Stakeholder Webinar: Advances in the Substitution of Hazardous Flame Retardants in Textile
On the 17th of June at 10:00, the LIFE FLAREX project is organising a stakeholder webinar about Advances in the
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LIFE+
Assessing safer flame retardants for the textile industry
LIFE-FLAREX project aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and workers’ safety of current harmful flame retardants
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Presentation of the MIDWOR-LIFE project in the OECD towards a more sustainable textile industry
On October 30th, the European project MIDWOR-LIFE, led by AEI TÈXTILS (the cluster of technical textiles in Catalonia), presented its
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MIDWOR-LIFE Reaches its end but Work Continues Towards a More Sustainable Textile Industry
MIDWOR-LIFE is a project co-funded by LIFE programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and
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Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group
Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group The MIDWOR-LIFE team has recently joined the Global PFC Group from the OECDÂ with
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MIDWOR-LIFE Gathers International Stakeholders for its Final Event to Present Key Results
On June 5th, the final event of MIDWOR-LIFE gathered 36 stakeholders from 10 European countries in the field of substitution
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WDS awarded as Best LIFE-Environment Project 2016-2017
The Wooldryscouring (WDS) Project – Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery – received the award of Best LIFE-Environment
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Alternative Flame Retardants discussed at LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s Workshop
The LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s workshop was held in Brussels on January 16th 2018 and it was co-organized by LIFE-FLAREX partnership, EURATEX-The
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Stakeholder workshop: Advances in the substitution of hazardous flame retardant chemicals in home textilesâ€
The FLAREX Life+ project and EURATEX will organise a workshop in association with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to discuss
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Life-Flarex highlighted by its great impact at the legislative level
EASME, the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises of the European Commission, organized a meeting to initiate all the
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Industrial demonstration of alternative DWOR due to begin in the next months!
MIDWOR-LIFE is already working with the six companies that will participate in the industrial demonstration of the alternative DWOR products
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How to mitigate the environmental impact caused by flame retardants?
On the 1st of July, a new project called LIFE-FLAREX started aiming to carry out an analysis of the environmental
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LIFE-FLAREX
LIFE-FLAREX Mitigation of environmental impact caused by Flame Retardant textile finishing chemicals www.life-flarex.eu ABSTRACT LIFE-FLAREX aims to carry out an
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LEITAT on TV3! Microplastics, from the clothes to the sea
The famous TV show from Catalan TV3 Quèquicom came to LEITAT to learn about the effects of microplastics present in
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MERMAIDS in the news! Challenging the economy to reduce microfiber pollution
Last week, an article about the Mermaids project was published in The Guardian. Mermaids deals with the mitigation of microplastics
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BOATCYCLE selected as a best practice for circular economy in LIFE projects
In a recent publication of the European Commission entitled “LIFE and the Circular Economy”, the BOATCYCLE project has been selected
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New durable water and oil repellent products used in the textile industry
MIDWOR-LIFE is a project cofounded by LIFE+ programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and
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La tecnologÃa debe contribuir a un desarrollo más sostenible
El 31 de diciembre de 2016 el Diari de Terrassa ha publicado un articulo sobre el proyecto REAGRITECH. Pulse aquÃ
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Retrospectiva sobre el taller de MERMAIDS: como reducir la cantidad de microplásticos?
El 1 de diciembre de 2016, el equipo de MERMAIDS de LEITAT ha organizado un taller para promover el proyecto
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Apúntate! Regeneración y reutilización de agua de escorrentía y drenaje en parcelas agrícolas
El dÃa 14 de diciembre 2016, el proyecto REAGRITECH organiza su jornada final para presentar sus resultados como el impacto
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Did you know that every time you put the washing machine you release microplastics to the sea?
The European project MERMAIDS will distribute 100% cotton bags for use in washing machines, to raise awareness about the release
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Online ECOTEXNANO Tool launched! Try it for free!
Are you textfile finisher or do you sell finished fabrics? Would you like to know what environmental impacts have
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Workshop: Textil y detergencia abordan los microplásticos de los tejidos en el mar
Las industrias textiles y de detergentes se unen para abordar la presencia de microplásticos de nuestros tejidos en el mar!
