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Plastic, glass, metals: the “enemies” that dirty the compost
Circular bioeconomy, NewsThe alarm emerges from a series of video interviews with managers of composting plants carried out by the italian Biorepack consortium. Too high percentages of "foreign fractions" (up to 12%) make it more difficult and expensive to make compost. On the other hand, compostable, flexible and rigid bioplastics were promoted with flying colors: "very useful for increasing quantity and quality of the final product"

See some WEF’s suggestions to protect European soil from drought emergency
Environment, NewsThe combination of long-term drought and subsequent heavy rains is putting a strain on Europe's dry soils. From the World Economic Forum, five strategies to counter land erosion

Europe faces four unexpected effects of drought
Environment, NewsThe Continent is dealing with the worst drought in five centuries. Amid failing crops, struggling transportation and electricity generation shortages, the World Economic Forum photographs some unusual consequences of a phenomenon that threatens the future of soil and the Planet

In Europe extreme weather events resulted in €500 billion losses since 1980
Environment, NewsSince 1980, extreme weather events have caused half a trillion euros losses and 145,000 deaths in Europe, EEA has found. Climate change remains the main threat. Today, the insurance coverage is still too low

European organic farming keeps growing as market sets record high
Agricultural Industry, NewsOrganic land in Europe covers more than 17 million hectares, with a 5.3% increase year on year. But the biggest surge comes from consumers: in the midst of the pandemic, sales mark the highest growth of the decade.

EU regulation on carbon farming and emission trading expected by 2022
Agricultural Industry, NewsBrussels finally acknowledges carbon farming, and opens the way to remuneration systems. The goal? Capturing 42 million tons of CO2 by 2030

Jericho: an Italian team invents a machine to analyze and treat sick soils
Innovation & Technology, NewsThe invention is exhibited in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: the terraforming device, designed by the OFL Architecture studio, detects the amount of CO2 in the soil and then injects the biological fertilizers necessary to re-naturalize the soils lacking their original production capacity

The post-pandemic crisis does not scare the European bioeconomy
Circular bioeconomy, NewsThe 7th report "Bioeconomy in Europe" by Intesa San Paolo: the total turnover in 2020 is worth 320 billion, with 2 million employees.

The bioeconomy can save soil health. But where is Europe at?
Circular bioeconomy, NewsThursday 3 June at 3 pm, web conference for the EU Green Week to highlight the latest advances made by research and European institutions in favor of the bioeconomy, starting from the best practices already developed.