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Making a circular, bio-based economy possible

The importance of setting real big steps towards a circular economy is increasing every day. That we need to leave the devastating linear economy behind...
2018 Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference

2018 Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference opens in Brussels

The 2018 Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference has opened in Brussels, Belgium, with European Commissioners Frans Timmermans and Elżbieta Bieńkowska highlighting the EU’s plastics strategy. Commissioner...
Aurelius Environmental: Ethical Lead-acid Battery Recycling

Aurelius Environmental revolutionises lead-acid battery recycling

Waste management and recycling team Aurelius Environmental is piloting a green, low-cost and highly efficient process for recycling of lead-acid batteries Founded in 2014, Aurelius...
Naturally occurring noble gases could act as chemical tracers for carbon dioxide

Naturally occurring noble gases could track stored carbon dioxide

New research from the University of Edinburgh shows that the movement of carbon dioxide underground can be tracked using naturally occurring noble gases. Carbon capture,...
Fig. 1 The Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) in Norway, one of the world’s largest sites developing CO2 capture processes

A collaborative approach to CCUS technology development

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing us collectively. It will require new approaches, such as CO2 capture, new policies and practical...
Commissioner Karmenu Vella welcomed the LIFE funding instrument announcement © Aron Urb (EU2017EE)

LIFE funding instrument to invest €98.2m in circular economy

The European Commission has approved a €98.2 million investment from the LIFE funding instrument to support the transition to a circular economy. The investment will...
Norways plastic bottles recycling scheme could help the UK © an.difal

Could this Norwegian scheme solve the UK’s plastic bottle problem?

Advisors to the UK government have recommended Norway’s deposit system as a way to improve recycling of plastic bottles. The scheme involves specialised machines which...
Commissioner Jyrki Katainen © European People's Party

EU proposes regulations to improve drinking water

The European Commission has proposed new revisions to legislation on the quality for drinking water, to improve access for all citizens. The proposal aims to...
© Ian Dick

CCC urges action on UK Clean Growth Strategy

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged the UK government to urgently expand its Clean Growth Strategy, announced in October. In a new, independent...
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans © Dutch Government/Martijn Beekman

EU adopts new plastics strategy

The European Commission has adopted a new EU-wide strategy on plastics, in pursuit of a more circular economy. The strategy aims to address the escalating...

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