01Oct

“Peel Saver is an ecological packaging for fries made from potato skins”

Italian designers have developed a more sustainable alternative to paper packaging for French fries that is made from recycled potato skins.

01Oct

“The State of the Circular Economy in America”

A lack of “take back” options by manufacturers—and little communication about proper product disposal—are inhibitors to a circular economy.

28Sep

Recycling wind turbine components—or reconditioning and reselling them at the end of a project’s life—could help reduce wind energy costs.

28Sep

Recycling 85% of the 400+ billion gallons of California’s wastewater released yearly into the ocean would supply water for 8 million people.

28Sep

Recycling cutbacks in Salem—resulting from China’s new import regs—has led to fines for residents who put non-recyclable items in their bin.

27Sep

Renault plans to build a 60 MWh-capacity energy storage system that uses old EV batteries to power communities via the transmission grid.

27Sep

French shoe manufacturer Saola has introduced a line of sneakers, each pair of which contains algae foam and 3-4 recycled PET bottles.

27Sep

Electronics contain up to 7% of the gold in circulation globally—one of many valuable recyclable materials our e-devices contain.

26Sep

Recycling PV panels is complicated by the many materials they can contain, including lead, copper, gallium, cadmium, aluminum, and silicon.

26Sep

UK bakery chain Gail’s is launching a sourdough bread made of leftovers that are unsold at the end of each day.