By providing a circular, bio-based plastic industry with emissions-free electricity, and by avoiding waste incineration, the sector may even grow to become a form of carbon sink. That is the conclusion of an article...
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Municipal solid waste management systems vary greatly across Europe. However, due to the Waste Framework Directive and the Circular Economy Action Plan, they share...
The Big Compost Experiment: Using citizen science to assess the impact and effectiveness of biodegradable and compostable plastics in UK home composting
Compostable and biodegradable plastics are growing in popularity but their environmental credentials need to be more fully assessed to determine how they can be a part...
Handbook on the impacts of bio-based and biodegradable plastics on existing waste management frameworks
The project BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE published the first public deliverable, a handbook on how bio-based and biodegradable plastic waste impacts existing waste management systems. It was...
The Commission launched a public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including setting of EU food waste reduction targets.
Around 88 million tonnes of food waste is generated in the EU each year. How can we prevent such a waste of resources, and ensure food security...
The New Circular Economy Action Plan (Commission, 2020) mandates increasing recycling rates for several waste streams, e.g., plastic waste or municipal biowaste. There...
Data on consumption, production, transformation and supply of energy from municipal waste. Data expressed in terajoules (TJ). Consumption data are broken down by sector (e.g. agriculture...
Data on consumption, production, transformation and supply of animal waste for energy purposes. Data expressed in Terajoules (TJ). Consumption data are broken down by sector (e.g...
Data on collected municipal waste by country expressed in thousand of tons. Municipal waste, collected by or on behalf of municipalities, by public or private enterprises, includes waste originating from...