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Commonly the product’s life cycle ends up with waste. Conventionally the remains go to the landfill, earlier times – a dumpsite, the least manageable waste disposal method. To ensure that lost to society materials are treated with high priority, the European Union (EU) has implemented the Circular Economy Action Plan, continuing the monitoring of old dumpsites. The hierarchy of waste management points at preventing raw material use at first sight, but the following steps point at material reuse and recycling. The ...

The cycle of nitrogen is an essential, integral process in nature. Since amino acids form an important part of life-building and maintenance, nitrogen and its chemical compounds are an integral nutrient and ingredient for all living organisms. Understanding the processes in soil is essential because it helps both to ensure agricultural productivity, to control various, soil-based, unwanted pests and diseases, and, crucially, to limit climate change-related factors directly related to soil. The nitrogen cycle resea...