{"id":139160,"date":"2025-04-22T07:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/nappies-smartphone-glass-and-cigarette-butts-are-piling-up-in-europe-how-can-we-recycle-them\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T07:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:52:33","slug":"nappies-smartphone-glass-and-cigarette-butts-are-piling-up-in-europe-how-can-we-recycle-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/nappies-smartphone-glass-and-cigarette-butts-are-piling-up-in-europe-how-can-we-recycle-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Nappies, smartphone glass, and cigarette butts are piling up in Europe. How can we recycle them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139160\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>We still don\u2019t know how to recycle these five common products, but scientists are busy finding answers. Recycling has become second nature for many of us, but what products in Europe still struggle to find a second life? Municipalities collected half a tonne of waste per person living in the EU in 2023, the latest figures show, with only around48 per cent of that getting recycled. The pressure is now on to raise that statistic. New EU rules state that by the end of this year, 55 per cent of municipal waste and 65 per cent of packaging waste must be prepared for re-use or recycling.<\/p>\n<p>But European countries are struggling to hit these goals. Estimates show that two-thirds of EU countries will miss at least one target, and ten member states including Greece, Hungary and Poland risk missing both targets. So what products are proving to be the most difficult to recycle &#8211; and what\u2019s being done to solve it?<\/p>\n<p>Around 75 per cent of Europe\u2019s glass packaging (e.g. bottles and jars) is recycled each year, most of which gets melted down and recast as new glass packaging. But glass found in X-ray tubes, LCDs, and smartphone screens are often chemically altered. For example, glass in smartphone screens might be chemically-strengthened to make them more resistant to cracks or scratches. This makes it difficult for conventional kilns to melt down. \u201cTo change the temperature [in kilns] to just a couple of degrees takes a lot of time,&#8221; says Juan Pou from the University of Vigo in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Everglass researchers looking at the influence of different parameters (such as the intensity of the laser) on the texturing of the glass. European Science Communication Institute gGmbH<br \/>\nInstead he and other researchers in the EU-funded Everglass project are creating a prototype glass recycling machine that uses a laser to melt the glass. Unlike a kiln, the laser can be quickly adjusted to the temperature needed to melt any type of glass, and potentially even reform it to new products.<\/p>\n<p>They hope the machine can also recycle the medical glass vials used to store COVID-19 vaccines. Hospitals often don\u2019t know what to do with the glass and just throw it away, says Juan. \u201cThe quality of the glass itself is very good,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are working to reuse this glass for other technical applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/04\/19\/nappies-smartphone-glass-and-cigarette-butts-are-piling-up-in-europe-how-can-we-recycle-th\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/04\/19\/nappies-smartphone-glass-and-cigarette-butts-are-piling-up-in-europe-how-can-we-recycle-th\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/156349\/\">Nappies, smartphone glass, and cigarette butts are piling up in Europe. 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