31May

“Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Solution to the Issues of Supply, Pollution?”

#LithionRecycling has developed a process by which 95% of the li-ion battery components can be recycled and incorporated into new batteries.

31May

“Qantas operates first ‘zero waste’ flight”

@Qantas, which vows to cut 75% of on-board waste by 2022, has made its first zero-waste flight—with all items composted, reused or recycled.

31May

There are roughly 34 million single-family homes in rural U.S. communities that don’t have access to recycling, according to @recyclopsutah.

30May

85% of used EV batteries in Belgium are dismantled, which could and should be repurposed for other tasks, says battery recycler @bebat_BE.

30May

Fabric maker @LenzingAG is providing carmaker @rinspeed with seat covers made from wood pulp and certified as compostable and biodegradable.

30May

Because glass is so breakable, much of it is landfilled instead of recycled—as broken glass can contaminate other recycled materials.

29May

Over 200,000 metric tons of electric vehicle batteries, with a collective capacity of more than 24.6 GWh, will be retired in China by 2020.

29May

The clothing industry uses 98M tons of oil, fertilizer, chemicals and dye, and 25T gallons of water annually. Is this sustainable?

29May

With China now banning imports of many recyclables, the first two “R’s”—reducing and reusing—are more important than ever.

28May

The global stockpile of EV batteries is projected to be 3.4 million by 2025, a 62-fold increase in seven years, according to @IERenergy.