{"id":1074,"date":"2026-03-18T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:57:04","slug":"1074","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"Global Recycling Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Today, we highlight the important role of recycling in building a more sustainable future. The steel industry relies on scrap metal as a necessary resource.<br><br>Within the PURESCRAP project, we focus on improving the characterisation of post-consumer scrap. By combining an optical-spectroscopic sensor chain with deep learning solutions, PURESCRAP enables a more accurate characterisation of scrap composition. This enables a better management of tramp elements and increases the use of lower-quality scrap in steel production.<br><br>Our project contributes to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>more efficient recycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduced CO\u2082 emissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a stronger circular economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Scrap is a key resource, and a better understanding of its properties helps unlock its full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GlobalRecyclingDay #PURESCRAP #CircularEconomy #SustainableSteel #Recycling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1075\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026_Recycling-Day.png 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we highlight the important role of recycling in building a more sustainable future. The steel industry relies on scrap metal as a necessary resource. Within the PURESCRAP project, we focus on improving the characterisation of post-consumer scrap. By combining an optical-spectroscopic sensor chain with deep learning solutions, PURESCRAP enables a more accurate characterisation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_vk_print_noindex":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[97,86,58,26,75],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-awareness","tag-circulareconomy","tag-csp","tag-horizoneurope","tag-recycling"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purescrap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}