Central Macedonia, a region on the northern mainland of Greece, is an important producer of food. It generates a quarter of the country's agricultural output and is the source of much of Greece's ...

As more and more people move to urban areas, bringing ever-greater needs for energy and taking an increasing toll on the environment, biowaste looks like an attractive resource whose management must ...

The European Commission has indicated that it will not pursue separate legislation for biowaste and hinted there will not be a Biowaste Directive, prompting anger from stakeholders such as the ...

In Brittany, the foremost agricultural region in France, animal farming produces millions of tons of liquid manure each year. To reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and meet current energy ...

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and China Agricultural University in Beijing has developed a new, sustainable way of converting wet biological ...

Snow and freezing temperatures are causing biowaste to stick to the sides of containers in Tallinn. This caused waste handler TJT to invoice a customer for an unladen journey in Tallinn's Nõmme ...

Another ecological disaster is waiting to happen at Brahmapuram solid waste management plant. As tonnes of biowaste from houses and hotels in the corporation limits are dumped there without any ...

A woman throws banana peels wrapped in newspaper into a garbage can for organic waste. Municipalities are cracking down on violators of biowaste sorting rules. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Felix ...

While people were free not to recycle their trash at home until recently, biowaste sorting is mandatory for both private residences and apartment associations from January 1. But the law is one thing, ...

Every year Slovakia produces 100 kg worth of wasted groceries per capita, which is about 0.27 kg a day. The groceries that most often end up in the rubbish bin are bread and pastries, fruits and ...

Scientists have taken a close look at how lignocellulose -- or plant biomass -- can be used for optical applications, potentially replacing commonly used materials like sand and plastics. A digital, ...