Consumer
Recycling News

Despite the popularity of curbside programs, many consumers don’t know the fundamentals of recycling: single-stream vs. multi-stream, the “three Rs” of waste management, or even which items can and cannot be recovered. Click here for more information on the basics of consumer recycling.

Posted September 20, 2023

Plastic Recycled into Chemical Ingredients

Scientists from @NTUsg have created a process that recycles most plastics into chemical ingredients used for energy storage.

Posted September 20, 2023

EPA Awards Grants

@EPA announced the recipients of $105 million in Solid Wate Infrastructure for Recycling grants, the funding will go towards recycling efforts.

Posted September 6, 2023

Get Cash or Discount for Recycling

Many companies have trade-in or recycling programs, check out this list here.

Posted September 6, 2023

UK Bed Manufacture Survey

A study done by @thebedfed shows 73% of consumers would pay more for a mattress designed to avoid landfills at the end of their life.

Posted August 31, 2023

Sustainability Commitments

Many large consumer goods companies made sustainability commitments, according to @BainandCompany only 7% of companies succeed.

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Commercial/Industrial
Recycling News

Many commercial and industrial by-products—from coal combustion residuals to foundry slag to manufacturing scrap—have economic and environmental value that can and should be harnessed via their collection and reuse. Click here to learn about commercial and industrial reclamation efforts.

Posted September 20, 2023

Fort Mandan Visitor Center

The Fort Mandan Visitor Center was built with Fly Ash, Bottom Ash, and Flu Gas Desulfurization Materials, the choice of the material was to align with the sustainability aspect.

Posted September 20, 2023

Gautrain

Gaurtrain, a large rail construction project required 28 million cubic feet of concrete, the concrete consisted of 30-35% DuraPozz Pro Fly Ash.

Posted September 6, 2023

Fly Ash into Portland Cement

Catch up on @ConversationUS‘s article about Coal Fired Power Stations and the collection of Fly Ash to be repurposed into Portland Cement.

Posted September 6, 2023

Glass to Concrete

Urban Mining of Connecticut has developed a concrete additive that is made of glass, they are obtaining their glass from recycled glass facilities.

Posted August 31, 2023

Georgia Port Authority Mobile Gantry Crane Runway

The port of Savannah uses cranes to lift shipping containers on and off ships, while the cement below is to support up to 123,000 lbs.

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Renewable Technology
Recycling News

Solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles—all commonly touted for delivering “clean” power with little environmental impact—contain toxic and/or economically valuable materials that should be disposed of or recovered after the product’s life. Click here to discover more about renewable technologies recycling.

Posted September 20, 2023

Volvo Announces Partnership

@volvocars has announced a partnership with @connected_energ, the plan is to recycle old EV batteries into new energy storage systems.

Posted September 20, 2023

Redwood Materials Acquires EU Recycler

@RedwoodMat has acquired a leading EU battery recycler, Redux Recycling GmbH, which will allow immediate EU growth opportunities.

Posted September 6, 2023

Black Mass into Black Gold

@RecycLiCo has been able to turn its black mass into black gold, recovering most of the cathode materials and upcycling the materials.

Posted September 6, 2023

Turbine Blade Solutions

A Mechanical Engineer points out some of the flaws of repurposing turbine blades, including they are “hard as diamonds.”

Posted August 31, 2023

$1 Billion Towards Recycling Batteries

@RedwoodMat secured more than $1 billion to scale the demand for Lithium batteries using recycled materials.

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