10Dec

“Ikea to buy back used furniture in recycling push”

@IKEA is offering vouchers worth up to 50% of the original price to be spent at its stores for IKEA furniture that is no longer wanted.

10Dec

“The Lowdown on Zero-Waste Living”

Roughly 40% of landfilled trash worldwide is burned, which can release harmful levels of carbon monoxide and other toxins into the air.

08Dec

@UCSanDiego engineers have created a way to restore spent cathodes to mint condition that could make recycling li-ion batteries less costly.

08Dec

A @UBC study has found that recycled concrete bound together with adhesive paste can perform equally well compared to conventional concrete.

08Dec

An Indian entrepreneur is mixing recycled PPE material with paper sludge to create low-cost construction bricks.

03Dec

The Zero Waste Blade Research (ZEBRA) consortium is attempting to develop 100% recyclable thermoplastic wind turbine blades.

03Dec

Last year, @FAB_SCRAP collected and recycled over 8,000 pounds a week of textile scraps from 450 New York City fashion brands.

03Dec

@batteriesplus, @Lampmasterkits, and @RepublicService are among the companies that will recycle your LED light bulbs for a fee.

01Dec

According to @PropulsionQC-sponsored research, there are no regulatory mechanisms governing disposal of used EV batteries in North America.

01Dec

Just 8% of extracted resources were recycled or reused in 2020, according to @HarscoCorp CEO Nick Grasberger.