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... circular economy this week at the Circular Tech Expo at the Farnborough International Conference Center in Farnborough, England.
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Milken Institute to award $500,000 in unrestricted funding to companies scaling technology to enhance circular economy practices.
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After months of delay, the European Commission is expected to propose its Circular Economy Act in November. Here's what we know so far about the ...
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RSC Adv. 2026 Oct 14. doi: 10.1039/d6ra06963k. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), such as pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting compounds, and personal care products are frequently reported in aquatic environments, which pose serious risks to ecosystems and human health for their potential persistence and resistance to traditional wastewater treatment. Photocatalysis has emerged as one of the most promising sustainable and efficient strategies for degradation of these contaminants. The graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), as a photocatalyst has gained wide interest owing to its metal-free nature, appropriate bandgap (∼2.7 eV) and excellent chemical stability. However, its practical utilization is restricted by low quantum efficiency and fast charge recombination. This review comprehensively discusses the occurrence and environmental impact of CECs, fundamentals of g-C3N4 photocatalysis, synthesis approaches, characterization techniques, photocatalytic mechanisms, and recent modification strategies developed to overcome the intrinsic limitations of pristine g-C3N4. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between structural engineering and photocatalytic performance in the degradation of various CECs. The review also discusses the main challenges such as catalyst deactivation, transformation product toxicity, and mass production restrictions. Finally, some emerging directions like AI-guided materials design, green synthesis pathways and pilot-scale practices are discussed that could be explored to close the gap between lab research and real-world applications.
PMID:42877014 | PMC:PMC13662550 | DOI:10.1039/d6ra06963k
The Circular Economy Institute has appointed Iain Gulland, the former CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, as Chair of its Strategic Advisory Forum.
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Now, residents of one Black Sea city are taking the circular economy underground amid the threat of Russian strikes. Chornomorsk is a hub for ...
How the EU Circular Economy Act should turn circularity into a positive business case. 13 Oct by Nicholas Hodac. Alt. The Parliament's October print ...
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The Sustainable Materials Careers Program offers mentorship and career guidance for roles across the circular economy.
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Isabelle Radovan, Policy Officer, Circular Economy and Waste, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), said: Europe is consuming and discarding more ...
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... circular economy principles in order to keep plastics within the technical cycle. Interview with Armin Sinnwell, Head of Sustainability at Kosmos.
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Nat Commun. 2026 Sep 14;17(1):10796. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-77736-1.
ABSTRACT
Catalytic upcycling of polyolefin waste into valuable chemicals presents a promising solution to tackle the growing environmental crisis caused by plastic pollution while promoting a circular economy. However, processing plastic wastes that contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC) poses significant hurdles, as chlorine released during PVC breakdown can poison and deactivate metal catalysts. Here we introduce a non-thermal surface reconstruction strategy that can restore the activity of chlorine-poisoned catalysts at room temperature. Leveraging the potent reductive reactivity of NaBH4, chlorine contaminants on the catalyst surface are effectively eliminated, restoring the active sites. The clean-surface Ru catalysts exhibit enhanced chlorine tolerance and recyclability in the hydrogenolysis of PVC-polyolefin mixtures, offering a practical catalytic pathway for valorizing chlorine-containing plastic waste. Notably, these catalysts also display great activity in polyolefin hydrogenolysis, reaching a space-time yield of solids to condensable products of 5982 gPE · gRu-1 · h-1. This study opens new avenues for plastic upcycling and contributes to sustainable waste management, bringing us closer to a circular economy.
PMID:42875446 | DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-77736-1
J Econ Entomol. 2026 Oct 14:toag294. doi: 10.1093/jee/toag294. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae decompose several organic wastes into valuable biomass (oil, protein, chitin, and frass) for promising applications. Black Soldier Fly Oil (BSFO) is extracted using a mechanical pressing method, an affordable technique that yields about 24.56% oil. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of oil showed a high content of fatty acids, with 3 predominant fatty acids, oleic acid (40.14%), palmitic acid (24.53%), and lauric acid (10.00%). Black soldier fly oil nanoemulsion (BSFO-NE) exhibited a droplet size of 274.50 ± 7.42 nm, a polydispersity index of 0.29 ± 0.01, a zeta potential of -26.70 ± 1.07 mV, and a spherical droplet morphology of 90.00 ± 10.00 nm, as shown by transmission electron microscopy. The insecticidal activity of BSFO and BSFO-NE was evaluated against the fourth instar of Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) using the leaf-dipping method, and they showed LC50 of 5.40% and 0.94% (v/v), 48 h post-treatment, respectively. BSFO and BSFO-NE caused severe developmental and morphological alterations. Moreover, they significantly reduced total protein and lipid contents, total antioxidant capacity, and the enzymatic activity of lipase in treated fourth instar A. ipsilon compared to the control (P < 0.05). They significantly stimulated acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and α-esterase activities relative to untreated (P < 0.05). BSFO-NE induced extensive midgut tissue damage and histolysis. The mode of action was interpreted by molecular docking. This study sheds light on the possible use of BSFO and BSFO-NE as a circular economy approach and sustainable, high-yield insect-derived biopesticides to be integrated into pest management programs.
