Batteries Demand Plastics Recycled materials 
Charged
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Volkswagen has opened its first EV battery recycling facility to recover raw materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt in a closed loop, together with aluminum, copper and plastics, achieving a recycling rate of more than 90% over the long term. Source: Volkswagen.
The Verge: Energy
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.
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Green Business Bureau
JULY 5, 2021
The overuse of scarce virgin materials, i.e. natural resources like timber, petroleum-based plastic resin and mined/processed metals. Long-distance sourcing of materials that contribute to extensive transportation emissions. Carbon emissions from operations, vehicles and material engineering. In the U.S.,
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. Paul, Minnesota.
AGreenLiving
APRIL 16, 2020
Not all plastic is recyclable. In the UK, flexible plastic consisting of plastic bags, bubble wrap and pallet wrap are not accepted by local councils for recycling. Each year, the world produces 150 billion kilos of flexible plastics with the potential to pollute the environment (about 1.2
Green Business Bureau
JULY 28, 2022
Manufacturing product material waste : Here our checklist looks to reduce waste generated during the manufacturing and the production of goods. Such waste items include dunnage , shoring, pallets, lining, transit and packing materials, plywood, paper, cardboard, wire, plastic wrapping, and steel strapping. Hazardous waste.
GreenBiz
MAY 27, 2020
I’ve been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting," Boyd said. "I Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.
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