06Sep

“Innovation Is Making Solar Panels Harder To Recycle”

PV manufacturers are replacing silver with copper, nickel, and aluminum in their panels, reducing the value—and incentive—to recycle them.

06Sep

“Enormous amounts of food are wasted during manufacturing – here’s where it occurs”

Much food is wasted at the manufacturing stage due to “inefficiencies” in the process. Can some or most of this waste be avoided?

06Sep

Garden hoses, electrical cords, and plastic bags all clog the machinery at recycling plants. What other items should you NOT recycle?

05Sep

Ontario-based Li-Cycle uses closed loop recycling technology that can recover 80 to 100% of EVs’ lithium-ion batteries.

05Sep

A Nevada company specializes in receiving commercial food scraps, cooking and drying them to provide feed for livestock.

05Sep

Up to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions are associated with materials flow—underscoring the role of recycling in combating climate change.

04Sep

Will the U.S. solar industry be ready when the current generation of photovoltaic panels needs replacing in a few years?

04Sep

Colorado researchers are using beer wort—waste liquid produced during beer brewing—to make a transparent insulating gel for windows.

04Sep

New York City—which produces more trash than any other city in the world—will institute single-stream recycling in 2020.

31Aug

With half the world’s electric vehicles sold in China, Sino battery manufacturers may have the edge in developing a robust recycling market.