02Jul

“Noida authority plans to recycle construction material to clean city”

City officials in Noida, India, have decided to recycle construction debris dumped across the metropolitan area in a bid to reduce pollution. Authorities plan to make bricks, tiles, and other construction materials in the recycling process.

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02Jul

“ARENA, CEFC back plan to recycle EV batteries for household storage”

Australian financiers are supporting a new venture that proposes to reuse electric vehicle batteries for household storage. Once EV batteries begin struggling to provide the driving range and acceleration required of vehicle transport, there is still 80 percent of their storage capacity that can be used in household applications.

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02Jul

“Innovation could provide inexpensive, clean way for US to enter $4 billion market to recover rare earth elements”

New efficient and inexpensive technologies under development at Purdue University could allow for the extraction of rare earth elements—critical components of many electronics and green products, from waste coal ash.

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02Jul

“Four solutions to the disposable coffee cup problem”

Edible coffee cups? A BBC business reporter devises four innovative ways to reduce the UK’s “unrecycled cup mountain.”

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02Jul

“Batteries from green cars could swamp China’s recycling industry”

Discarded electric vehicle batteries could soon become a major environmental problem in China, Shenzhen-based Gaogong Industry Research has warned. According to the think tank, 248,000 metric tons of batteries will be discarded in 2020 whose heavy metals and chemicals pose a risk to the environment if the batteries are not recycled properly.

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02Jul

“ArcelorMittal honored for slag recycling effort”

A slag recycling project at the ArcelorMittal steel mill, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, has been honored by that country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade through its “Transforming waste into resources” competition. The project substituted the primary raw materials for steelmaking with processed recycled slag.

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02Jul

“IKEA launches mattress recycling initiative”

Each day, 50,000 mattresses end up in landfills or are illegally dumped in the United States. Now, Swedish retailer IKEA has announced it will take back old mattresses of any brand when it delivers new ones and will recycle mattresses returned to U.S. stores.

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02Jul

Global $384 million solar panel recycling market to 2025

The global solar panel recycling market is expected to be valued at $384.4 million by 2025, according to Dublin-based Research and Markets. Rising PV installation rates, the result of dropping prices and perceived low environmental impact, will drive the market over the forecast period, the company says.

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02Jul

“Lithium battery recycling subsidiary established by Narada Power”

China-based battery manufacturer Narada Power is establishing a subsidiary for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. Beyond corporate social responsibility, the company says the initiative is integral to creating a sustainable supply chain for the rapidly growing electric vehicle and stationary battery markets.

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02Jul

“Tiny BC company sees big future in battery recycling”

Surrey, British Columbia-based American Manganese has developed and is piloting a technology to recycle batteries. The company uses a technology called hydrometallury to process and separate lithium cobalt, lithium nickel, manganese cobalt, lithium manganese, lithium nickel, and other materials.

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