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RENEWABLE MATTER
Issue 56 of Renewable Matter is online
Energy transition, circular economy, indigenous knowledge and biodiversity protection, the fight against extractivism, and the management of climate emergencies. In the journey towards a sustainable future, the countries of the Global South, those most affected by the overlapping environmental and economic crises, could forge a third path, between Europe’s capitalist Green Deal and the denialist, destructive approach of the United States.
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Huge potential for a global circular economy going unleveraged

by Matthew Fraser 22 MAY 2025 07:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Beginning to write this year’s Circularity Gap Report, we were driven by a simple question: ...

More Varied and United Supply Chains: A New Era for Cobat Consortiums

by Maria Carla Rota 20 APR 2025 08:00

An efficient waste collection and disposal process necessitates oversight over individual supply chains; however, teamwork between different sectors is equally important, to exploit differences, opt...

Italy Leads the Way in The Sustainable Management of Plastic Packaging Waste

by Maria Carla Rota 07 APR 2025 16:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In 2022, according to Eurostat data, 36.1 kg of plastic packaging waste per capita was generated i...

Roasting chestnuts, recycling walnuts: turning festive treats into sustainable new materials

by Jack McGovan 30 DEC 2024 07:45

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Dr Notburga Gierlinger, an Austrian researcher specialising in the study of the structure and...

Textile waste, the industry on alert: "Without aid, only incineration is left"

by Simone Fant 24 MAY 2024 12:00

Unless adequate incentives and policies are put in place, companies that collect and sort used clothing risk collapse. This is the warning issued by EuRIC, the European association of recyclers...

Tomra separates food-grade plastic from non-food-grade plastic with deep learning

by Emanuele Bompan 26 MAR 2024 16:00

* from Koblenz   An intelligence capable of making decisions within milliseconds, based on information learned gradually over time, improving day by day the ability to distinguish a waste. Th...

Startup: umbrellas and eyeglasses, a second life for cigarette butts

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 29 NOV 2023 14:30

Re-Cig is a company that operates in seventeen of Italy’s twenty regions for the collection and recovery of cigarette stubs. Based in Rovereto (Trento), at the Progetto Manifattura hub, Re-Cig...

Startup, Kubik: plastic recycling for low-cost and low-carbon construction

by Antonella Ilaria Totaro 20 OCT 2023 14:00

Kenyan startup Kubik transforms difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into low-cost and low-carbon-emission construction materials for building long-lasting and less polluting structures. From sch...

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