Battery technology needs more environmentally friendly solutions, as the graphite currently used in batteries burdens nature heavily. One eco-friendlier alternative is to replace graphite with carbon materials produced from carbon dioxide. The industrial doctorate, created in collaboration between chemist Mirjam-Kim Rääbis, TalTech, and UP Catalyst, contributes to the development of such materials.
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The European Union’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has sparked mixed reactions among entrepreneurs – is it a necessary tool promoting transparency and responsible management, or just another bureaucratic burden? Estonian business leaders and experts discussed this topic at the Economic Vision Conference organized by TalTech, focusing on the practical value, challenges, and opportunities of sustainability reporting.
The mountain-like oil shale ash heaps of Ida-Virumaa have long been a part of Estonia’s landscape, symbolizing both industrial heritage and environmental impact. But what if they hold a hidden treasure?
Researchers at TalTech, in collaboration with environmental services company Ragn-Sells, are developing innovative technologies to transform these waste materials into valuable resources, giving them a new purpose and sustainable future.
One ton of mobile phones contains more precious metals than one ton of ore. We need to turn our focus toward the circular economy.
Electric cars have made rapid progress over the past decade, but the European automotive industry is facing serious challenges. It may take a few more years before Europe rolls out its own affordable electric vehicles – but one day, we’ll all be driving electric cars anyway, writes Jüri Rute.
The focus of future innovation policy should not be narrowly economic, but on broader societal benefit.
We can no longer ignore the fact that around 4.2 billion people worldwide lack access to safely managed sanitation services, including clean drinking water. As a result, wastewater reuse is becoming another truly “hot” global topic—one that will also affect Estonia in the future.