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Rinnovabili • landfills in Europe
Circular Economy
The scourge of landfills in Europe is not yet resolved

With almost 500,000 open landfills in Europe, there is much to be done to improve waste management. But we are making progress.

Rinnovabili • Recycling of debris
Constructions
Recycling of debris is not enough…

New strategies are needed to reduce emissions from the construction industry and…

Rinnovabili • Fast fashion
Fashion
Fast fashion and circular economy are…

The equation “more clothes, more recycling” is not realistic, because fast fashion…


Rinnovabili • biological thermosetting polymers
Circular Economy
The first biological thermosetting polymers from US government laboratories

Oak Ridge National Laboratory tested fully recyclable and circular biological thermosetting polymers

Rinnovabili • Abandoning plastic
Circular Economy
Abandoning plastic avoids $100 billion financial risk

New report says abandoning plastics is the wisest choice companies can make before it becomes a…

Rinnovabili • Transparent bamboo
Circular Economy
Transparent bamboo for the glass of the future (and solar cells)

Made from bamboo a transparent material with a fire barrier and can limit the emission of…

Rinnovabili • recycle gold
Circular Economy
Sweden found a way to recycle gold with ecological biodiesel

Diesel oil and aggressive chemicals are typically used to recycle gold. But Swedish innovation opens up…

Rinnovabili • circular plastic
Circular Economy
Only 13.5% of new products come from circular plastic

Increasing levels of incineration reduce waste that is useful for circular plastic production. Which risks failing…

Rinnovabili • biodegradable plastic
Circular Economy
In Japan produced biodegradable plastic from renewable and biomass

Artificial photosynthesis process developed by Osaka researchers accelerates the sustainable production of biodegradable plastic

Rinnovabili • aluminum recycling
Recycling
US government launches new aluminum recycling technology

With a public-private partnership, shape technology for the recycling of aluminum relaunches the ambitions of low-emission…

Rinnovabili • Graphene concrete
Constructions
With the Graphene concrete, the sand doesn’t serve more

Replacing sand is possible by creating a graphene concrete derived from metallurgical coke. But the obstacle…

Rinnovabili • right to repair
Circular Economy
The right to repair is now ready to be implemented in the…

The political agreement has arrived between the EU Parliament and the Council that has sanctioned the…

Rinnovabili • Plastic credits
Recycling
Plastic credits: true or false solution to pollution?

According to promoters, plastic credits are more traceable than carbon credits. On the contrary, it is…

Rinnovabili • upcycling of HDPE
Circular Economy
With pineapple leaves you get an impressive upcycling of HDPE

Combining waste vegetable fibers with recycled polyethylene allows an upcycling of HDPE that makes it suitable…

Rinnovabili • steel from aluminium waste
Recycling
From Germany a technique to produce steel from aluminium waste

The treatment of red mud makes it possible to obtain steel from aluminum waste and avoid…