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There’s gold (and lithium and cobalt) in all those EV battery packs

The Verge: Energy

Billions of dollars in incentives such as the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have spurred the creation of a so-called Battery Belt across the southeastern US, all fuel to fire an anticipated spike in electric vehicle demand. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

Only 20 percent of e-waste is recycled, according to a United Nations University report in 2017. The fate of the rest is mostly unknown, probably either landfilled, reused or recycled informally. For Ed Boyd, an inside look at a recycling plant was a wake-up call.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

GreenBiz

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. "We Indeed, only 8.4

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

Business Green

Only 20 percent of e-waste is recycled, according to a United Nations University report in 2017. The fate of the rest is mostly unknown, probably either landfilled, reused or recycled informally. For Ed Boyd, an inside look at a recycling plant was a wake-up call.

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How Dell and Levi’s envision the future of repair

AGreenLiving

Only 20 percent of e-waste is recycled, according to a United Nations University report in 2017. The fate of the rest is mostly unknown, probably either landfilled, reused or recycled informally. For Ed Boyd, an inside look at a recycling plant was a wake-up call.

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How Dell and Levi’s envision the future of repair

AGreenLiving

Only 20 percent of e-waste is recycled, according to a United Nations University report in 2017. The fate of the rest is mostly unknown, probably either landfilled, reused or recycled informally. For Ed Boyd, an inside look at a recycling plant was a wake-up call.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

AGreenLiving

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. . Of course, the U.S.