06Aug

“UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom”

One more reason to recycle EV batteries: lithium mining uses almost 65% of the water in Chile’s arid Salar de Atamaca region.

06Aug

“California could pave roads with recycled plastic”

@CaltransHQ has been directed to study the use of recycled plastic in asphalt construction and repair of California’s roadways.

06Aug

@RECYPartnership estimates that contamination costs the U.S. recycling system as much as $300 million each year.

04Aug

@li_cycle has developed a method using no toxic chemicals to recycle over 95% of li-ion battery materials and produce battery-grade lithium.

04Aug

@atlantaliveedge recycles downed trees that would otherwise be mulched or sent to the landfill for use in building fine furniture.

04Aug

Only 17.4% of global e-waste was recycled in 2019, resulting in the disposal of about $57 billion worth of recyclable metals, the @UN says.

30Jul

Standardizing EV battery design could boost the ability to recover valuable raw materials profitably from them as they are retired from use.

30Jul

@cwru scientists have developed a process to recycle thermoset plastics into a resin that can be reused in a variety of applications.

30Jul

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. consumers say that they are recycling more since the pandemic began, according to a survey by @RecycleCartons.

28Jul

Recycling EV battery metals can be complicated because many such devices weren’t designed to be opened and stripped of their valuable parts.