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Sustainable packaging: Circularity as a response to the regulatory “earthquake”
The legislative developments approved in recent years in the field of circular economy and waste management pose a long list of obligations for the industrial and business sector. The main objective is to achieve a more sustainable and circular production model, applying new consumption and production patterns. The main path is defined by the European…
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European Waste Law: A new step on the path to a circular economy, rather than an end-goal
Faced with the imminent risk of not achieving the targets set by Europe for 2025, the long-awaited Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy (LRSCEC) was born in 2022. This new law aims to bring Member States closer to a circular economy, setting more ambitious targets by 2035. Although the Basque…
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The Basque Country is positioned better than the European average in food waste, but there is room for improvement for the coming years
More than half of food waste is produced in Basque homes, according to a 2022 study by the Basque Government’s Vice-Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy, through the Elika Foundation. A new study pioneering in Spain has calculated the food waste of the entire agri-food chain in the Basque Country based on the methodology…
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Environmental Health: A challenge for urban management in the coming years
Traditional approaches to environment and health have predominantly focused on individual hazards in compartmentalized natural environments. Today, it is recognized that the dynamics between the environment, health and well-being are complex, highlighting the importance of an emerging issue within public health: environmental health. The pollution of our environment or extreme weather events have great repercussions…