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RENEWABLE MATTER
Issue 53 of Renewable Matter is available
From soil regeneration to green infrastructures, from water management through reforestation to sand barriers defending our coastlines: re-establishing a partnership with nature is the path to securing the wellbeing of both people and the planet. RM53 is a journey around the world to explore the concept of Nature-based Solutions and its application across numerous areas of the economy and sustainable development.
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recycling

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...