PMID:42875025 | DOI:10.1093/jee/toag294
Sci Adv. 2026 Oct 16;12(42):eaeg9183. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aeg9183. Epub 2026 Oct 14.
ABSTRACT
Producing alloys from recycled metals via secondary synthesis can markedly cut energy use, greenhouse-gas emissions, and dependence on scarce, strategically important elements relative to primary routes. The central obstacle is the feedstock itself: Scrap is chemically heterogeneous and unpredictable, a "dirty" mix whose impurities typically embrittle materials. Conventional strategies address this challenge by diluting impurities through the addition of virgin material, thereby restricting scrap utilization, limiting microstructural design freedom, and undermining cost and sustainability benefits. Here, we introduce a fundamentally different, data-driven paradigm that deliberately reverses a five-millennia-old metallurgical injunction: Rather than purifying the alloy, we design the alloy to accommodate and exploit its contaminants. Using a model ductile iron representative of 120 million metric tons of heavily contaminated scrap, we couple experiments with deep-neural-network optimization to identify chemically robust, impurity-tolerant processing windows. The resulting "dirty" irons retain ductility and strength by integrating impurity effects into a purposeful microstructure, rather removing them. The approach achieves complete recyclability, an 8.1% reduction in manufacturing cost, and mechanical gains of up to 15.2% in ultimate tensile strength and 73.2% in elongation at fracture. Crucially, it overcomes the canonical strength-ductility trade-off while enabling far greater scrap utilization and material circularity. By endowing alloys with a practical "gene of scrap compatibility," this strategy reframes alloy design for a resource-constrained future and advances a mass-conserving circular economy for metals.
PMID:42873874 | PMC:PMC13665996 | DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aeg9183
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2026 Oct 1;16(19):1244. doi: 10.3390/nano16191244.
ABSTRACT
This study explores the sustainable synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) from industrial waste and its application in removing water contaminants such as chloramphenicol (CAP), metronidazole (MNZ), and prometryn (PROM). ZnO synthesized from zinc production waste (ZnO(2)) exhibited competitive photocatalytic performance compared to commercial ZnO (ZnO(1)), achieving 79% CAP degradation (Kd = 0.53 × 10-2 min-1) and 72% MNZ degradation (Kd = 0.43 × 10-2 min-1) under UV light, while showing higher activity in PROM degradation (32% removal) due to its mesoporous structure. Although ZnO(2) had a slightly lower specific surface area (24.9 m2/g) and pore volume (0.26 cm3/g) than ZnO(1), it demonstrated significant environmental and economic benefits by repurposing industrial waste. Catalytic tests in ethanol oxidation revealed ZnO(2) required higher temperatures for full conversion but exhibited higher acetaldehyde selectivity (70%). These findings highlight the potential of waste-derived ZnO as a sustainable alternative for water treatment and catalytic processes, aligning with circular economy principles and reducing reliance on natural resources.
PMID:42873028 | PMC:PMC13667032 | DOI:10.3390/nano16191244
Nature. 2026 Oct;658(8136):650-657. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-11141-y. Epub 2026 Oct 14.
ABSTRACT
Plastics have become an integral part of our modern society, largely because they are generally regarded as chemically inert under normal circumstances. However, plastics fragmented into microplastics (less than 5 mm in size) have recently raised significant public concerns, and have been detected widely across ecosystems and human tissues with increasing environmental and health risks1-5. Here we show that commodity microplastics exhibit intrinsic physicochemical activity in water, manifested by the spontaneous generation of reactive oxygen species that increases with interfacial hydrophobicity and strongly correlates with interfacial electrostatics. Ab initio calculations support these observations and reveal that hydroxide oxidation becomes energetically more favourable at increasingly hydrophobic microplastic-water interfaces through the combined effects of partial solvation and electrostatics. These interfacial properties and the resulting oxidative chemistry have direct implications for biomolecular adsorption, protein aggregation, and even cellular damage. Together, our findings challenge the prevailing paradigm of plastic inertness, identify a possibly overlooked mechanism for the detrimental effects of microplastics on health and the environment, and contribute to a fundamental understanding of the structure-activity relationship of interfacial water, which may inform the design of safer and more sustainable plastic materials.
PMID:42875572 | DOI:10.1038/s41586-026-11141-y
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