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RENEWABLE MATTER
Issue 59 of Renewable Matter is online
Bridges, dams, airports, water networks, power lines, gas pipelines, civil and military construction: how is the way we design, develop and manage infrastructure changing in the 21st century? From the Belt and Road Initiative to the Italian railway network, from NATO bases to reconstruction in Ukraine, RM59 has travelled the world to explore how global infrastructure is addressing the challenges of sustainability.
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Ecomondo: wooden packaging, sustainability is a joint journey

by Giorgia Marino 06 NOV 2025 13:00

Of all the circular economy supply chains, wooden packaging is one of the most naturally suited to sustainability: wood is a biogenic material (i.e. a biomass that fixes carbon), biodegradable,...

Feltrin (FLA): Tariffs and EUDR are a Damocles sword; let's revive the sector with EPR and the circular economy

by Emanuele Bompan 05 NOV 2025 10:30

The wood-furniture supply chain is one of the pillars of the Italian industrial system, with a positive trade surplus of €7.9 billion. The sector employs almost 300,000 people and counts over 6...

Beauty and respect for the environment: the new luxury retail spaces

by Maria Carla Rota 05 NOV 2025 10:30

When the luxury world comes up with ideas, designs spaces and shapes concepts, the aim is often to flaunt, fascinate and impress. The risk, however, is that when evaluating a luxury project, only ec...

Sustainable homes: interior accessories from recycled cork

by Maria Carla Rota 05 NOV 2025 10:30

When we open a bottle of wine, often the cork is abandoned on the table and then ends up directly in the unsorted waste bag. As a result, an average of 800 million corks are thrown away every year i...

EPR furniture system: the Italian supply chain foresees a possible European scheme

by Maria Carla Rota 05 NOV 2025 10:30

Extended producer responsibility (EPR), a cornerstone of the circular economy, places the onus on producers to financially support waste treatment and recovery systems, aimed at promoting product re...

Postpone and improve: the timber supply chain debates the EUDR

by Maria Carla Rota 30 OCT 2025 13:00

Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, better known as EUDR (European Union Deforestation Regulation), is the tool developed by the European Union to counter global forest degradation and, in particular, the so...

FederlegnoArredo at Ecomondo: the wood-furniture supply chain and the sustainability challenges

by Maria Carla Rota 28 OCT 2025 10:30

The Italian wood-furniture supply chain, predominantly consisting of small and medium-sized enterprises with a long tradition, stands out worldwide for its circularity rate . 96% of companies use su...

Giving New Life to Furniture with Extended Producer Responsibility

by Emanuele Bompan 14 MAR 2025 16:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Italian National Furniture System Consortium (Consorzio Nazionale Sistema Arredo), launched in...