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Oliwa project to repurpose olive waste into packaging and biogas

Oliwa project to repurpose olive waste into packaging and biogas

A 25-partner consortium led by the University of Torino has launched Oliwa to repurpose olive by-products into co-products for animal feeds, functional ingredients, packaging and biogas. Aimplas will assess extrusion processability and validate rigid packaging and lidding film prototypes based on olive waste.

Ecomondo 2025: conferences on the circular economy

Ecomondo 2025: conferences on the circular economy

Ecomondo will take place in Rimini on 4–7 November 2025. The conference program, prepared by the Scientific and Technical Committee chaired by Prof. Fabio Fava, will cover seven areas of the green transition, from Earth observation to the bioeconomy.

WISE-backed PhD to advance polyamide degradation and recycling

WISE-backed PhD to advance polyamide degradation and recycling

Emma Söderhjelm of K.D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery AB will start a PhD project on polyamide degradation and recyclability in collaboration with the Polymer Technology Institute. The work is funded by WISE through the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

Winners of the Formnext Start-up Challenge

Winners of the Formnext Start-up Challenge

As part of its ninth international Start-up Challenge, Formnext has recognized up-and-coming enterprises from the world of Additive Manufacturing for their innovative business ideas and technical developments.

The JEC Composites Innovation Awards winners revealed

The JEC Composites Innovation Awards winners revealed

Each year, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composites industry. These composites champions are awarded based on multiple criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, complexity, or commercial potential of the project.