Pollutec 2025: Innovation driver for ecological transformation
According to the organizers, Pollutec 2025 has once again confirmed itself as the leading platform for environmental solutions. The international environmental trade fair took place in Lyon from October 7 to 10.
With 51,000 trade visitors and 2,000 exhibitors - including 500 new exhibitors and over 130 start-ups - the environmental trade fair Pollutec 2025 confirmed its role as the leading international forum for environmental, industrial and urban solutions. For four days, from October 7 to 10 in Lyon, everything revolved around innovation and cooperation for a sustainable future.
Focus on science, health and the circular economy
The thematic focus was on science, health, decarbonization and bioeconomy. Exhibition Director Anne-Manuèle Hébert emphasized: "Ecology is a science, not an opinion." Pollutec saw itself as a platform for fact-based solutions in the face of the rising costs of doing nothing, which, according to estimates, could reach up to 15 % of global GDP by 2050.
Industry forums on agriculture, textiles and mobility
A new feature was the Market Forum, which was dedicated to three key sectors. The "Textiles" sector focused on sustainable production and waste reduction. In the agriculture sector, the focus was on adapting to climate change and in the "mobility" sector, strategies for clean air and decarbonization were the main topics.
Innovations honored
Hardly any trade fair today can do without awards, and Pollutec is no exception. Three solutions were honored at the Pollutec Innovation Awards:
- Pulse - Entent: Conversion of industrial waste heat into electricity,
- Vortex 150 - Inddigo/Plastic Vortex: Captures up to 80 % of plastic waste in rivers,
- Tamic - Tallano Technologies: Fine dust extraction during braking.
The public also voted Arkeale's BioCapsule - a local, self-sufficient micromethanization system - as the most popular innovation.
The next event, STEP - The Ecological Transformation Show by Pollutec, will take place in Paris on December 1 and 2, 2026.
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