Green Solutions for Water and Waste — Science Brought Into Action.

摘要

The sustainable development of society is evolving away from legislation-driven to systemic strategies with balanced environmental, social and economic dimensions. At the same time, clean technologies that address the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development are growing in societal and economic importance. Sustainable water sources and efficient use of materials are prerequisites for tomorrow’s sustainable society By definition1, clean technology (or cleantech) refers to any products, technologies, techniques or services that cause less damage to the environment or consume less natural resources in their production or use than their alternatives. The definition is broad and encompasses renewable energy, air pollution prevention, environmental measurement and monitoring, energy efficiency, material recycling and water technologies. VTT’s spearhead programme GWW – Green Solutions for Water and Waste (2011—2013) focused on two of these segments: water and waste. In addition to being prerequisites for a sustainable society, they both relate directly and indirectly to the challenges of prevention of and adaption to climate change.