GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The study which has been published in Carbon Letters , outlines how this new green chemistry could be used to upcycle materials which would otherwise be thrown away and transform them into high value materials with real-world applications.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 20, 2023

American Battery Technology Company executed a term-sheet agreement with TechMet-Mercuria, a Geneva-based energy metals joint venture, for a $20M non-dilutive debt facility for recycled-battery-metal products. SepPure raised a $12M Series A for its industrial chemical-membrane technology.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding American Battery Technology Company —a startup with technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, battery-metal extraction, and primary mineral resource development—was awarded $60M in tax credits to accelerate the construction of its next-generation battery recycling facility.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

GreenLIB is pioneering a sustainable future by transforming battery waste into profitable, closed-loop solutions within the global lithium-ion battery market. Elemental Recycling ’s single-step, proprietary process recycles any and all plastics and tires into high-purity graphene and hydrogen.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? In other words, how can the use of everyday materials in the office be substituted with more sustainable, recycled, and reused materials? You need to identify instances where this is happening.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

One reason for all this: Batteries continue their journey down the price-experience curve, where increased demand lowers prices, further pumping up demand. Adidas and H&M Group teamed up for a project to recycle old garments and fibers into new items for major brands. New technologies are helping, many still in early stages.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 25, 2021

Sort your items into five boxes: keep, donate, maybe, recycle and trash. Recycle: The recycle box includes regular recycling and items that need to be recycled in a specific way, such as batteries, unwanted electronics and prescription eyeglasses. Most grocery stores offer recycling for clean plastic bags!

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 23, 2023

FUNDING Carbon Upcycling raised $26M in Series A funding for its carbon-sequestration technology. PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENT Form Energy won a $12M grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to roll out a 10 megawatt / 1000 megawatt-hour iron-air battery system in New York State.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Carbon Upcycling Technologies utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. The post Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q3 2022 appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week. 6) Properly dispose of hazardous wastes: batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, and electronics. Recycling is one of the top and most cost-effective ways to reduce waste at home and the workplace. Go Vintage.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

. ‘Our major concern was that we had a significant amount of food waste in India across the globe as well and there wasn’t much of a meaningful solution, where food waste is actually upcycled. There is a reverse logistics mechanism in place and there are recyclers in place. That was our starting point,” he says.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Several styles feature Better Cotton Initiative-certified or recycled cotton. Other styles incorporate recycled rubber. This is an extraordinarily unique gift for the camera lover in your life that offers the basics of photography along with sustainable and recycled materials. Nena and Co. Rugs are handcrafted in India.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2021

Make or improve a home recycling system. Safely recycle electronics or batteries. Upcycle – take something you don’t use and instead of throwing it find it a new purpose. Switch to battery-powered lawn equipment. Make or improve a home composting system. Switch to efficient lights. Donate used goods or furniture.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

From solar-powered TV remotes and driverless cars, to home recycling robots, BusinessGreen has rounded up some of the most exciting green announcements at the influential exhibition. Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. Plus the remotes will also be manufactured from 24 per cent recycled plastic content.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

From solar-powered TV remotes and driverless cars, to home recycling robots, BusinessGreen has rounded up some of the most exciting green announcements at the influential exhibition. Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. The remotes will also be manufactured from 24 per cent recycled plastic content.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 28, 2023

For example: Plant something outside your home like a tree Make or improve a home recycling system Make or improve a home composting system; consider a Lomi for your kitchen, it’s an odor-free, pest-free, mess-free indoor composter Switch to efficient lights. There are lots of easy ways to improve the green impact of your home.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Toxic chemicals, e-waste, light bulbs and batteries are just a few common household items that exit our homes and can end up in the landfill , where they may or may not break down or leach into the soil and water. Depending on your local recycling center, LED or incandescent bulbs may be recyclable with your glass items.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

US daylight saving changes, Qatari recycling islands, and Dutch offshore wind farms, all feature in this week's round up of green business news from around the world. Green Island: Qatar announces plans for first recycling hub. Awareness sessions for people that are yet to start recycling.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In deals, major funding for battery recycling and dry electrodes, and additional late-stage funding for forestry projects and precision weed control. 🍎 Koa , a Zürich, Switzerland-based upcycled cocoa fruit products developer, raised $15M in Series B funding from Mirova, Zebra Impact, Mirabaud, and others.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. The end material is carbon-negative, Gonzaléz explains, because the microbes upcycle carbon and SpadXTech uses renewable energy for its processes.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 12, 2019

Here, Christine Ho, CEO of Imprint Energy explains how their ultra-thin printed batteries can power the next generation of electronics. BioCellection | Upcycling hard-to-recycle plastic waste | watch. Imprint Energy | Ultra-thin, flexible printed batteries | watch. Scoot | Shared electric mobility | watch.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Much of it could be captured at the source and recycled — or possibly sucked directly from the air. Two startups, Carbon Upcycling Technologies and Sky Baron, recently launched a line of such products. LanzaTech plans to launch a demonstration line of “recycled pollution” clothing early next year. billion tons (37.1

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

E-waste is defined as anything with a plug, electric cord, or battery — basically all of the proliferating devices that power our modern lives. was properly collected and recycled. Recycling is at the furthest end of the food chain in the circular economy,” Bonnie says. And all of it has to end up somewhere.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

🔋 Neuron Energy , a Mumbai, India-based developer of EV batteries for micromobility vehicles, raised $24M in Seed funding from Equanimity Investments, Rajiv Dadlani Group, and others. 🔋 Peaxy , a San Jose, CA-based battery analytics platform, raised $12M in Series B funding.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

After earning her degree, she led programs to help Foodstuffs, one of New Zealand’s largest supermarket chains, separate its food waste for use in upcycled products. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda. CEO and Founder, Wastezon; Kigali, Rwanda. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

One reason for all this: Batteries continue their journey down the price-experience curve, where increased demand lowers prices, further pumping up demand. Adidas and H&M Group teamed up for a project to recycle old garments and fibers into new items for major brands. New technologies are helping, many still in early stages.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Vogtle’s expanded operation will bring nuclear to ~4% of new power plant capacity this year, though it’s far outpaced by new solar (49%), wind (13%), and battery storage (16%). Big picture: US Nuclear Nuclear power makes up nearly 20% of electricity generation in the US and around half of America's carbon-free electricity.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Upcycling textile waste in collaboration with leading brands and supply chain partners. The company’s regenerative NuCycl technologies upcycle textile and apparel waste by dissolving cotton and regenerating the molecules into a new, even stronger fiber. Evrnu | DEMONSTRATION TRACK. Why do we love them?

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

After earning her degree, she led programs to help Foodstuffs, one of New Zealand’s largest supermarket chains, separate its food waste for use in upcycled products. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 21, 2023

RecycLiCo has a unique patented process to recycle and upcycle 99% of the cathode material in an EV’s li-ion battery, turning “black mass” into a new “black gold.”

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 17, 2020

Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for energy storage.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 19, 2020

The company's mobility products are built from recycled and upcycled materials. They assemble their battery packs using the standard 18650 cells recovered from old laptops, which allows them to lower the costs of their products significantly to levels that are more affordable for their target market.

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