Inside the wind turbines are huge magnets, the @ENERGY announced 20 winners for the “Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize.”, where scientists are coming up with promising recycling ideas.
@SOLARCYCLEUS CEO interviews with KXAN Meteorologist, during the interview she shares some insight on their facility in Odessa, Texas, and what they are achieving.
Small startup companies are mining the materials inside your old/thrown-out laptops, TVs, Desktops, and other electronics for metals like gold and copper, some bringing in $85K a day.
Casey Crownhart with @techreview writes on the challenges ahead of creating and recycling these “new” green technologies, in this, he notes “No recycling process is perfect.”
Consumers can help keep clean energy out of landfills by using their solar panels and EVs for longer by resisting the urge to upgrade and dispose of old materials before the end of life.
Many projects are now underway to achieve better recycling options for old wind turbines, even the federal government launched a Wind Turbine Recycling Prize with @AMCprizes.