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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Batteries from WEEE and end of life vehicles.

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Smart Energy Finances: SMS smart meters lift dividends and €15.1bn EIB green financing

Smart Energy International

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees Smart Metering Services (SMS) post lifted dividends, citing increased smart meter installations – up to 40,000 per month – and their first grid-scale battery project coming online. SMS strong H1: 40k monthly smart meters and grid-scale battery project.

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Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; Enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; Enough water to fill Lake Victoria in seven years, Lake Ontario in four. ” Among many findings: The energy value in 380 billion m3 of wastewater is estimated to be 53.2

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Contintental complexity

Envirotec Magazine

Factors attributed as principal causes include: the burning of biomass fuel for cooking, heating, and lighting; the crude oil exploitation and coal mining industries; and old vehicles being shipped in from Europe. Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040.

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Waste & Recycling Innovations • 4/21/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

California’s ambitious goal of reaching 75% recycling by 2020 was unsuccessful – the state has only achieved 37% in 2019 ( 1 ). He has spent over 25 years in business and project development. Business Development at Green Mountain Technologies. Head of Business Development, Compology. April 21, 2021. Virtual Event.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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UK's largest carbon capture plant opens in Cheshire

Business Green

Government-backed demonstration plant aims to capture tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 emitted by a power station for use in sodium biocarbonate manufacture. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng touted the facility as a major step forward for industrial decarbonisation efforts in the UK. This cutting-edge plant, backed by £4.2m

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