26Dec

“New research project stores solar energy in used electric bus batteries”

Volvo is testing the use of retired electric bus batteries to act as energy storage units for a housing cooperative in Gothenburg, Sweden.

26Dec

“Inside CSU’s football stadium demolition”

40,000 tons of concrete from the demolition of CSU’s Hughes Stadium were recycled for road/building projects in Larimer County, Colorado.

26Dec

Prescription drugs, makeup containers, and house keys are just three things frequently thrown in the trash that are actually recyclable.

26Dec

The global PV installed capacity is expected to grow to 1,600 GW by 2030. By 2050, PV recycling is projected to be a $15 billion industry.

26Dec

Over 30% of carbon fiber ends up as waste—and an estimated two-thirds of that waste is generated at the manufacturing facility.

26Dec

Canadian researchers have developed an online game to teach people to sort waste more accurately and avoid contamination of recyclables.

26Dec

Currently, 80-85% of a wind turbine is recyclable. The biggest challenge is recycling the composite blades.

26Dec

WSU researchers are using a wet spinning machine to help show fabric makers the potential for creating usable fibers from cotton waste.

26Dec

Since 1950, 6.3 billion tons of plastic waste has been produced—9% of it recycled and 91% burned, landfilled, or dumped in the environment.

26Dec

In China alone, there could be 20 million tons of PV waste—or 2,000 times the weight of the Eiffel Tower—by the middle of this century.