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EcoeFISHent promotes a demonstrable and replicable cluster implementing systemic solutions through multilevel circular value chains for eco-efficient valorization of fishing and fish industries side-streams.
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In 2021, the EU generated 188.7 kg packaging waste per inhabitant, 10.8 kg more per person than in 2020, the biggest increase in 10 years, and almost 32 kg more than in 2011.
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are now presenting a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries.
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The European plastic recycling industry is facing pressing challenges as the demand for recycled polymers dwindles to its lowest point recently.
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MarketPlasticsPoliticsTop News
Low demand, high imports endanger European plastics recycling industry
According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the plastics recycling market in Europe has been heavily destabilised throughout 2023.
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Technology
Aimplas turns poultry feather waste into sustainable foams suitable for hydroponic crop systems
This is just one of the developments made within the European Unlock project to boost the sustainable circular bioeconomy for rural development in Europe by creating new agricultural applications for feather keratin.
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Stadler Selecciona S.L.U., a subsidiary of Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH, has completed the installation of a new sorting plant at the Torija waste treatment centre.
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On October 4th, the Bergen Municipality, BIR and Envac jointly launched a new waste collection station of Bergen’s automated waste collection system.
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The national BEHG-taxation on CO2 emissions brings new costs to the German EfW-industry from early next year.
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The new waste recycling plant will support diversion of significant volumes of waste from landfill.
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This year’s special edition of the European Recycling Conference cast a spotlight on the future of car recycling, considering the European Commission’s recently proposed End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, a game-changer for the automotive industry.
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In 2021, around 131 kilogrammes (kg) of food per inhabitant were wasted in the EU. In total, the EU produced 58.4 million tonnes of food waste, which includes edible and inedible parts.
