Today, the Commission adopted three new initiatives that are necessary for making the European Green Deal a reality. The Commission is proposing new rules to curb EU-driven deforestation, as well as new rules to facilitate intra-EU waste shipments to promote circular economy and tackle the export of illegal waste and waste challenges to third countries. The […]
Is a circular economy possible by 2050?
Find out about the EU’s circular economy action plan and what additional measures MEPs want to reduce waste and make products more sustainable. A circular economy will reduce CO2 emissions, stimulate economic growth and create jobs. If we keep on exploiting resources as we do now, by 2050 we would need the resources of three […]
UAL coordinates a biotechnology project against agricultural plastic waste
RECOVER is an H2020 project – in which 7 countries are participating – in which microorganisms, new enzymes, worms and insects are applied in a combined way, which will collaborate, not only in the elimination of plastics, but also in their transformation into new products for agricultural and food packaging use. With the aim of […]