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MIDWOR-LIFE Consortium 1st year meeting
Last Tuesday, 27th of September, the consortium of MIDWOR-LIFE project held the annual meeting at the facilities of IQAC-CSIC, in
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BOHEALTH will help on Improving the Environmental Performance of Healthcare Centres
BOHEALTH PROJECT IS COMING TO AN END BOHEALTH LIFE+ project has started on July 2013 and it is near
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WDS project presents its results at Greenwoolf Workshop in Biella, Italy
On the 16th of June, Sandra Balsells from LEITAT attended the LIFE GREENWOOLF Project Workshop in Biella, Italy, to present
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MIDWOR-LIFE Newsletter: how to mitigate the environmental impact caused by current DWORs
The first newslettwe of MIDWOR-LIFE project is out! Click here to read it! MIDWOR-LIFE studies how to mitigate the
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The Wool Dry Scouring Process simply explained
The merino wool contains around 50% grease and dirt. This is usually discharged as an emulsion in waste water during
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Open Infoday about the environmental improvement of the healthcare centres
The BOHEALTH project comes to the end and the final event “Innovation for environmental improvement in healthcare centre†will be
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How many microplastics are really in the sea?
We will have a preliminary answer on May 15th if the weather is good! On that day, the King Fisher
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Life cycle analyses and Risk Analyses of nanomaterials used in textile finishing
EcoTexNano just published its second newsletter. Click here to download it! In fall 2013 EcoTexNano started its exploration towards
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How to reduce the environmental impact associated to the health sector? A simpple video.
BOHEALTH aims to reduce the environmental impact associated to the health sector (e.g. hospitals) by facilitating the decision making process
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REMEMBRANE Layman report published: How to recover old membranes at low cost
The REMEMBRANE project layman report has been published. The document provides a general explanation for a non-specialised audience in order
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Eco-friendly products for the textile industry should replace toxic ones in the future
MIDWOR-LIFE aims to mitigate the environmental, health and safety impacts of current Durable Water and Oil Repellents (DWOR) and future
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Life cycle analyses and Risk Analyses of nanomaterials used in textile finishing
In fall 2013 EcoTexNano started its exploration towards the safe use of Nanomaterials in textile finishing operations. By now the
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Review of the WDS Final Workshop – Wool Dry Scouring
Now that the Final Workshop of the WDS (Wool Dry Scouring) Project is over, we propose you to access the
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Reagritech project publishes its video! Regeneration and reuse of runoff and drainage water
The project REAGRITECH stands for Regeneration and reuse of runoff and drainage water in agricultural plots by combined naturally water
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Livecast of the WDS Workshop in Barcelona
For the first time, the WDS Project is having a livecast. Wach it here! Click on the first Tweet of
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Meet Professionals from the Wool Sector – WDS Final workshop 04/02/2016 in Barcelona
A short notice about the Final Workshop of the Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery (WDS) project on
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BOHEALTH Online Tool Tutorial Video published!
The BOHEALTH Online Tool Tutorial video has been published! The BOHEALTH web tool is designed for personnel responsible for
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Final Workshop of Dry Wool Scouring Project in Barcelona – 04/02/2016
The WDS project is having its final workshop in Barcelona on the 4th of February 2016. WDS is a
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Recovering Reverse Osmosis membranes costs less than buying new Membranes
Did you know that recovering reverse osmosis membranes costs less than buying new membranes? Well this article might be of
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Mermaids Project Video released! Best practice to reach the right audience
The Mermaids Project Video has been released! Watch it right here! Just by doing the laundry we are all
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Objective for Aqualia: Desalinate with zero costs
How to deslinate with zero costs? Juan Manuel Ortiz, Researcher within the department of Innovation and Technology Aqualia, highlighted in
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Microplastic in the environment: LEITAT attends international conference in Cologne
Microplastic in the environment are a big issue in today’s world and LEITAT is putting resources to develop innovative solutions.
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Review of the final event of REMEMBRANE – Reverse Osmosis Membranes Recovery
The final event of the project REMEMBRANE, the project about Reverse Osmosis Membranes Recovery, took place in Barcelona on the
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Progress meeting in Valencia of EcoTexNano at ITENE
The EcoTexNano consortium met on the 2nd of November in Valencia, Spain, for the 26 month meeting within the ITENE
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Integration of Databases into Risk Assessment Tools: Collaboration Meeting of Nanosafety Cluster Projects
The Integration of Databases into Risk Assessment Tools is becoming a trending topic. Software Tools are under development in several
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Joint Workshop on Risk Assessment & Management Strategies Applied to Nanomaterials
The technological center ITENE is organising a joint workshop on risk assessment and risk management strategies applied to nanomaterials. The
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Dry Wool Scouring project meets in Tavares and visits the wool cleaning facilities
The project entitled Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery (WDS) managed by LEITAT hold its last meeting at
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