Waste

This study presents the main findings of a literature review about municipalities’ separate waste collection (SWC) in EU Countries. Citizens’ behaviour plays a key role in separate collection. Thus, it is important to understand the main behavioural factors of waste sorting and how it can be encouraged. Along with the literature review, various stakeholders participated in a survey to identify the factors influencing SWC. We discuss when people are motivated and able to sort their waste. This allows for a much more detailed understanding of consumer waste sorting than simply socio-demographic characteristics. We also discuss how the factors affecting SWC vary from country to country.

The EU-supported BARBARA Project(Biopolymers with Advanced functionalities foR Building and Automotive paRts processed through Additive manufacturing) aims to develop new bio-based materials with innovative functionalities through fused filament fabrication (3D-printing).

On 16 and 17 September 2020, project partners met online to kick off their new project Allthings.bioPRO – Game changer in the bio-based economy.

The report includes country-specific factsheets that provide calculations for the EU-27, the United Kingdom and Norway, and other specific information that is relevant to bio-waste management strategies and perspectives in a specific country.

Researchers have developed a new process that could make it much cheaper to produce biofuels such as ethanol from plant waste and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

An ERDF-funded project is distributing containers for the collection of waste cooking oil to schoolchildren and teaching them how to recycle this waste.

Compostable plastics can deliver the optimal contribution to a circular economy in Europe, they are not a general solution but a specific technology for selected products

None of the EU countries are currently using their full potential in terms of renewable energy production.

Award-winning material looks and feels like plastic but is stronger and can be disposed of as food waste

Carlo Ratti Associati, in partnership with Eni, has developed an experimental Circular Juice Bar that uses oranges to make bioplastic, turns it into filament, and 3D prints disposable cups to drink the freshly-squeezed juice. Called 'Feel the Peel,' the prototype is starting a tour of public places around Italy in the next few months as it strives to demonstrate a new approach to environmental circularity in daily life.

A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world’s oceans.