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Inside the drive to close the UK's EV battery recycling loop

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The clean tech revolution will see battery technologies play a critical role in our cars, our trucks, our power grid, our buildings, and even our ferries. As we get to beyond 2025 towards 2030, the number of end of life EV batteries coming on the market will start to ramp up.".

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CES 2021's Green Highlights: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis, and balcony beekeeping

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Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. With the UN estimating up to $10bn of precious yet polluting metals are dumped around the world each year through e-waste efforts from major electronics firms to both design-out waste and upcycle older gadgets look set to garner increasing focus in the coming years.

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CES 2021: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis and balcony beekeeping

Business Green

Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. Samsung's solar-powered TV remotes are set for rollout in 2021. Samsung's solar-powered TV remotes are set for rollout in 2021 | Credit: Samsung.