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EU records first rise in asylum applications since height of 2015 migrant crisis: EASO
Applications for asylum in the European Union rose for the first time since 2015 and the trend is expected to continue despite the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Doubling recycling across Europe “feasible, for certain waste streams”
Compared to current recycled amounts, this potential can double recycling for municipal and electronic waste and increase it by 30 % for construction and demolition…
Europe could face oil shortage in a decade, study warns
Europe could face a shortage of oil within the next decade, making the move to increase the use of low carbon energy even more urgent,…
European project harnesses patient data from 11 countries to help beat COVID-19
Strengthening the epidemiological and virological surveillance of COVID-19 will be key to defeating the disease. In this episode, Smart Regions takes a look at one…
Europe’s Biggest Waste Producer Strikes Deal to Burn Less Trash
Denmark plans to incinerate less trash and won’t accept as much waste from other countries in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, the government…
As coronavirus lockdowns end, thousands of migrants are making the deadly crossing to Europe
Five times as many migrants crossed into the European Union in May compared to a month earlier as coronavirus lockdowns across the continent are eased…
WEEE cited as worst sector for export breaches
There were 2,586 European waste export violations from 2018 to March 2020, according to the latest figures from the European regulators organisation, IMPEL. The regulators…
EU chemicals and waste laws must be harmonised, chemical recycling trade body says
European definitions for when recycled waste is considered a product again must be harmonised, because there is a “lack of alignment” between EU chemicals and…
EU proposes members reopen external borders from July 1
The European Commission will recommend EU member states begin to reopen their external frontiers to travellers from outside the bloc from July 1, diplomatic chief…
Supercharging Europe’s bio based economy
Smart Regions takes a look at a European project that is significantly scaling up the production of bio based products. Breast milk is full of…
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