been regarded as a powerful tool to reduce environmental...
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The CE vs Growth dilemma
The current linear economy has been strongly challenged in recent years regarding its merely focus on economic growth in spite of the resulting environmental...
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Circular Economy and the 6 REs
The idea behind the Circular Economy is that we stop discarding what we consider waste until we reach a society that doesn’t heap up waste at all. But what...
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It’s time to change!
We love consuming goods Buying things changes our mood, but are we aware of the environmental issues we have caused? There are tons of plastics in the ocean The...
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