Biomass

In February 2025, Weltec Biopower has successfully completed the commissioning and handover of a dairy RNG (Renewable Natural Gas / biomethane) plant in Barron County, Wisconsin. After just four months of construction, the dairy farm produces 2.36 million standard cubic meters of RNG/biometha¬ne annually (86,600 MMBTU per year).

RAW Materials is a company focused on addressing one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time: rice paddy stubble burning.

Buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe.

Veolia, working in partnership with Starbucks, has launched a new trial using worms to recycle coffee grounds and turn them into fertiliser, returning valuable resources to the food chain.

During her hearing with Members of the European Parliament, newly appointed EU Commissioner for the Environment Jessica Roswall emphasized her “focus on nature-based solutions” and indicated potential “bio-based content requirements for certain products”.

The new EU funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs.

In 2022, around 132 kilograms (kg) of food per inhabitant were wasted in the EU.

The Council of the EU has favoured the treatment of textile waste in its position on the Waste Framework Directive, while breaking its promise to reduce food waste, the environmental network Zero Waste Europe says.