​A big step in the right direction

The timing and accuracy of fertilisation play an important role in the crop and the environment: excessive or inadequate fertilisation can ruin the whole crop. Yara has developed a precise cultivation technology (N-Sensor), which allows nitrogen fertilisation to be targeted according to plants’ needs.

Hyper-solutions to food wastage show the way

Water purification technologies and closing water cycles are an important solution to save costs and decrease environmental impacts in the process industry. The need for pure water is growing, and companies have to pay even more attention to the environmental load of their business by reducing water consumption and environmental contamination. In Finland, industry uses about 8 000 million cubic metres of water annually.

New digital regime tackles the regiment's food-wastage problem!

Cooking up a viable waste-cutting solution

Food packed in ordinary plastic and cling film only remains edible for a few days in storage. The poor shelf-life of packed foods means extra costs, especially for catering kitchens that produce high volumes of food for different customers.

What can a restaurant do when there is food left over from the lunch service? It can use apps such as the ResQ Club service. The service has been specifically developed to promote the use of surplus food from restaurants and to reduce food waste. Customers can browse leftover items through a smartphone app or internet browser. For example, unsold lunches can be purchased at approximately half price after lunch hour, typically 40-60 % cheaper than the original price.

Waste as a resource not a problem

• By giving waste to another company, automotive company saves about € 6 000 annually
• Win-win relationship turns waste from one company into a resource for another

Magna Automotive CZ Ltd. is a Czech subsidiary of Canadian company Magna which manufactures seat covers for the automotive industry.

Waste from the company's cutting facility is a mixture of textiles, paper, and plastic foils. Every year, it produces around 300 tonnes of this waste, which previously ended in landfill.

The average consumption for EU member countries is 128 litres per inhabitant per day and most of it turns into wastewater.