20Sep

“This is how EV-batteries are recycled”

Don’t try this at home! EV batteries with trace electricity are frozen and smashed to bits before metals are separated for reuse (video).

20Sep

“Technology for recovering REEs from coal ash takes step forward”

A U.S. government-funded program is showing promising results in creating a more efficient way to harvest rare earth elements from coal ash.

20Sep

Apple’s GiveBack program will pay up to $525 for an iPhone X in good condition—and even offers money back for recycled Android phones.

19Sep

By considering the cost of financing solar panel recycling, PV manufacturers can help mitigate customer expense and promote the practice.

19Sep

Honda’s Acura RDX uses post-industrial textile waste in its hood and dashboard insulation, as well as recycled plastics in its seat fabric.

19Sep

“Big box retailing”: e-commerce has yielded a 30-40% increase in corrugated cardboard in U.S. curbside recycling systems in recent years.

18Sep

Retired Nissan Leaf batteries are being used to power streetlights in Namie, Japan.

18Sep

Lignin, a byproduct of the paper pulping process, can be used as raw material in the production of carbon fiber, bioplastic and liquid fuel.

18Sep

Biodegradable products that are disposed of in landfills decompose anyway, right? Typically not—and even when they do, they can pollute.

17Sep

One problem with PV waste is its quantity: because sunlight is scattered, large collectors—with lots of glass—are required to capture it.