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Rinnovabili • Textile waste in Africa driven by EU exports and fast fashion
Waste
Textile waste: EU sends 46% to Africa, much ends up in illegal dumpsites

Every year, millions of used clothes from Europe end up in Africa. Many are unsellable and become pollution. Greenpeace sounds the alarm.

Rinnovabili • Mulching with human hair cuts water use in Chile
Circular Economy
Can mulching with human hair save…

Mulching with human hair, compressed into small mats placed at the base…


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…

Rinnovabili • recovery of critical raw materials
Circular Economy
Lemon improves recovery of critical raw materials from lithium batteries

With organic citric acid and ethylene glycol recovery of critical raw materials from batteries is even…

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Circular Economy
From the upcycling of Wastepaper an anti shock foam better than polystyrene

Economical and environmentally friendly, the product developed by the American Chemical Society enables upcycling of carton…

Rinnovabili • upcycling of lithium batteries
Circular Economy
High-performance cathodes are born from the upcycling of lithium batteries

The University of Birmingham has managed to obtain new cathodes with high energy density from upcycling…

Rinnovabili • recycling critical raw materials
Circular Economy
China 10 years ahead of US and EU in recycling critical raw…

By 2059, Beijing will be the first independent country in battery production thanks to the recycling…

Rinnovabili • Compostable coffee capsules
Circular Economy
Compostable coffee capsules are the only circular solution

An analysis by Wageningen University shows that the environmental impacts of compostable coffee capsules are minimal…

Rinnovabili • plastic credits
Recycling
What are plastic credits and why environmentalists worry

In the negotiations for the Plastic Treaty, the solution sought by the companies is firmly established.…