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Proymática 21 joins a European project that converts wastewater into sustainable agricultural irrigation

The Córdoba company Proymática 21, located in Córdoba TechPark, participates in the European project "Ayumi," an international initiative for circular water management that aims to transform urban wastewater into a "safe, regulated, and sustainable resource for agricultural irrigation."According to Córdoba TechPark in a statement, the main objective of the program...

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The Xunta highlights the environmental commitment of Anfaco and its role in the circular economy.

The councilor of Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, has attended this Thursday the headquarters of Anfaco-Cecopesca in Vigo, where she has emphasized the environmental involvement of the entity and its contribution to the circular economy.During the visit, she highlighted that the involvement of the companies that integrate the marine-industry...

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Cantabria recovers almost 18 tons of sheep wool without commercial use

Cantabria has reactivated this year the pilot project, unique in the country, to collect and revalue the sheep wool coming from the flocks integrated into the ProBiodiversidad program, generated during the shearing campaigns, especially in the month of July.In this edition, nearly 18 tons of wool have been gathered in...

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Hotels in Madrid are liquidating their furniture with big discounts next week

The Spanish startup ECO-ONE has presented a new call for 'The Hotel Drop', the project with which it sells second-hand hotel furniture at reduced prices.This campaign will be conducted exclusively online between September 3 and 6 —or until stocks run out— and will offer pieces from four Madrid hotels, including...

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Cash Converters raises its sales to 85.8 million in the semester and adds 80 stores in Spain

Cash Converters, a company dedicated to the buying and selling of second-hand items, has recorded gross sales of 85.8 million euros in the first half of the year and has surpassed one million products acquired to give them a new life, as detailed in a statement.In parallel, the company is...

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The EU activates the new rules that will require 25% recycled plastic in cars by 2036.

The European Union launches this Thursday its new framework on design, manufacturing, and management of vehicles at the end of their life cycle, which will require European manufacturers to incorporate at least 25% recycled plastic in new cars that are marketed starting in 2036. It also sets a first intermediate...

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FIAB seeks an effective application of the packaging regulation and warns of very high investments.

The Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (FIAB) has reiterated that it supports the objectives of the European Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), which came into force in 2025 and will gradually roll out its obligations from next August 12 until 2040, focusing on the design, manufacturing,...

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El Corte Inglés achieves that all its food packaging is recyclable, reusable, or compostable.

El Corte Inglés has taken a new step in its environmental sustainability and circular economy roadmap by ensuring that all packaging used in its food sections is designed with ecodesign criteria, so that they are recyclable, reusable, or compostable.As the company detailed in a statement, this line of work aims...

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Murcia promotes biofilters with salicornia to recover nutrients from aquaculture

The Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (IMIDA) will launch a pilot plant in San Pedro del Pinatar aimed at recovering nitrogen and phosphorus present in aquaculture effluents through the cultivation of salicornia. This action seeks to reduce the environmental impact of aquaculture operations and promote the...

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KamBIO will allocate more than 160 million to biomethane and the promotion of the rural environment in Aragón

KamBIO plans to allocate more than 160 million euros in Aragón to launch new biogas plants and promote initiatives linked to rural development, according to the company, participated by Valoriza and Kira Ventures.Each of the future facilities will have the capacity to supply renewable gas to around 12,000 inhabitants, avoid...

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The EU tightens the rules against textile waste with the entry into force of a new regulation

The European Union has taken a new step in its strategy to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. Since this Sunday, July 19, large companies are prohibited from destroying clothing, accessories, and footwear that they have not managed to sell, a measure with which Brussels aims to reduce...

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Gaiker drives advanced recovery of strategic raw materials with Servet

The Gaiker Technology Center, integrated into the Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), is part of the Servet project (Research into new circular economy processes for strategic sovereignty), whose purpose is to define a new "circular, efficient, sustainable, and technologically advanced" value chain for the selective recovery of essential and...

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González Corral foresees 100 more kilometers of heat networks and accelerates the new waste plan

The Minister of Environment and Energy, María González Corral, has announced the installation of an additional 100 kilometers of heating networks, which will allow the current length of these infrastructures to be doubled, and has prioritized the implementation and development of the measures in the new waste management plan, which...

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Dominion takes 80% of Reyuplas to boost its plastics recycling business

Dominion has closed the purchase of 80% of Reyuplas, a company dedicated to the classification, recovery, and valorization of plastics of industrial origin, with the aim of "reinforcing its environmental project".In a statement sent, the company has highlighted that this operation represents a new step in the expansion plan of...

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Rebocollect is launched to promote the collective reuse of glass bottles in Spain

The Rebocollect project has officially begun its journey with the goal of designing, sizing, and testing a collective model for the reuse of glass bottles for the wine sector throughout the national territory, focusing primarily on the Horeca channel and with possibilities of extending to other areas such as spirits.This...

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Ence and ShareTex start the first tests of their project to boost textile recycling in Spain

Ence and ShareTex have taken a new step in the development of the R&D project Atenea, focused on creating a complete value chain for textile recycling in Spain, by launching their first tests, as announced by the company.Specifically, both firms have begun laboratory trials at the facilities of Aitex, the...

