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Rinnovabili • Electric vehicles: 25% of critical minerals from battery recycling
Circular Economy
Electric vehicles: 25% of critical minerals from battery recycling

A study by Transport & Environment estimates the industrial potential of the European battery recycling chain. However, half of the recycling projects in the EU and the…

Rinnovabili • landfills in Europe
Circular Economy
The scourge of landfills in Europe…

With almost 500,000 open landfills in Europe, there is much to be…

Rinnovabili • Recycling of debris
Constructions
Recycling of debris is not enough…

New strategies are needed to reduce emissions from the construction industry and…


Rinnovabili • Circularity Gap Report 2023
Circular Economy
Circularity Gap Report 2023, we waste more than 90% of resources

The document produced by Circle Economy and Deloitte that takes stock of the state of the…

Rinnovabili • Recovery of critical raw materials
Recycling
Recovery of critical raw materials: mine is TEP time

A process developed by researchers at Ohio State University, called trap-extract-precipitate, manages to recover rare earth…

Rinnovabili • vertical farm
Circular Economy
Vertical farm, unicredit and SACE grow indoor hydroponics

Thanks to the SACE Green Guarantee, the Italian company has obtained a €17.5 million loan from…

Rinnovabili • recycling plastic bottles
Circular Economy
Sound-absorbing panels made by recycling plastic bottles and sneakers

Kirei’s Air Baffle acoustic ceiling deflectors are made from recycled plastic bottles and sneakers. Stein: "is…

Rinnovabili • circular economy car
Mobility & Transportation
Renault breaks into the circular economy of the car industry

The Group launches the first brand dedicated to operating along the entire value chain of the…

Rinnovabili • circular-economy
Circular Economy
Google launches circular economy startup accelerator

An accelerator for startup circular projects: Google wants to help nascent companies with a program that…

Rinnovabili • uefa
Circular Economy
UEFA launches circular economy guidelines

Unveiled in a round table on Wednesday, September 8, the document intervenes to regulate the sector,…

Rinnovabili • Toxins in old toys
Circular Economy
Toxins in old toys, are an obstacle to the circular economy

A study by the University of Gothenburg analysed the presence of high concentrations of toxins in…

Rinnovabili • electronic-waste
Circular Economy
Electronic waste: graphene to recover gold from e-waste

A group of researchers developed a fairly simple method of recovering gold from electronic waste. The…

Rinnovabili • Wind turbine recycling
Circular Economy
Gummy bears from wind turbine recycling, are a sweet prospect

Scientists at Michigan State University have developed a new thermoplastic resin for the manufacture of turbines…

Rinnovabili • Alternatives to plastic
Circular Economy
Alternatives to plastic: silk protein based biomaterial from MIT

Research has shown that a new material, derived from silk protein, can be a valid alternative…

Rinnovabili • biosensors
Circular Economy
Biosensors for the heart: recycling old CDs is good for health and…

A new research from Binghamton University offers a second life to CDs turning them into flexible,…