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21-10-2020 / European Policy, Organic matter

EU Agriculture Ministers call for special emphasis on soil organic matter to achieve a sustainable food system

Press release 21/10/2020 The European Compost Network (ECN) welcomes the Council conclusions on the farm to fork strategy, that EU Agriculture ministers adopted on 19 October 2020. With these
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16-10-2020

Press release: Save Organics in Soil – Biological Cycle and Sustainable Agriculture

Members of the European Parliament exchange information with soil and compost experts, farmers and winegrowers 13 October 2020: Members of the European Parliament heard how bio-waste can be
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17-09-2020

Biodegradable and compostable plastics – challenges and opportunities

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released a briefing on ‘Biodegradable, and compostable plastics’ at the beginning of September. Products like shopping bags, packaging or drinking
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17-09-2020 / Circular Economy

New Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy in Ireland published

The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy fulfils our commitment in the Programme for Government to publish and start implementing a new National Waste Action Plan. This new national waste policy
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17-09-2020

Bio-waste management, its role in Circular Economy and EU strategies for waste

The Portuguese Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (APESB), through Young Professional Group (APESB/ISWA YPG), is promoting a series of Masterclass on relevant topics for the waste
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