23Aug

“A Rwandan Engineer Is Recycling Glass Bottles Into Bricks”

Glass aggregate from recycled bottles, windows, and windshields are being used to manufacture inexpensive bricks for house construction.

23Aug

“Contact lenses don’t belong in your toilet”

Because contact lenses don’t degrade in treatment plants, those flushed down the toilet end up in wastewater—and eventually the environment.

22Aug

Levels of contamination in U.S. recycling are 25%; China wants them at 0.3%—code for “we will not accept imported recyclable materials.”

22Aug

Mixing 30% recycled asphalt in with 70% fresh asphalt has been found to yield cost-effective pavement that meets Indian road standards.

22Aug

Assuming a module lifespan of 30 years, 9.8 million metric tons of PV waste are expected to emerge between 2030 and 2060 in the U.S.

21Aug

A plant capable of annually recycling 400,000 tons of construction waste into high-value sand and gravel has opened in Scotland.

21Aug

Automakers’ use of lithium-ion batteries will soar in the coming years as unit costs drop and EV sales incentives/subsidies grow globally.

21Aug

China’s import restrictions on recyclables are not the death knell for U.S. recycling, but rather an opportunity to fine-tune our approach.

20Aug

Indian foundries facing material shortages are using sensors and data analytics to optimize recycling of used sand in casting operations.

20Aug

Soaring production of single-use plastic renders corporate recycling pledges useless in curbing the material’s contribution to global waste.