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In a recent study, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a novel energy storage solution that harnesses the power of two of humanity's most familiar materials: cement and carbon black. These materials, when combined and integrated with water, create a supercapacitor — an alternative to traditional batteries — with the potential to revolutionize the field of renewable energy storage. The researchers envision a range of applications for this innovative energy storage system. For instance, they suggest that this supercapacitor could be seamlessly incorporated into the concrete foundation of buildings, enabling the storage of a full day's worth of energy without significantly altering construction costs or compromising structural integrity. Furthermore, the concept of embedding this technology into concrete roadways has been proposed, offering the potential for contactless recharging of electric vehicles as they traverse these roads.

As per the recent EuRIC's press release, the Council's adoption of the revised waste shipment rules marks a significant step towards modernizing intra-EU waste shipments rules and tackling illegal shipments. EuRIC welcomes the updated rules facilitating intra-EU waste shipments with the explicit goal of achieving a circular economy, and clarifying that unintentional administrative errors do not render a whole shipment illegal.

On February 27, European Parliament approved updated EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments. The rules for exporting waste from the EU to third countries will be stricter. Plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries will be prohibited within two and a half years after the entry into force of the regulation, while those to OECD countries will be subject to stricter conditions. Within the EU, the exchange of information and data on waste shipments would be digitalised, through a central electronic hub, to improve reporting and transparency. Shipping waste destined to be disposed in another EU country would be allowed only in exceptional circumstances.

Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) continues to demand UK Government response to tackle abuse of end-of-life whole tyres exported from UK According to TRA, Britain will be the environmental sick man of Europe if government doesn’t not act soon to update waste regulations, warns the UK’s Tyre Recovery Association (TRA). Revealing the correspondence underway with the Secretary of State for the Environment and his department, the TRA makes public the issues the UK government are failing to engage with.

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