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To secure raw materials, Europe turns to recycling
Extracting gold, silver and other commodities from discarded goods has industrial, geopolitical and environmental benefits for the EU.
By Tom Cassauwers
Dr John Bediako has criss-crossed...
French tech start-up wins EU’s new Industry of the Future Award with raw-materials prowess
By HORIZON STAFF
For Yohan Parsa, research director at tech start-up ROSI SAS in France, a relatively small Horizon project has made a big difference for...
New ZWE report exposes main barriers to single-use glass circularity ahead of P&PWD revision
A new report by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) identifies the main obstacles to the circularity of single-use glass. Key barriers presented in the “How...
Number of Consumers Adopting Green Habits due to Climate Concern is Falling
As consumers across the world have adapted behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic, they have become less concerned by the environmental impact of their choices...
Commission decides to register ‘ReturnthePlastics’ initiative on plastic bottle recycling
Commission decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative entitled ‘ReturnthePlastics: A Citizen's Initiative to implement an EU-wide deposit-system to recycle plastic bottles'.
The organisers of...
GEN Z Creates Sustainable Fashion with Recycled Materials
“Sustainability is somewhat of a trend among the new generation. We care more about the planet as mass media pushes concerns of global warming,”...
Bringing recycling to Kuwait
Per capita, Kuwait is among the wealthiest countries in the world. But, despite having the means, it has yet to embrace modern waste management...
ADB, Indorama Ventures Sign $100 Million Blue Loan to Boost Recycling
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) signed a $100 million financing package to reduce the environmental impact of...
Mongolia, ADB Sign Grant to Develop Participatory Food Waste Recycling
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have
signed a $3 million grant agreement to improve food waste recycling in local
communities in...
Rummaging through trash to find clean energy
Landfills around the world are filling up. In 2016, humanity generated
over 2 billion tonnes of waste. In the next 30 years, that figure is...