Europe News EU Commission headquarters aims for carbon neutrality by 2030 The EU's Berlaymont building at the heart of Brussels' European district has set the objective of becoming carbon neutral by the end of the decade. And one small Belgian company is helping it to do so, recycling the huge campaign banners that hang from its walls. 08/10/2020
Smart Regions Central European countries tackle plastic packaging dilemma BioComPack-CE, a European Union-supported recycling project, has created prototypes of combined paper and plastic packaging that are biodegradable and compostable. The combinations is usually problematic for recycling. 31/08/2020
world news Where does your rubbish go? The EU exported more than 41 million tonnes of waste outside its borders last year — where did most of it go? 12/03/2019
Smart Regions EU Cohesion Policy boosts Sweden's forestry sector - sustainably Looking to extract the most from forests for Europe's bioeconomy of the future, the EU is investing & innovating. 01/11/2018
Smart Regions How the most modern waste treatment centre changed Slovenia The RCERO the waste treatment centre in the Slovenian capital is the most modern and one of the largest in Europe. It handles the waste of 58 municipalities. 20/06/2018
My Europe Series What can I do as a consumer to prevent food waste? This week on Utalk, a question from Olivier in Brussels: “90 million tonnes of food are thrown away in the European Union every year. What can we do 16/10/2015
