Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

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. Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health with up to 36,000 people dying prematurely every year in the UK. “We

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Electricity Waste Waste Recycling 130

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The state of California , through its Attorney general, has filed a lawsuit accusing Walmart of allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste in landfills across the state. The 42-page document directly implicates Walmart for dumping 160,000 pounds of hazardous waste each year over the past six years. Read more here:Â .

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Waste Waste Retail Law 36

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. Elon Musk did. Elon Musk did.

Batteries 105

Batteries Lithium Demand Investment 105

Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

Through its subsidiary, Yulho Materials, the company collects and processes battery manufacturing scrap and spent lithium-ion batteries into black mass —the mixture of lithium, nickel, cobalt and other valuable battery materials that Aqua Metals’ process is designed to recover.

Recycling 95

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 95

Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Up to £5m of interest-free loans for electrical waste treatment facilities and £600,000 of grants for charity-sector reuse organisations are now up for grabs. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Fund (WEEE Fund) has announced a £5.6m Improperly recycled WEEE waste poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health.

Packaging 68

Packaging Waste Waste Electricity 68

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries).

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Recycling Recycling Hydrogen Carbon-neutral 104

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

For every car on our roads to be zero emission by 2050, just under double the current total annual world cobalt production, 75% of the world’s lithium production and at least 50% of the world’s copper production would be required. The mining process also causes terrible pollution in local rivers. Lithium mining. Cobalt mining.

Energy Monitor 115

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Electricity 115

Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“With transportation emissions responsible for a quarter of Canada’s carbon pollution, and personal vehicles making up around half of that, EVs are vital for fighting climate change and protecting the health of Canadians. After all, there is no time to waste. EVs are a win-win-win: for our health, for our climate, and for our wallets.”

Electric vehicle 130

Electric vehicle Electricity Health Pollution 130

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For decades, many mining activities have caused acid runoff into essential water and food sources, noise and air pollution, and even the uprooting of native communities. A car or computer has dozens of mined materials including cobalt, lithium, copper, gold and zinc. The supply chain is extremely lengthy and confusing. "In

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Lithium Health Organic Sustainability 414

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Since their introduction in 2003, initially as a ‘healthy’ alternative to tobacco, they have created a whole new contaminated e-waste stream. There are some businesses already offering disposable vape recovery and recycling, often as part of a broader electrical waste (WEEE) and small mixed electrical waste service.

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Technology Waste Waste Lithium 162

Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 7, 2024

E-waste is already an issue overwhelming global recycling, and EVs will soon be adding to it Hydrogen fuel cells have already been defining themselves as an important part of the effort to decarbonize energy, industry, transport, and a number of other industries, and now Honda is looking to the technology to help overcome the challenge of e-waste.

Waste 105

Waste Waste Hydrogen Recycling 105

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. Leaching into water resources from mining operations, nuclear waste sites, or from natural subterranean deposits, the element can now be found flowing out of taps worldwide.

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Pollution Electricity Lithium Plastics 246

Charged

JULY 26, 2023

Brinn addresses the EV-bashers’ main logical fallacy head-on: “EVs will always be a more environmentally friendly choice than fossil fuel-powered cars simply because they do not rely on continuous fossil fuel extraction, which has destroyed aquifers, polluted the air, and harmed the health of so many people over the past century.

Batteries 98

Batteries Fossil fuels Recycling Recycling 98

Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. This system has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries.

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Startups Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The research, published in the journal Waste Management, has been carried out by some of the world’s foremost experts in the field, and […]. That’s according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an optimized recycling process.

Recycling 139

Recycling Recycling Batteries Waste 139

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Unfortunately, our current transportation systems don’t seem to have a path to a pollution-free world. In fact, the transportation sector remains to be one of the most polluting bodies we have right now. billion gallons of fuel are wasted because of traffic. But wasted power is still a loss for you financially.

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Transportation Pollution Electric vehicle Electricity 361

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The first prototype unit is now up and running, powered by lithium-ion battery modules extracted from a MINI Electric development vehicle. Off Grid said it expects this to be the first of many similar opportunities, using high tech know how to prolong the life of previously used batteries for the long term benefit of the environment.

Batteries 130

Batteries Energy Energy Sustainability 130

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These are the innovators who are creating the huge companies of the future – ones that invest in workers, reduce pollution, restore our soils and lower the costs of food and energy.” The why: The nearly 16,000 desalination plants around the world create enough waste to cover Florida with a foot of brine each year.

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

The net zero transition depends on copious amounts of graphite, lithium, cobalt, and other materials that provide the building blocks for energy efficient buildings, electricity transmission infrastructure, solar panels, electric vehicles, energy storage, wind turbines, and myriad other technologies.

