Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m Fortune Business Insights) On 11 September, 16 UK-based innovation projects were announced as winners of the first competition. In total there are 40 organisations receiving funding.

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Investment Recycling Recycling Innovation 162

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

On 20 May 2021, metal sorting technology expert TOMRA Recycling held its first metals sorting webinar, which was entitled ‘Aluminium sorting industry outlook – key sorting technologies, innovations and opportunities in a circular economy.’ million annually.

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Recycling Recycling Automotive Electric vehicle 130

Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2020

The firm's £2m REALITY project is developing high-grade aluminium from a blend of waste cans, bottle tops, and scrap vehicles. Co-funded by the government's innovation agency Innovate UK, the process was developed in partnership with Brunel university as part of a £2m project called 'REALITY', the British carmaker said on Friday.

Recycling 90

Recycling Recycling Automotive Upcycling 90

Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2023

Greentown Go Move 2022 brought BASF and Magna together with five climatetech startups to advance solutions that decarbonize the automotive industry’s life-cycle impact. BASF, the Leading Partner on Go Move 2022, is a global leader in chemicals and the number one chemical supplier to the automotive industry.

Automotive 57

Automotive Startups Carbon-negative Plastics 57

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

Energy giant RWE confirms flagship Sofia offshore wind farm will see 44 turbines fitted with innovative new recyclable blades RWE has announced it has inked a deal with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa to install its new recyclable blades as part of its flagship Sofia offshore wind farm off the north east coast of England.

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Recycling Recycling Automotive Sustainability 90

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

It is specifically targeting remanufacturing in white goods, automotive, telecommunications, and aerospace. The project, CREDIT, has received funding to the tune of €5.6 Million from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme.

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Europe Automotive Education Innovation 147

Business Green

MAY 31, 2020

Innovate UK-backed initiative aims to scale up recycling process for rare earth metals used in electric vehicles. Dubbed 'Rare Earth Recycling for E-Machines' (RaRE), the initiative is being supported by a £1.9m I believe this is industry, technology, recycling and innovation working together at its impressive best.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. Ian Constance, Chief Executive at the APC said: “Recycling of electric vehicle batteries is a principal part of the electric supply chain, so it’s vital that we get it right.

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Batteries Electricity Electric vehicle Recycling 189

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads, and to be helping shape the future of the sector. EMR recycles thousands of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) every week at its more than 60 UK sites. A lot of this work is already underway.

Batteries 113

Batteries Recycling Recycling Automotive 113

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

EMR Metals Recycling joins forces with Bentley Motors, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and a host of partners to develop UK EV battery recycling supply chain. This will help to transform the economics of the electric vehicle market.".

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Electric vehicle 68

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A recently completed project demonstrates that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers, which are currently lost to landfill, can be successfully recycled, says the group behind it, from the University of Birmingham. Despite the differences between the two sectors, the average magnet grade remained fairly consistent.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 130

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

SERC is super-basic — it includes only six questions and doesn’t consider other important climate concerns such as water consumption or waste. Innovation. The firm requires that each startup it backs has the potential to mitigate a minimum of 2.5 billion tons of CO2-equivalent by 2050, Miller said. The company closed a $3.2

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Startups Waste Waste Carbon 355

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Circularity refers to a circular economy – a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops. This can be achieved through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling.

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Automotive Plastics Waste Waste 80

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

from the automotive industry. Our automotive industry is a world-leader, creating jobs whether in Essex, Somerset or Glasgow," said Business Secretary Grant Shapps. to support its plans to develop a tractor that can run off methane produced from farm waste. from government matched by £36.6m

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Government Waste Waste Automotive 40

Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

New analysis from Bain & Company suggests recycled materials could play dominant role in auto industry supply chains. The European auto industry could slash emissions and drastically reduce its exposure to resource security risks by embracing recycled materials and circular business models.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Recycled materials Automotive 69

Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

Another £149m will also go towards ramping up the use of innovative, greener materials in heavy industry, with 13 projects sharing in the spoils to support initiatives such as reusing waste ash in the glass and ceramics industry, and developing recyclable steel, according to Number 10.

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Building Energy Monitoring Innovation Energy Monitor Sustainability 94

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A raft of battery, electronics, mining, and recycling projects have scooped up a share of £25m in government funding this week designed to help scale up the supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and recycling in the UK. per cent battery-grade lithium.

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Lithium Batteries Automotive Recycling 69

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Funding AeroShield won a $610k Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative grant to support manufacturing of its super-insulating, porous glass for energy-efficient windows. Nth Cycle CEO Megan O’Connor was named an Automotive News All Star. Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups?

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Startups Recycling Recycling Upcycling 73

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Europe 264

EDF + Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Pathways to Net Zero – Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Action A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops. billion tons come from secondary materials.

