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

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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Dry Cleaning Sustainability: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Dry cleaning businesses need to be eco friendly and sustainable in order to prosper in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace. Besides harmful chemicals, energy consumption of facilities during operations can also affect both the environment as well as profits of dry cleaners. Dry Cleaning and Sustainability. Maintain equipment.

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Ola Hypercharger Network to offer 100,000 charging points for two-wheel EVs across India

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Ola Electric runs a major ride-hailing platform that operates on 3 continents, and it will soon be manufacturing 2-wheeled EVs at its Futurefactory in Tamil Nadu, India. Now the company has revealed plans to provide charging for its upcoming Ola Scooter and other vehicles through the new Ola Hypercharger Network.

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Battery Researchers Look to Artificial Intelligence to Slash Recharging Times

GreenTechMedia

Last month, a team from Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Toyota Research Institute published findings from battery testing aimed at cutting electric vehicle charging times down to 10 minutes. The company has succeeded in recharging an electric scooter battery in less than 10 minutes.

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Low emission broadband installations: Sky adds 151 smart plug-in hybrid vans to engineering fleet

Business Green

Ford to supply 151 plug-in hybrid engineering vans to Sky following successful 12-month trial of prototype featuring geo-fencing technology that switches to electric mode in low emission areas. The great strength of our business is its ability to adapt to change, and responding to the growing climate emergency is no exception," he said. "We

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From bladder-powered energy storage to a green dishwasher called Bob: The best of clean tech at CES 2022

Business Green

On offer were a raft of clean tech innovations, from the latest smart home gizmos through to the world's most powerful e-bikes and e-scooters. Bladder-power underwater energy storage.

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Panasonic: How a green technology drive can help deliver on internal carbon goals

Business Green

The company, which produces components for a range of industrial customers, including electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charge point operators, operates 16 factories across Europe, and has supply chains that extend across the continent. This is a really big challenge.".