16Sep

“Bio-based solvent helping develop uk’s first industrial-scale car battery recycling project”

@circagroup is demonstrating the use of its Cyrene solvent to sustainably recycle polyvinylidene fluoride from EVs’ lithium-ion batteries.

16Sep

“Samsung to replace plastic products with environment friendly materials, annual report says”

@Samsung will replace plastic packaging for its mobile products—as well as the vinyl that is wrapped around earphones and cables—with paper.

16Sep

U.S. households throw out approximately 150,000 tons of food every day—the equivalent of about one pound of food waste per person.

13Sep

Standards group @ULdialogue has certified 4R Energy’s process for sorting and grading re-purposed EV batteries, modules, and cells.

13Sep

20-40% of carbon fiber is wasted by manufacturers and landfilled. Elevated Materials collects and sells it at a discount to virgin material.

13Sep

Pyrex dishes and perfume bottles are two everyday items that aren’t recyclable. Click here to see what other items that can’t be recycled.

12Sep

Los Angeles-based startup Mi Terro is upcycling dairy products into t-shirts—with one glass of milk producing five shirts.

12Sep

Americans discard 30 million tons of plastic a year, says @PlasticPollutes CEO Dianna Cohen, who urges a return to reusable over disposable.

11Sep

In 2020, @VWGroup will launch the iD.3. @auto_swiss is already looking at how to recycle the batteries of these and other mass-market EVs.

11Sep

Cameroonian company @GroupeBellomar collects used cooking oil from Douala-based restaurants and hotels to recycle into soaps and detergents.