05Jul

“Do you consume a credit card’s worth of plastic every week?”

A @World_Wildlife report suggests that humans may ingest up to 5 grams of plastic weekly resulting from the leaching of waste into nature.

03Jul

“What Happens To Spent Electric Vehicle Batteries?”

Under North Carolina law, li-ion car batteries must be recycled—after which less than 3% of the battery weight is typically landfilled.

03Jul

@Kohls has joined the @How2Recycle label program to help customers understand how to recycle their purchased product’s packaging materials.

03Jul

Buying meal kits such as @HelloFresh is a greener option than purchasing the same meals from a grocery store, says Shelie Miller of @UMSEAS.

02Jul

With EV use in Hong Kong growing 60-fold since 2010, its government has launched a competition to develop ideas for reusing old batteries.

02Jul

Canadian shoe company @nativeshoes is introducing a shoe manufactured entirely from plant material, making it biodegradable and compostable.

02Jul

@JustinTrudeau says Canada is moving to ban single-use plastics in the next two years, including plastic water bottles, bags, and straws.

01Jul

@argonne‘s @JCESRHub director says cost-effective recycling of li-ion batteries will be essential to EV and grid storage development.

01Jul

A multi-year study by @PLASTICS_US has found that recycling thermoplastic polyolefin from end-of-life auto bumpers is feasible.

01Jul

Aluminum can be recycled repeatedly, paper and cardboard on average 5-7 times, while most plastics can only be downcycled.