14Jun

“Audi opens 1.9 MWh battery storage unit on EUREF Campus in Berlin”

@Audi has opened Germany’s largest multi-use li-ion battery storage facility—with a capacity of 1.9 MWh—on the @euref campus in Berlin.

14Jun

“Artificial grass recycling facility to open in 2020”

@TenCateGrass has invested in a new company—GBN Artificial Grass Recycling—to process end-of-life synthetic turf in a sustainable manner.

14Jun

Three steps to recycling aluminum foil: check to see if your curbside recycler accepts foil; if so, clean it, crumple it up, and recycle it.

13Jun

@UTSEngage projects that “green” battery production will boost critical metals demand beyond what can be mined. Will this spur recycling?

13Jun

@firstmile has partnered with @endurmeta to launch a UK hanger recycling service. Retailer @ZARA‘s UK division has signed up to participate.

13Jun

A @ciel_tweets study predicts that the plastics lifecycle will contribute 850+ million tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in 2019.

12Jun

@Tesla is developing a closed-loop battery recycling system to recover lithium, cobalt, copper, aluminum and steel for use in new batteries.

12Jun

Plastic bottles in the EU will contain at least 30% recycled content by 2030. EU members will also aim for a 90% collection rate by 2029.

12Jun

Washing synthetic clothes can produce thousands of microfibers that can wind up in the ocean. The #coraball can help reduce that pollution.

11Jun

@duesenfeld has pioneered an eco-friendly hydrometallurgical method of lithium-ion battery recycling that recovers 96% of each module.