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Upcycling of materials should be the priority for EV batteries

Envirotec Magazine

An exploded view of an EV battery: Researchers have demonstrated a method to upcycle end-of-life battery waste into materials that can be used for ‘next generation’ battery cathodes. Professor Slater of the University of Birmingham said: “The challenge is no longer about recycling.

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

That’s why Greentown and Saint-Gobain partnered to launch Go Build 2023, which specifically sought innovations to extend product life cycles, find alternative raw materials, and enable technologies for waste revalorization. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Hempitecture (Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.)

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A Novel Solution To Plastic Pollution

R-Squared Energy

Researchers have tried several different reuse approaches for addressing the growing global plastic waste stream. Waste plastics may also contain undesirable components. Pyrolysis is a different approach that involves the thermal degradation of plastic waste in the absence of oxygen to produce a liquid oil.

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

The hubs are fitted out with circularity in mind, using repurposed office furniture saving 5 tCO 25 compared to buying new 6 and upcycled peg boards that were part of Kenya’s display at COP26 in Glasgow. 3] Assuming 22 disposables per cycle and 13 menstrual cycles per year, so 286 disposables/ year/ per person. [4] Customized report

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. Carbon is a waste product, suspended in the air we breathe,” said Pat Sapinsely, Managing Director of the Urban Future Lab.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Three Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. “Carbon is a waste product, suspended in the air we breathe,” said Pat Sapinsely, Managing Director of the Urban Future Lab. Capro-X (Ithaca, New York, U.S.)