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10 Feb 2025News

BornRecycled: The future of school furniture is sustainable and circular

How can we reduce the environmental impact of school furniture production? And how can we transform waste into sustainable materials? These are some of the questions that the BornRecycled project aims to answer by bringing innovative solutions to the school furniture industry through waste valorization.

12 Sep 2022News

"The price of recycled raw materials often has a price that makes the final product economically unviable"

In an interview with Fibrenamics, Cláudia Costa, R&D Manager at Surforma, expresses her opinion on issues such as product biodegradability and circularity of waste in companies.

26 Jul 2022News

"The North Region will have unique conditions to anticipate Carbon Neutrality"

In conversation with Raul Fangueiro, President of the Fibrenamics Association, António Cunha, President of CCDR-N, glimpsed the future of technology and stressed the importance it will have for the fulfillment of the commitment of the Human Being to the planet.

21 Jul 2022News

"We Are Facing an Industrial Revolution"

In exclusive for Fibrenamics, José Manuel Ribeiro, LIPOR's Chairman of the Board of Directors answer several questions about the potentiality of waste and product circularity, generated by several industrial sectors.

19 May 2022News

Rui Berkemeier: "The problem is the systematic non-compliance of countries with European directives, as is the case of Portugal"

Rui Berkemeier analyzed, together with Raul Fangueiro during the 2nd Episode of the Podcast From Science To People, the new package of actions from the European Commission, regarding waste management and the regulation of technical communication from companies about their products.

13 May 2022News

"The future of the national industry will pass through investment in decarbonization, energy efficiency, digital conversion and adoption of circularity mechanisms"

In exclusive to Fibrenamics, Célia Vilas Boas, Executive Director of BioRumo, puts into perspective the future of the national industry, reveals her opinion about the role of research centers/universities, and also reveals BioRumo's projects in the area of sustainability. This article corresponds to the 2nd part of this interview.

12 May 2022News

"Plastic waste is increasingly polluting the oceans and by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans"

Exclusively for Fibrenamics, Célia Vilas Boas, Executive Director of BioRumo, gives answers to several questions about sustainability in various sectors of activity. This article corresponds to the 1st part of this interview.

11 May 2022News

Non-Urban Waste Management in Portugal

From the point of view of the valorization of new types of industrial waste, Carlos Mota, Project Manager at Fibrenamics, confessed, during the Webinar on Waste Management, that it is a challenge to implement the various requests made by the companies, in order to find solutions for different types of materials.