Waste is not only an environmental problem, but also an economic loss. On average Europeans produce 481 kilogrammes of municipal waste per year. An increasing share of this is recycled or composted, and less is sent to landfill. How can we change the way we produce and consume so as to produce less and less waste, while using all waste as a resource?
Source: https://www.eea.europa.eu/signals/signals-2014/articles/waste-a-problem-or-a-resource
Field/Sector: Innovation
Year: 2016
Publisher: European Environment Agency
Language: English
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This report comprises a description of the following processes or technologies: Advanced Remanufacturing, Data-Driven Surface Enhancement, Advanced Robotic Applications, Intelligent Production Verification, Additive Manufacturing Industrialization and Smart Manufacturing.
Source: https://www.a-star.edu.sg/artc/Technology-Themes/Overview.aspx
Field/Sector: Innovation / Manufacturing
Year: 2018
Publisher: Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre. Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
Copyright: Yes
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Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) are a group of six technologies that have a wide range of product applications such as developing low carbon energy technologies, improving energy and resource efficiency, and creating new medical products. They have huge potential to fuel economic growth and provide jobs.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/policy/key-enabling-technologies/description_en
Field/Sector: Innovation
Year: 2018
Publisher: EU
Language: english
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Green innovation has been deemed a key corporate capability to deal with environmental issues. The usage of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) provides important resources and knowledge for firms’ green innovation. Drawing on a resources-based approach, this study contributes to the existing literature by examining how the adoption of specific types of AMT (process, design, and planning) influences two dimensions of green innovation (green product innovation and green process innovation). In particular, we explore these relationships through internal environmental collaboration. Based on data collected from 198 Chinese manufacturing firms, we found that process, design, and planning AMT can contribute to both green products and process innovation. Moreover, the findings confirm the significant mediating role of internal environmental collaboration in this relationship. Specifically, internal environmental collaboration mediates the relationship between process AMT and green product innovation as well as the relationship between design AMT and two dimensions of green innovation; it also partially mediates the relationship between process AMT and green process innovation as well as the relationship between planning AMT and two dimensions of green innovation. These findings provide novel insights into how manufacturing firms can use various types of AMT to enhance their green innovation.
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http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/10/1056
Field/Sector:
Manufacturing, Innovation
Year:
2016
Publisher:
MDPI Sustainability
Language:
English
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