The EU-funded Wood2Wood project aims to improve resource efficiency by recovering high value material from polluted wood found in industrial and urban waste streams.

The PROMOFER project aims to produce circular biobased products for use in the agriculture, packaging and textiles sectors from low value, renewable feedstocks (specifically starches, whey permeate, industrial wastewater, rice straw, wheat straw and prune waste). They've just taken stock of progress to date!

The REFRESH project is working on making wind energy more circular by developing more efficient ways to recycle and reuse wind turbine blades, which are made of hard to recycle composites.

See what the project is aiming to achieve and the progress it has made!

The European Commission has unveiled a first set of pilot actions to accelerate Europe's transition to a circular economy, with a particular focus on the plastics sector. See what the package involves!

The new SOLRESS project will be working on developing safer, sustainable and high-performance bio-based solvents for European industries, using organic waste as a feedstock. 

Eurostat has just issued some data on packaging waste. Recycling is increasing, but there is still a long way to go.

EU policies require effective data and analyses, which are provided by Eurostat. This data is extremely useful for seeing how waste and the circular economy in the EU are evolving. Eurostat data on food waste, packaging and municipal waste paint a vivid picture. Part of it is good, other parts definitely less so.

The plastics sector is looking for sustainable solutions - and compostable bioplastics are definitely a good option. AIMPLAS's new methodology subjects materials to simulated industrial composting conditions, so companies can see quickly which of the materials they are working on are feasible.  

The Horizon Europe GRECO project aims to deliver innovative biobased, biodegradable and recyclable food packaging based on novel PLA copolymers, functional coatings, additives and green catalysts. 

It's starting next month - be interesting to see how it develops! 

The COM4PHA research project is working on developing new bioplastics for use in the packaging and agricultural sectors. The new formulations for packaging will be biodegradable and compostable, and the coating formulations will improve product quality and extend shelf life.