14Oct

“Electric vehicle battery recycling issue looms over carmakers, regulators”

Depending on future metal prices, EV batteries could conceivably be recycled at no cost to automakers, says @UmicoreGroup’s Egbert Lox.

14Oct

“Nendo and Fritz Hansen design fully recycled plastic chair”

Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has launched the N02 Recycle, a chair made from upcycled household plastic.

14Oct

Coat hangers, paper towels, Styrofoam packaging, and old cassette and VHS tapes cannot be recycled and should instead be thrown out.

11Oct

@LithiumAus and @ANSTO have demonstrated recovery from used li-ion batteries of lithium phosphate of 99.9% purity and lithium of 85% purity.

11Oct

@CocaColaEP will replace plastic shrink wrap with cardboard on four-, six- and eight-packs of cans of all its brands sold in the UK.

11Oct

Do you think you know which materials are recyclable and which aren’t? Take this Earth911 quiz to find out your recycling IQ.

10Oct

@MercedesBenz is developing new lithium-ion battery recycling technologies to help build and power its next-gen EVs more sustainably.

10Oct

@BurgerKingUK will no longer include plastic toys with kids’ meals. On-site bins are also being provided for recycling of past meal toys.

10Oct

Production of plastics, one of the major sources of global pollution, exceeds 300 million tons annually. Less than 10% is ever recycled.

09Oct

If PV recycling processes are not successfully established, there could be up to 60 million tons of solar panel waste in landfills by 2050.