26Jan

“Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges”

@CIT_Intl engineers are testing decommissioned wind turbine blades for potential use in place of steel girders to build a pedestrian bridge.

26Jan

“This Canadian start-up turns millions of chopsticks into sustainable furniture”

Canadian startup @ChopValue has recycled over 32 million bamboo chopsticks for use in manufacturing furniture and homewares.

26Jan

@Nike_Grind recycles used shoes (no sandals or footwear with metal) to make playgrounds, basketball courts, and new pairs of shoes.

21Jan

Global solar power growth by 2030 could create 8 million tons of PV waste, representing up to $450 million in raw material recovery.

21Jan

Structural steel made in U.S. electric arc furnaces contains 93 percent recycled content, according to @NucorCorp CEO Leon Topalian.

21Jan

While there’s a limited market for used CDs, they can be recycled through companies such as GreenDisk.

19Jan

@BloombergNEF forecasts that by 2025 the number of retired EV battery packs globally will exceed 3.4 million.

19Jan

Singaporean researchers, at @nus_che_eng_res, have conceived a way to recycle shrimp shells into L-DOPA, a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease.

19Jan

@Earth911 tells you why, how, and where to recycle cooking oil after preparing your holiday feast.

14Jan

The composite nature of wind turbine blades makes separating the plastics from the glass fibers for recycling difficult.