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Circular Economy

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.
Paolo Travisi•17 July 2025

Recycling
CONOU, the 2024 Sustainability Report confirms…
Quality, equity, control, and trust. These are the four cornerstones of the…
Editorial Team•8 July 2025
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Circular Economy
Can mulching with human hair save…
Mulching with human hair, compressed into small mats placed at the base…
Isabella Ceccarini•4 July 2025

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
31 October 2023

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…
31 October 2023

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…
25 September 2023

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…
18 September 2023

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…
15 August 2023

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…
4 August 2023

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,…
27 July 2023

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…
27 July 2023

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…
20 July 2023

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…
18 July 2023

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…
3 July 2023

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…