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Mixed waste processing technology begins trial in Seattle

Envirotec Magazine

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle, register?

GreenBiz

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 00:05.

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Dragonfly Energy manufactures lithium battery cell using high-purity recycled materials from Aqua Metals

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Dragonfly successfully used high-purity lithium hydroxide recovered by Aqua Metals from recycled lithium-ion batteries to manufacture a standard CR2032 battery cell using Dragonfly’s patented dry battery electrode coating technology.

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From Trash to Treasure: The Role of Technology in Modern Waste Management

The Environmental Blog

From waste segregation to state-of-the-art WTE plants, innovative technology is helping transform trash into valuable resources. Advanced Sorting Technologies Reducing the quantity of waste in landfills and fostering a more sustainable society are both possible with advanced sorting technology for waste management.

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New York tidal energy project helps researchers explore recyclable materials for renewable energy tech

TechXplore

Although the three turbines appeared to be identical, one was a doppelganger, built from an entirely new kind of resin that could help decarbonize even the most sustainable clean energy technologies, like tidal energy turbines.

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American Battery Technology Company Receives $2 Million USABC Contract Award for Demonstration of Integrated Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Technologies

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The program’s focus is to demonstrate that battery grade metals can be manufactured from recycled materials at lower cost, lower environmental impact, and with higher domestic US sourced content than conventional virgin sourced metals.

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Northvolt’s battery recycling program aims to source 50% recycled material by 2030

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It will serve as a platform for developing and validating the recycling?process, process, and will target an initial recycling capacity of 100 tons per year. Northvolt’s ultimate goal is to source 50% of materials in new cells from recycled materials by 2030.