19May

“On the road to high-value recycling, storage is ahead of solar”

PV recycling lags that of EV batteries partly because solar components like glass and silicon aren’t as valued as lithium, nickel or cobalt.

19May

“The importance of materials recovery coordination in construction & demolition”

569 million tons of construction/ demolition waste was generated in the U.S. in 2017—or twice the volume of municipal solid waste—@EPA says.

19May

Just as the use of items like reusable cups at coffee shops was taking off, fear of spreading coronavirus may now inhibit such practices.

14May

@snam is partnering with @Honda to collect its EV and hybrid-electric batteries for second-life energy storage applications and recycling.

14May

Packaging for @Samsung’s Serif, Frame, and Sero televisions will now be designed to allow for upcycling into cat houses or magazine racks.

14May

If waste is not recycled, it can negatively impact our environment, contributing to greenhouse gases, as well as air and water pollution.

12May

@Carbios has developed an enzyme that can break down the PET plastic used in soda bottles into raw, pristine materials in just hours.

12May

Thousands of tons of difficult-to-recycle wind turbine blades are expected to be retired globally over the next 15 years.

12May

Tips for reducing waste: shop from bulk food bins; freeze bread; and don’t assume use-by dates define when something isn’t edible.

07May

While India is in the early EV adoption stage, it faces battery waste problems in 2021 when its first EVs reach the end of their lifecycles.