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Blockchain set to transform quality assurance in the recycling market, suggests study

Envirotec Magazine

Blockchain technology will revolutionise the trade of recyclable materials by providing each part of the supply chain with vital data and assurance about the quality of secondary commodities, says The Recycling Association, following recent trials.

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Circulor, TotalEnergies and Recycling Technologies unveil plastic waste traceability software

Business Green

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material.

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Affordability threatens to put the breaks on Germany’s electric mobility – study

Smart Energy International

Have you read: Bangkok boats bolster e-mobility ReBeam – harnessing blockchain to improve the e-mobility experience Overcoming the e-mobility chicken or egg dilemma. At the same time, the majority of respondents are not prepared to pay a premium for reused or recycled materials in their vehicles. Hopes for government subsidies.

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Northvolt to supply €2 billion worth of green battery cells to BMW

Charged

The Northvolt Ett plant will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and will have in-house recycling capacities. Northvolt aims to use 50 percent recycled material in new cells by 2030. BMW is determined to keep its battery supply chain as green as possible.

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NatWest 'reverse vending machines' to turn unused bank cards into clothing

Business Green

After pickup, plastic waste is transported to a recycling facility via an electric vehicle, where the first cards will be repurposed into hats and socks for London's homeless. Using blockchain technology it is possible to track what the plastic from each machine has been made into and calculate the carbon and energy saved as a result.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. The toymaker seeks to cut normalized carbon emissions in half by 2028.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. The toymaker seeks to cut normalized carbon emissions in half by 2028.