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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 • recycling of carbon fiber
Circular Economy
Solvolysis optimizes the recycling of carbon fiber composites

A specific pressure and temperature solvent pretreatment makes recycling of carbon fiber composites more advantageous

Rinnovabili • recycling of carbon fiber
Circular Economy
Successful recycling of carbon fiber that does not spoil the material

The difficulty of recycling carbon fiber is that you need to shred it to recover the…

Rinnovabili • Recycling of coffee grounds
Circular Economy
Recycling of coffee grounds: the first beer is born in Singapore

The Department of Food Science and Technology of the Asian University has made an alcoholic beverage…

Rinnovabili • recover hydrogen from plastic waste
Recycling
From Texas the method to recover hydrogen from plastic waste

By applying joule heating to produce graphene it is also possible to recover hydrogen from plastic…

Rinnovabili • solar panels
Recycling
5 ways to reuse solar panels at the end of life

You can reuse waste solar panels to power less energy-consuming objects even if the home plant…

Rinnovabili • electronic waste
Circular Economy
From electronic waste comes Recover-e, the racing car working for Formula E

New life to the old iPhones and not only thanks to the joint project between the…

Rinnovabili • Investing in the circular economy
Finance
Investing in the circular economy ensures competitive advantages

The data of the Observatory cleantech: growing companies that want to invest in the circular economy,…

Rinnovabili • quality standards for recycled plastic
Recycling
Industry must set standards quality for recycled plastic

Recycling does not grow sufficiently in Europe because the quality of recycled plastic is too low…

Rinnovabili • minerals critical for the transition
Scientific Reports
In the EVs hides the key to halve the need for Critical…

A Transport & Environment study calculates that it is possible to reduce the need for critical…

Rinnovabili • Used photovoltaic panels
Energy
Used photovoltaic panels, Coesa launches the first european

The marketplace created by the Turin company will give a second life to the solar panels…

Rinnovabili • circular battery economy
Circular Economy
What’s missing to create a circular battery economy

A new analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute suggests measures to be included in ambitious policies…

Rinnovabili • Rare earth
Recycling
Rare earth: a method for recovery from sea water discovered

Two ingredients, brewer’s yeast and a food additive, are able to recover rare earths from seawater…