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Europe needs to dramatically increase recycling of raw METALS used in electric cars and renewable energy sources if it wants to become ‘carbon neutral‘ by 2050, study claims

The study by Belgian university KU Leuven found that meeting the EU‘s ‘Green Deal‘ goal will require 35 times more lithium and up to 26 times the amount of increasingly scarce rare earth metals compared with what Europe uses today. Link to full article

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Do you toss biodegradable plastic in the compost bin? Here‘s why it might not break down

Over one-fifth of all plastic produced worldwide is tossed into uncontrolled dumpsites, burned in open pitsleaked into the environment. In Australia, 1.1 million tonnes of plastic is placed in the market, yet just 16 (179,000 tonnes) is recovered. Link to full article

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