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Automotive Plastics Waste Waste 52

Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

With its known deposits of critical metals and minerals, automotive heritage, plenty of clean electricity (to power operations), and access to a well-integrated North American market, Canada could be a top supplier of sustainable batteries. Both automakers were in discussions with the federal and provincial government about financial support.

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Batteries North America Automotive Electric vehicle 122

Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

From pothole fixing robots to retro electric motorcycles, over 1,000 recipients of coronavirus response, clean tech innovation funding have been announced. The news comes just a day after the government announced £49m of funding to support a raft of green projects from across the UK automotive sector.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Government Energy Monitor 96

Business Green

JUNE 12, 2024

The awards were more competitive than ever with record numbers of entries and remarkable innovation on display in every category. The judges also praised how the company has switched 85 per cent of its delivery fleet to biofuel, drastically increased its recycling rate, and more than halved its direct emissions since 2021.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 57

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2021

Our members continue to amaze us with their commitment to sustainability and their innovative green and social responsibility initiatives. Their labels are also made with 100% recycled paper and they have created a paint pouch that uses 80% less plastic than standard paint cans. MARTINREA INTERNATIONAL. SPECTRAFORCE.

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Sustainability Waste Waste Earth Day 136

Business Green

MARCH 26, 2024

Behaviour Change Campaign of the year Birmingham County Football Association - Save Today, Play Tomorrow Cambridge Water - 'Can for the Cam' water efficiency campaign Carbon Literacy Project - Carbon Literacy Action Day campaign Deloitte - Clause Zero Giki and Race to Zero - The Employee Race to Zero competition Hubbub - #PickYourSide Jump and the (..)

Business Energy Monitoring 53

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 53

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

Three US firms are taking their inspiration from natural processes to deliver exciting new clean tech innovations. Spintex has been able to recreate this process in a lab at scale, making kilograms of this material for clothing and in the future, it hopes automotive materials, biomedical applications, and aerospace products.

Soil 86

Soil Automotive Plastics Recycling 86

Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

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Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 115

Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

The strength and breadth of the shortlist is testament to the remarkable levels of innovation, resilience, and ingenuity green businesses and executives have demonstrated over the past 18 months, as they have continued to advance the net zero transition, while pushing green business principles and clean technologies firmly into the mainstream.

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Packaging Innovation Sustainability Carbon 92

Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2022

Developed over the past 18 months by a team that featured a "diverse range" of partner companies, institutions and experts from Formula 1 and Formula E, the prototype has also been built using recycled and plant-based materials in order to reduce waste and the carbon footprint, the firm said. This truly is the way forward.".

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Electricity Batteries Electric vehicle Automotive 93

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Entrants in the final furlong include an on-demand clothing manufacturing technology that eliminates 20 billion unsold garments each year, 100% compostable protective packaging that replaces single use plastic, and an Oxford University spin-out that changes the way valuable metallic resources are mined, refined, recycled, and processed.

Innovation 130

Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 130

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

Innovate UK's Jonny Voon explores some of the most exciting green ideas this year, ranging from UK lithium mining and plastic recycling breakthroughs, clothing that 'grows' with the children wearing it. Key to a sustainable recovery is innovation. Impact Recycling. Currently, only up to 15 per cent of plastic is recycled.

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Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 97

Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

Recycling rare earth materials is vital to the cost-competitiveness of magnet manufacturing. In the process of producing a magnet, up to 30% of the material can end up as scrap, and a producer must have the ability to recycle that material. At Mountain Pass, we take the water out of the tailings and we recycle the water.

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Innovation Recycling Recycling Resilience 109

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Redwood Materials raised $1bn to build its US battery materials and recycling facility. This could be due to the relative maturity of renewables and  sentiment that decarbonizing energy was past the innovation stage. Northvolt raised $1.6bn over two rounds this year to scale battery manufacturing in Europe.

Building Energy Monitoring 144

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

AGreenLiving

MAY 11, 2021

SERC is super-basic — it includes only six questions and doesn’t consider other important climate concerns such as water consumption or waste. The firm requires that each startup it backs has the potential to mitigate a minimum of 2.5 billion tons of CO2-equivalent by 2050, Miller said. The company closed a $3.2

Startups 36

Startups Waste Waste Carbon 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Pressure is mounting on the fashion industry to tackle its outsized environmental footprint, but can a wave of green innovation across the sector really trigger a shift towards sustainable business models? Soaring levels of waste were a particular problem during the lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, when nobody could go shopping.

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Fashion Innovation Waste Waste 68

Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Yet the recycled material available to make bottles, bags and boxes has become harder to find and more expensive. It seems an impossible situation. Headwinds and tailwinds.

Plastics 99

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 99

AGreenLiving

MAY 11, 2021

SERC is super-basic — it includes only six questions and doesn’t consider other important climate concerns such as water consumption or waste. The firm requires that each startup it backs has the potential to mitigate a minimum of 2.5 billion tons of CO2-equivalent by 2050, Miller said. The company closed a $3.2

Startups 28

Startups Waste Waste Carbon 28