From Croatia without waste: “truly circular” process offers hazardous chemicals a second life

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Sep 25, 2026 · 876 words · By Julian GOMEZ

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A clean-tech company in Croatia claims to recycle around three million kilograms of polluted solvents annually – without any waste.

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Techniques found 2

Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center88%

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What happened

A clean-tech company in Croatia claims to recycle around three million kilograms of polluted solvents annually – without any waste.

Why it matters

An “efficient, safe and economically valuable” recycling process of hazardous chemicals… made in Europe.

Common ground

Equipped with air-filtering masks, workers at a recycling plant in Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, recycle ethanol, benzene or acetones, and thinners to dilute paints.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this European Industrial Innovation story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the resulting waste is basically sludge that is used to produce energy that feeds the recycling facilities?
How does this story connect European Industrial Innovation with Environmental Sustainability over the next few days?

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/25/from-croatia-without-waste-truly-circular-pr…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence

Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the resulting waste is basically sludge that is used to produce energy that feeds the recycling facilities”

SINGLE SOURCE

The claim is mentioned in the Euronews article ('From Croatia without waste'), but no other independent sources were found to corroborate the specific detail about sludge being used to feed the facilities.

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Claim 2: “Partially funded by the European Union”

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The claim that the company is partially funded by the EU is stated in the Euronews article, but no official EU funding record or second independent source was found to corroborate it.

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web search NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an es…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union

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web search NEUTRAL — Partially funded by the European Union, the clean-tech company claims to recycle around three million kilograms of used solvents annually—a 90% recycling rate for the contaminated raw material sent by…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/croatia-without-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur…
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/port…

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Claim 3: “The company [Rotoplast] was founded in 1975 and currently employs 260 staff”

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Sources contradict each other. One source says Rotoplast was founded in 1972, while the claim says 1975. Additionally, PitchBook reports a company called Rotoplast in Canada with 72 employees, contradicting the claim of 260 staff.

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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1972, it has today a broad experience and a high-quality and diversified machine park.Rotoplast is leader in the rotational moulding of thermoplastics.
https://rotoplast.com/?lang=En

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web search NEUTRAL — Rotoplast Overview. Update this profile. Year Founded.Rotoplast is headquartered in East-Farnham, Canada. What is the size of Rotoplast? Rotoplast has 72 total employees.
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/126932-23

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web search NEUTRAL — Rotoplast has acquired 1 company. The Company’s most targeted sectors include plastics (100%).Rotoplast is a plastics company. When was Rotoplast founded?
https://mergr.com/company/rotoplast

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Claim 4: “Everything is burned inside a rotary kiln and turned into harmless ash”

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The use of a rotary kiln to burn waste into ash is specifically mentioned in the Euronews article. Other search results discuss rotary kilns generally but do not specifically confirm Premifab's use of one.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mario Želježnjak, Production Supervisor at Premifab Ltd - © Euronews. Along with water and other impurities, the resulting waste is basically sludge that is used to produce energy that feeds the recyc…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/croatia-without-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Croatian company Premifab has presented its innovative idea to tackle the issue of distillation sludge. The company is already very well known and respected in hazardous waste regeneration.
https://total-croatia-news.com/news/made-in-croatia/croatian…

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Claim 5: “A clean-tech company in Croatia claims to recycle around three million kilograms of polluted solvents annually”

CORROBORATED

Two independent web sources (Euronews/From Croatia without waste and IndexBox) confirm the claim that Premifab recycles approximately three million kilograms of solvents annually.

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web search NEUTRAL — Premifab accepte la matière, l'analyse, la purifie et, après vérification de tous les paramètres, la renvoie vers la même ligne de production, ce que l'entreprise présente comme une économie circulair…
https://www.indexbox.io/fr/blog/croatian-clean-tech-firm-rec…

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web search NEUTRAL — A clean-tech company in Croatia claims to recycle around three million kilograms of polluted solvents annually – without any waste. An “efficient, safe and economically valuable” recycling process of …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/croatia-without-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Croatian company Premifab has presented its innovative idea to tackle the issue of distillation sludge.It deals mainly the automotive and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in the production of…
https://total-croatia-news.com/news/made-in-croatia/croatian…

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Claim 6: “their turnover has grown “approximately 20 to 25% per year” since they started operations, in December 2014”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the search results to corroborate the turnover growth or the specific start date of December 2014 for Premifab Ltd.

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Claim 7: “recycling plant in Ivanić-Grad, Croatia”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm the location. Euronews mentions the plant in Ivanić-Grad, and Waze provides the specific address in Ivanić Grad, Kerestinec.

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web search NEUTRAL — Equipped with air-filtering masks, workers at a recycling plant in Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, recycle ethanol, benzene or acetones, and thinners to dilute paints. These and other used solvents come from th…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/croatia-without-…

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web search NEUTRAL — PREMIFAB d.o.o. Poduzetnička ulica 8 Žutička bb, Ivanić Grad, 10431, Kerestinec, Croatia.
https://www.waze.com/fil/live-map/directions/hr/zagrebacka-z…

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Claim 8: “compared to primary production, recovered solvents generate up to 10 times less CO2 emissions”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the search results to verify the claim regarding CO2 emissions of recovered solvents versus primary production.

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Claim 9: “a 90% recycling rate for the contaminated raw material sent by its clients”

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The 90% recycling rate is mentioned in the Euronews article. The other provided search results for this claim are irrelevant/spam and provide no evidence.

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Claim 10: “Rotoplast... Each year, it manufactures approximately 5,000 tonnes of packaging and labelling for the food, energy and pet product industries”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results (Talking Tom APK, population counters, and unrelated Wikipedia entries). No evidence was found to confirm Rotoplast's production volume.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Davor Užbinec is a Croatian business manager and professional basketball executive, currently serving as the general manager of Slovenian club KK Cedevita Olimpija. Užbinec was a general manager of a …
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