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Advisory group reminds Scots to recycle old batteries

Envirotec Magazine

Shops that sell large volumes of batteries have to provide a battery recycling collection. The Scottish government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is reminding Scots that they should recycle batteries separately to other household waste after a new survey revealed a quarter of people dispose of them incorrectly.

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Cleaner air in the capital: London has first UK authority to run fully electric refuse truck fleet

Envirotec Magazine

The vehicles will form the UK’s first zero emission recycling and waste collection fleet and will collect residents’ waste and recycling in the Square Mile. Other technology includes the use of liquid-cooled permanent magnet drive motors to ensure the ERCV can withstand stop-start environments where high torque is required.

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Motorcycle parts from GPR Italia are recyclable

AGreenLiving

GPR’s Impact Zero Project focuses on creating high-quality products that are efficient, recyclable and manufactured to bring their carbon footprint down to zero. Their motorcycle parts are built from 51% to 71% recycled material, and up to 88% of the product weight is recyclable, according to a video GPR produced on its Impact Zero Project.

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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. The why: With demand for lithium growing twice as fast as production, the U.S.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution.

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We should be mining e-waste - not the ground - for valuable and critical metals

Business Green

Critical metals, so-called because they are central to high-tech sectors, including green energy and defence industries, are also commonly found in the thermocouples of appliances that are used to heat or cool, such as stoves and fridges. But the similarities with our European neighbours stop there. Instead, we mostly ship it abroad.

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Technology Trending: superfast EV charging, propane for aircons, Robobug, zero-emission yachting

Smart Energy International

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.