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The UJA and Genia Bioenergy will study the use of biogas digestate as an organic amendment in olive grove soils

The University of Jaén (UJA) and the biomethane plant development company Genia Bioenergy have signed a scientific-technical collaboration agreement with the aim of evaluating the agronomic potential of the solid fraction of digested material generated in biogas plants as an organic amendment for olive grove soils.The agreement has been formalized...

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Inetum cuts its electricity consumption by 56.9% between 2021 and 2025 thanks to efficiency and energy optimization

The technology consulting firm Inetum has managed to decrease its electricity consumption by 56.9% between 2021 and 2025, going from 4.7 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) to just over two million. This decrease is due to various efficiency initiatives, the optimization of its facilities, and the use of Synergica, its own platform...

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Anged and Re-Viste Distribution join forces to accelerate circularity in textiles and footwear

Anged Distribution, the main employers' association for commerce in Spain, and Re-Viste, the Collective System of Extended Producer Responsibility (Scrap) specializing in textiles and footwear, have signed a framework collaboration agreement to implement actions that reinforce sustainability, the circular economy, and innovation within the fashion and footwear industry, as the...

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Agriculture sets rules for using sheep wool as natural fertilizer

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment has completed the regulations that allow the use of sheep wool in agricultural uses, mixing it with manure to use it as organic fertilizer in cultivated lands.The new regulation specifies the sanitary, transport, and traceability requirements necessary to provide legal certainty to...

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Suma Capital exceeds 1.1 billion managed and adds 44 investees in 2025

Suma Capital closed the 2025 fiscal year exceeding 1.1 billion euros in managed assets and reaching a portfolio of 44 companies, after incorporating eight new investments, according to the 2025 Sustainability Report recently presented by the management company.At the end of the year, the firm had 12 investment vehicles and...

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Itene develops "high efficiency" textile recycling to apply it to packaging and the chemical industry

The technological center Itene has finalized the Fibrec project, with which it has achieved "important" progress in the creation of innovative solutions for the valorization of complex textile waste, according to the entity in a statement.The initiative, supported by the Valencian Institute of Competitiveness and Innovation (IVACE+i) of the Generalitat...

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More than 300 specialists gather at the first International Summit on Circular Bioeconomy in Seville

Andalusia "reinforces" its European leadership in circular bioeconomy with the celebration in Seville of the first international Summit promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development together with the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), which has brought together more than 300 experts.For three days of work, the...

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Cemex extends ISO 50001 energy efficiency certification by three years in all its Spanish plants

The Mexican cement company Cemex has extended the ISO 50001 energy efficiency certification for all of its facilities in Spain for an additional three years, covering its factories in Alicante, Alcanar (Tarragona), Morata de Jalón (Zaragoza), and Castillejo (Toledo).As the multinational reported in a press release, this ISO standard is...

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Telefónica reused and recycled 4 million devices in 2025 and recovered 95% of its waste

Telefónica reused and recycled 4 million devices throughout 2025, achieving a valorization of 95% of its waste and advancing its "Zero Waste" goal for 2030, in line with its commitment to the circular economy, as it communicated this Wednesday.This achievement reinforces circularity within Telefónica as a central element of its...

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Circular economy

Proymática 21 joins a European project that converts wastewater into sustainable agricultural irrigation

The Xunta highlights the environmental commitment of Anfaco and its role in the circular economy.

Cantabria recovers almost 18 tons of sheep wool without commercial use

Hotels in Madrid are liquidating their furniture with big discounts next week

Cash Converters raises its sales to 85.8 million in the semester and adds 80 stores in Spain

The EU activates the new rules that will require 25% recycled plastic in cars by 2036.

FIAB seeks an effective application of the packaging regulation and warns of very high investments.

El Corte Inglés achieves that all its food packaging is recyclable, reusable, or compostable.

Murcia promotes biofilters with salicornia to recover nutrients from aquaculture

KamBIO will allocate more than 160 million to biomethane and the promotion of the rural environment in Aragón

The EU tightens the rules against textile waste with the entry into force of a new regulation

Gaiker drives advanced recovery of strategic raw materials with Servet

González Corral foresees 100 more kilometers of heat networks and accelerates the new waste plan

Dominion takes 80% of Reyuplas to boost its plastics recycling business

Rebocollect is launched to promote the collective reuse of glass bottles in Spain

Ence and ShareTex start the first tests of their project to boost textile recycling in Spain

The UJA and Genia Bioenergy will study the use of biogas digestate as an organic amendment in olive grove soils

Inetum cuts its electricity consumption by 56.9% between 2021 and 2025 thanks to efficiency and energy optimization

Anged and Re-Viste Distribution join forces to accelerate circularity in textiles and footwear

Agriculture sets rules for using sheep wool as natural fertilizer

Suma Capital exceeds 1.1 billion managed and adds 44 investees in 2025

Itene develops "high efficiency" textile recycling to apply it to packaging and the chemical industry

More than 300 specialists gather at the first International Summit on Circular Bioeconomy in Seville

Cemex extends ISO 50001 energy efficiency certification by three years in all its Spanish plants

Telefónica reused and recycled 4 million devices in 2025 and recovered 95% of its waste

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