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Europe Lithium Sustainability Demand 74

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

Beyond just renewable power, Canada’s clean energy sector is made up of companies and jobs that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption in transportation, buildings, and industry, or making low-carbon technologies. Already, 127 countries —including the U.S

Energy 52

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Real Estate 52

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The production of EV batteries is very wasteful, meaning companies are losing a lot of money through wasted materials. Speakers across the three days emphasized the crucial nature of developing products and systems that reduce or even eliminate waste, leading to more profits and less pollution for the planet.

Electric vehicle 28

Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Recycling 28

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

These reports followed substantive inquiries into electronic waste, the Covid-19 economic recovery and the energy efficiency of existing homes. First on the agenda was an inquiry into e-waste. The scourge of pollution coursing through the nation's waterways is shameful.

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Policy Government Fashion Biodiversity 94

Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

Grocery stores suddenly had bulk bins to reduce wasteful packaging. This can be done in ways that leverage the oilpatch’s core competencies (drilling, petrochemistry) toward new products, from carbon fibre to lithium to hydrogen. For those who grew up in the ’80s, the three Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle — are seared into our brains.

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Resilience Government Waste Waste 52

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

We know Elon Musk’s Tesla vehicles create less pollution out of the tailpipe, but what about those batteries? The company claims to have earned a zero-waste certification at the Fremont plant, although there have been reports showcasing the company’s waste at this plant.

Electric vehicle 36

Electric vehicle Carbon-neutral Batteries Fossil fuels 36

Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Or Charles Bureau, who creates clean fuels out of waste at Enerkem’s Edmonton facility. And without the federal government stepping in with a price on carbon pollution and new rebates for electric cars and energy efficiency scrapped by Premier Doug Ford, Canada’s biggest province would have fallen even further behind.

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy North America 40

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 24, 2019

By commuting via e-scooters, it was hoped they would reduce traffic volume, promote zero-carbon transport and improve air quality by mitigating pollution. Finally, the lithium-ion batteries that power these e-scooters have associated environmental risks, thereby raising concerns about just how eco-friendly they are after all.

Scooters 28

Scooters Electricity Recycling Recycling 28

The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The problem is that they also have lithium -ion ??batteries, They can also cause soil and water pollution. Landfills not only pollute the environment, but also hinder the beauty of the city. Pollutants that are released into the air and water can be greatly reduced with an increase in recycling. Environmental benefits.

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Recycling Recycling Pollution Waste 253

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

These critics worry whether the ships doing this mining will dump back into the sea the huge amounts of toxic-waste and sediments produced by grinding up and pumping the rocks to the surface, impacting larger fish further up the food chain such as tunas and contaminating the global seafood supply chain. .

Building Energy Monitoring 93

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Biodiversity Energy Monitor 93

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

Innovate UK's Jonny Voon explores some of the most exciting green ideas this year, ranging from UK lithium mining and plastic recycling breakthroughs, clothing that 'grows' with the children wearing it. British Lithium. The UK economy has suffered considerably over the past two years at the mercy of Covid-19. Impact Recycling.

Innovation 97

Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 97

Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

For decades, many mining activities have caused acid runoff into essential water and food sources, noise and air pollution, and even the uprooting of native communities. A car or computer has dozens of mined materials including cobalt, lithium, copper, gold and zinc. The supply chain is extremely lengthy and confusing. "In

Lithium 50

Lithium Health Organic Sustainability 50

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

Vehicles such as the big rigs that carry goods across state lines, vans that drop off packages at your front door, garbage trucks that pick up our waste or the forklifts that move pallets across the floor in warehouses. Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way.

Electricity 499

Electricity Scooters Transportation Batteries 499

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

The Biden administration’s ambitious projections seem to depend on a mix of agricultural waste (from corn and soya bean production) and woody biomass. These are more abundant and closer to the designation “waste”, although this is a more expensive route than relying on animal fats so you can see why the aviation sector is dragging its feet.

Aviation 100

Aviation Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 100

AGreenLiving

APRIL 16, 2020

Each year, the world produces 150 billion kilos of flexible plastics with the potential to pollute the environment (about 1.2 The company goes even further to raise awareness for a different type of pollution : batteries. Gomi portable chargers repurpose plastic waste and batteries. Chargers measure 12 cm x 8 cm x 2.5

Plastics 28

Plastics Waste Waste Batteries 28

EDF + Business

MAY 2, 2023

billion to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan. Companies are already using §45X and §48C to support their clean manufacturing. Battery Joint Venture In January 2023, Ford Motor Company announced an investment of $3.5 In its Q3 2022 earnings call, Ford CEO referred to the Sec.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 52

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Though it is hard to link the exact source of the particulate matter and NOx emissions - cars and other industries also pollute - it is a fact that outdoor air pollution is a major cause of death and disease globally. But the pollution caused by burning marine fuels are directly linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 78

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We provide equipment , manage the lab, handle all waste streams, and encourage our entrepreneurs to share ideas and knowledge. We couldn’t be more proud of the group of climatetech startups we have in the wet lab and their incredible progress. Manufacturing. Resiliency + Adaptation.

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Startups Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Biodegradable 52