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Circular Economy

Circular Economy
Rare earth recycling: China leads the way. What about Europe?
A study by Area Science Park and the University of Milano-Bicocca, published in Resources Policy, examines innovation trends in rare earth element recycling.
Editorial Team•12 March 2025

Circular Economy
What to Do When Robots Become…
As robots approach the end of their life cycle, they will inevitably…
Editorial Team•18 January 2025

Circular Economy
Light and functional, the recyclable wind…
Weighing 41% less and representing an excellent mix of materials, the recyclable…
Editorial Team•19 October 2024

Recycling
Wind Turbine Blades made from bio-derived materials for more effective recycling
Researchers at the U.S. NREL have created a new resin for the production of wind turbine…
Editorial Team•28 August 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
In Australia the first tests on cement enriched with coffee grounds
RMIT research has produced the world’s first real-life experiment for cement enriched with coffee grounds
1 June 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
3D printing with recyclable resin soon possible
According to the experiment conducted by the University of Birmingham, 3D printing with recyclable resin is…
20 May 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Building wind turbines with robots, the NREL experience
Researchers at the US lab used robotic assistance to automate the post-stamping operations of the blades.…
9 May 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Precious metals from WEEE: the key to recovery from brewer’s yeast
By changing the pH and by changing the yeast it is possible to selectively recover precious…
15 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Wood-based organic solar cells, the new frontier of photovoltaics
A group of researchers from the University of Linköping and the KTH developed an electron transport…
12 December 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
A catalyst developed in the USA allows the recycling of plastics
Normally ends up in landfills or incinerators, but this invention could make it much easier to…
25 October 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Oxalic acid is perfect for recycling battery metals
The process developed by the Swedish Chalmers University makes it possible to recycle metals from electric…
24 October 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Beer from recycled wastewater that you can only drink for free
Using recycled wastewater from a skyscraper, a recycling company has teamed up with a local brewery.…
14 October 2023

Water
How to recover water from fog using only solar energy
Based on a photocatalytic close-mesh lattice, researchers at ETH Zurich were able to recover water from…
30 August 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
From the Berkeley Lab a recyclable bioplastic to infinity
Scientists at the famous Californian research center have obtained from bacteria a recyclable bioplastic with properties…
31 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Fungi, organic waste and 3D printing create new biomaterials
Growing mushrooms on organic waste compounds moulded from 3D printed moulds allows to obtain biomaterials totally…