At the occasion of International Mother Earth day, we share some reflections on how the ETN NEW-MINE wants to contribute to a more sustainable future.  In this day, try to close your eyes and remember the beautiful nature that is all around us. Remember the smell, the colours, and the sounds of it. The beautiful landscapes that surround us. “Pachamama”, ...

NEW-MINE researchers meet the ‘De Locals’ group.  Two Asians, four Latinos and eight Europeans walk on an abandoned coal mine… What sounds like the beginning of a joke was the actual Kick-Off event of the NEW-MINE project. Below we will briefly describe our impressions about this event and focus on an inspiring evening with ‘De Locals’, but you can also check ...

The Organisers of ELFM IV are delighted to announce that the call for extended abstracts for the Fourth Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining is now open (see website link here). ELFM IV will take place in Conference Centre LAMOT, Mechelen-Belgium (February 5-6, 2018) and will be followed by the Second ELFM Seminar in the European Parliament (February 7, 2018). ELFM ...

Dear readers, Here is our first blog article: some impressions about the kick-off event! The NEW-MINE Kick-Off Event took place at the Greenville Center of Cleantech in Houthalen, Belgium. Greenville is an incubator for green technology offering a range of services. The incubator is located on an old coal mine, where you can actually learn a lot about Limburgs´ mining ...

The MCSA ETN NEW-MINE kick-off meeting took place on 6 and 7 February 2017 at Greenville in Houthalen, at a short distance of the REMO landfill site. During the kick-off meeting, the 15 newly recruited Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and their supervisors, together with representatives of the partner organisations, and the project management presented themselves and discussed the start-up of the ...