Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace future material supply that would otherwise need to be extracted from the earth to meet demand. Estimates show that in 2050, the United States can meet about half of EV demand for cobalt and nickel and a quarter of lithium with minerals recovered through recycling.

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Earth 911

MARCH 20, 2023

The post The Rise of Biodegradable Plastics & New Recycling Technology appeared first on Earth911. Biodegradable plastics have emerged as a potential solution to the severe environmental problem caused by.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 14, 2022

Bridgestone is partnering with Carbon Capture and Transformation company LanzaTech to develop a scaled solution for recycling end-of-life tires. The post Bridgestone Develops Recycling Solution for End-of-Life Tires appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Importantly, the BIL invests in electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and repurposing– important strategies for increasing the sustainability of EVs. . The Department of Energy recently announced 10 recycling and repurposing projects that will receive a total of $73.9 million in funding. What second-life projects were funded?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Even with diminished capacity, they can be reused, refurbished, or repurposed and then eventually recycled. The materials recovered from recycling can be used to manufacture new batteries, therefore reducing the amount of newly mined materials necessary to meet upcoming mineral demand. to be made from every EV battery.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Increasing the reuse and recycling of batteries at their end of life is essential to increasing the sustainability of batteries and creating a circular economy. Recycling must ramp up. There are huge opportunities for recycling to decrease the need for newly mined materials in batteries. Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle.

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New Scientist

APRIL 24, 2024

Some environmental campaigners claim that attempts to create a circular economy for plastics are doomed to fail – but the arguments can be disingenuous

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Waste360 recently did a two-part series on emerging plastic recycling technologies. Part 2 looks at where the technologies are headed. Part 1 reviews the findings of a recent report funded by Dow Chemical entitled Rethinking Plastics in a Circular Economy.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The REMADE Institute, a 154-member public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) with an initial investment of $140 million, today announced a new technology license involving a technological innovation capable of recovering precious metals from used electronics more easily and cost-effectively.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

ResearchAndMarkets.com has released the Global Markets and Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse, which covers technological, economic, and business considerations of water recycling and reuse technologies through 2028. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fabric company JSRTEX Group in Taiwan is adding sustainable textile dyeing technology to reduce wastewater and energy use in its production. The post Digital Dyeing Technology Produces No Wastewater, Reduces Energy in Textile Production appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In 2021, Evoqua Water Technologies' total company-wide water reuse exceeded 55% — and the company is focused on mitigating climate and water risk. The post Evoqua Water Technologies Mitigates Climate And Water Risk Using Smart Tech appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In 2021, Evoqua Water Technologies' total company-wide water reuse exceeded 55% — and the company is focused on mitigating climate and water risk. The post Evoqua Water Technologies Mitigates Climate And Water Risk Using Smart Tech appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

On April 18, Texas-based Encina Development Group announced it will not move forward with its chemical plastics recycling plant in Northumberland County "at the current time." Chemical recycling is not a solution to the plastics crisis. Toxic chemical recycling is a false solution to the plastics crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production. Our modern technological world wouldn’t function without rare earth elements. 12 of the rare earth elements are used in laser technology. Recycling rare earth elements.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 26, 2022

The two companies will co-develop the first dedicated end-of-life tire recycling process leveraging LanzaTech’s proprietary CCT technology, creating a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of … Continue reading Bridgestone partners with LanzaTech to pursue end-of-life tire recycling technologies.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 22, 2024

More than 85% percent of a solar photovoltaic (PV) module is made of materials we already know how to recycle, like aluminum and glass. However, solar panel recycling—and most recycling overall—is not currently cost-effective or widely adopted.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fabric company JSRTEX Group in Taiwan is adding sustainable textile dyeing technology to reduce wastewater and energy use in its production. The post Digital Dyeing Technology Produces No Wastewater, Reduces Energy in Textile Production appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 6, 2022

New technologies for chemically recycling textile fibers are emerging around the world. But … Continue reading Transforming textiles: How chemical recycling technologies could play a key role in slashing the textile industry’s environmental footprint. Read the full story at Chemical & Engineering News.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 1, 2023

Cans, improved technology, and the transportation industry are driving the market's growth.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Haircare brand Herbal Essences announced they will be implementing a resin derived from an advanced-recycling technology which turns waste plastic in molecularly virgin plastic. Read the full story at Cosmetics Design. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2022

assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at South Dakota Mines, has received funding from the National Science Foundation to study methods for creating new types of solar panels that will be more easily recycled in the future. Ilke Celik, Ph.D.,

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Nth Cycle, a metal processing and recycling technology company based in Boston, has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) through its InnovateMass program. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” (also known as advanced recycling, molecular recycling, and chemical conversion) and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis. Download the document.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Sections at the end of each chapter speculate on how key features, from the touchscreen to the electronics, might be recreated in more sustainable ways that would lend themselves to manufacturing and recycling in a closed-loop system. The post Magic smartphone trees: technology for a circular economy appeared first on Physics World.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 20, 2024

Advancing toward its goal of more sustainably produced garments, Lululemon has teamed up with Samsara Eco, an Australian environmental technology company, to introduce the first enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 product, according to a press release on Tuesday.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold an October 30 public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware), a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). When she announced the legislation in July, Rep. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

On January 31, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania collaborated on a School Recycling Study Survey that shows Pennsylvania K-12 students have increased their knowledge and awareness of recycling over the past fiscal year. Does your school have a recycling awareness program?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced it will add the area surrounding the former Exide Technologies Laureldale facility in Berks County to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) on March 7. For more information on this site, visit EPA’s Exide Technologies Laureldale Facility webpage. On March 5, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new fiberglass recycling technology is helping to develop a circular wind turbine economy while creating jobs and revitalizing a historic site. Read the full story from U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This report is designed to provide guidance to government policy makers considering chemical recycling technology permits and legislation and is not an endorsement of any company or technology. Download the publication. Our hope is that it will inspire constructive dialogue among a range of stakeholders.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 8, 2022

The University of Birmingham has licensed the rights to its new ‘supercritical water’ technology to engineering firm Stopford. Read the full story at Resource. The new process will decompose mixed complex plastics, converting them into ‘value-added materials’ for use as feedstock for the plastics industry. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 22, 2024

Read the full story at Plastics Recycling Update. A food safety scientific panel has approved the use of post-consumer PET recycling technologies from Bandera, Erema, Gneuss, NGR, Polymetrix, Starlinger and others.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

PRC provides residents with numerous options for the recycling and safe management of a wide variety of materials not accepted in curbside pickup including TVs, tires and household chemicals,” according to PRC Executive Director Darren Spielman. All events take place 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. FM and AM 1020 KDKA. FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. Can wind turbine blades be recycled? Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

How can you limit your consumption of plastic products and help increase the percentage of plastics being recycled? Clothing, electronic devices, medical devices, and numerous other technologies that make the world a better place exist because of the industrialization of plastic. They are used to prolong the shelf life of foods.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

These materials are primarily supplied through two sources: 1) newly mined or 2) recovered by recycling batteries already in circulation. Research shows there are enough explored or prospective reserves to electrify the global transportation sector using current technology if a high amount of battery recycling occurs.

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