Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Greentown teamed up with BASF and Stanley Black & Decker to find the top startups from across the world that are capable of disrupting the recycling industry and plastics and energy storage value chains. Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. Read more here.

Startups 72

Startups Plastics Recycling Recycling 72

Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. Vanguard Renewables created the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance to start delivering on this promise for its founding members Unilever, Starbucks and Dairy Farmers of America.

Waste 54

Waste Waste Natural gas Methane 54

Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

Batteries 136

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 136

GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving. How can we tackle reuse and recycle in a way that is both meaningful and impactful? But it doesn’t have to be like this.

Retail 517

Retail Packaging Waste Waste 517

Charged

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, came out of stealth mode last year, and announced that it is recycling scrap from Panasonic’s battery cell production at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada. Today, EVs account for less than 10% of Redwood’s recycling stock. According to Bloomberg.

Batteries 119

Batteries Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 119

Charged

JANUARY 12, 2023

It helps us with logistics costs, it helps us with material costs,” Volkswagen of America’s then-President Scott Keogh told NPR last January. The watchdog group also reports that eight individual projects received over a billion each in subsidies in 2022—and five of those were EV and/or battery plants. Source: NPR.

Batteries 133

Batteries North America Europe Logistics 133

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Inflationary pressures, soaring energy and commodities costs, logistical challenges driven by the pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and worsening climate impacts have place significant strain on the flow of goods around the world, squeezing company budgets and extending wait times for products for consumers and businesses alike.

Energy Monitor 42

Energy Monitor Electric vehicle Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 42

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

to renewable fuels, renewable power, building materials and aggregates, and other recycled materials), grid decentralization and two-way efficiencies, and at intersections with other sectors including energy efficiency in logistics or better emissions tracking enabled by other technologies. In other instances, the reverse is true.

Investment 52

Investment North America Agriculture Recycled materials 52

Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Yet, as we discard 300 million metric tons of plastic waste every year, we struggle to find scalable, economically effective and environmentally conscious ways to reengineer and recycle plastic material, so that we can enjoy its beneficial qualities while reducing the negative effects of plastic waste. Rates Increase Feb.

Plastics 40

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 40

Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

OEMs and startups are also working diligently to develop a circular battery supply chain that prioritizes recycling and sustainability. This path from raw ore to battery anode can involve great distances, geopolitical and logistical risks, and significant time. Recycling to the rescue. Supply and demand.

Lithium 69

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 69

Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

Also for better efficiency in logistics, to track the batches, part numbers. It can be done mostly by capturing logistics information, but it also requires on-site verification. It can be done mostly by capturing logistics information, but it also requires on-site verification. That’s why they introduced the traceability system.

Batteries 110

Batteries Logistics Automotive Sustainability 110

Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Vehicles only qualify for the full $7,500 EV tax credit if the critical materials and battery components are sourced, produced, or assembled in North America or its trade partners. The other roadblock to rapidly scaling a domestic battery supply chain is the lack of experience actually making batteries in North America.

Batteries 61

Batteries Investment North America Climate change 61

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

EV100 Program Manager for North America, The Climate Group; New York City. The first lieutenant managed logistics and transportation for humanitarian missions and exercises, including typhoon relief in Fiji and Saipan. For Ghislain Irakoze, it was a startup helping boost electronics waste reuse and recycling in Rwanda.

Building Energy Monitoring 528

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 528

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Deonna Anderson Vartan Badalian, 28 EV100 Program Manager for North America, The Climate Group; New York City LinkedIn | Twitter Vartan Badalian’s mother has a favorite story to prove that being born on Earth Day imbued him with an innate concern for the environment. .”

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2020

So I think that repairing and actually building the systems to repair is a really important step, because logistically you need to have a process together. That's why our Reno centre grew to become the largest repair centre in North America. How does that service work practically? We don't brand it as that.

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Soil Organic Agriculture 36

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

The hallmarks of Suntory’s climate action plan include a high-level commitment to eliminate "petrol-based materials" from its PET bottles by 2030, a pledge it is supporting with a mechanical recycling process called Flake-to-Preform ; it’s also developing chemical recycling approaches. LinkedIn | Twitter.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

   ♻️ SuperCircle , a New York City, NY-based recycling logistics platform, raised $7M in Seed funding from Radicle Impact, Ulu Ventures, BBG Ventures, Earthshot Ventures, Blueprint Ventures.   respectively. It outlines how the bank plans to hit the IEA 1.5°C

Lithium 72

Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Investment 72