Good practice
The RepescaPlas closed its third year with the collection of 4.2 tonnes of marine litter and excellent results in terms of recovery of this litter through chemical recycling. The project has now entered its fourth phase, in which it is expected to strengthen the industrial-scale management and treatment of marine litter.
Repair Café Paranduskohvik volunteers give broken household items a new life in Tartu, Estonia.
At times of Covid-19 quarantine, Belgian startup ASmartWorld who reconditions second-hand smartphones, took the initiative to distribute them free of charge in old people's homes to help guests reconnect with their families.
ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, is carrying out research into lithium-sulphur batteries to make them more competitive.
Metals are permanent materials that can be recycled over and over again without loss of their properties.
Funding of over £3m was announced on Wednesday 6 June for four projects comprising a new plastics recycling partnership.
Smart recycling containers that reward people for proper use could help drive up the rate of plastic recycling.
Organix, the digital platform dedicated to organic waste, is extending its offer to the entire French territory
The European Commission proposed new EU-wide rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned fishing gear.
Developing fully-recyclable food packaging with enhanced gas barrier properties and new functionalities using high performance coatings.
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