28Jul

“How higher scrap use could lead to greener steelmaking”

With incentives, recycled scrap could provide 35% of the steel industry’s metallic needs by 2040, says @WoodMackenzie’s Renate Featherstone.

28Jul

“E-waste: What occurs when we fail to recycle electronics”

Not recycling electronics can lead to ground, water, or air pollution—depending on whether they end up being landfilled or incinerated.

23Jul

EV manufacturer @electraevcom will use a battery usage-monitoring system designed to encourage reuse of batteries before they are recycled.

23Jul

@CarpetRecycle’s Voluntary Product Stewardship Program collected 335 million pounds of carpet for recycling in 2019, up 19% over 2018.

23Jul

Garden hoses, ropes, chains, cords, and wire should not be recycled as they can jam sorting equipment and cause safety concerns for workers.

21Jul

Silicon from used solar panels can be recovered for use in new PVs or repurposed for application in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries.

21Jul

Los Angeles startup @mi_terro1 manufactures T-shirts from fabric produced using waste milk.

21Jul

After being allowed to cool, wood ash can be composted; charcoal briquette ash should be placed in a small metal container and landfilled.

16Jul

Approximately 14 GWh, or 102,000 metric tons of lithium-ion batteries, will be retired from electric vehicles this year.

16Jul

The world’s 3,500 largest mining operations generate over 100 billion tons of solid waste per year, according to a 2019 study by @SMI_UQ.