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RSS![More circular, less carbon: chemical recycling holds promise for wind-turbine blade waste](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/NA1500_shutterstock_1612511572.jpg?itok=l4xSScQh)
Issue 611: Disposing of complex and cumbersome wind turbine blades at the end of their lives is a key challenge facing the renewable energy sector. Researchers now identify a form of chemical recycling as the most circular and low-carbon solution.
![Restoring a river by knocking down a bridge](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/River%20restoration.png?h=c74750f6&itok=w0Eltnby)
In episode five of 'The Road to Green', Euronews explores the Europe-wide movement of dam removal and witnesses what happens to the natural environment when these artificial barriers are removed.
![Multicoloured plastic pellets](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/plastic%20pellets%20jpg.jpg?itok=mfB2qHMO)
Today, the Commission is proposing measures to prevent microplastic pollution from the unintentional release of plastic pellets.
![Multicoloured microplastics](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/microplastics%20jpg.jpg?itok=NtkOvTmK)
Find out more about the new proposal for a Regulation on plastic pellets.
![Map of flood risk across Europe](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/floods%20viewer.png?itok=CKxfHzKG)
Over 14,000 areas in the EU are at significant risk of flooding, according to a new online viewer launched today.
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is delivering an Opinion on new EU soil legislation, focusing on local and regional actions. Here we interview the rapporteur for this Opinion, Frida Nilsson, CoR member for Lidköping Municipality, Sweden.
Current food practices can significantly contribute to climate change. On World Food Day, the SU-EATABLE LIFE project shows how we can create sustainable, eco-friendly food systems which are good for us - and good for the planet.
![Man in supermarket looking at ecolabels on detergent bottles](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/EU%20ecolabel.png?itok=sxdUKeWH)
New statistics show that the EU Ecolabel is flourishing in numbers, with almost 90 000 certified goods and services.
![Drought - Spain](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-058734/00-11.jpg?itok=sR3R23Rq)
The Commission has published two tools to enhance the EU’s preparedness to combat droughts and water scarcity.
![Text reading European Business and Nature Summit on blue background](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-10/EBNS_3%20%281%29%20resized.png?itok=tjiSlff_)
Over 350 companies, financial institutions, governments and representatives from academia and civil society are convening to discuss how businesses will deliver on nature commitments.