Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

RTD Logistics has joined the Green Business Bureau (GBB) to underscore its commitment to operating sustainably, to enact the GBB sustainability framework and to garner further tools and knowledge in its green efforts. RTD Logistics is a nationwide provider of supply chain management and logistics services. Background.

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Charged

MARCH 24, 2022

Lithium battery recycling company Retriev Technologies has purchased battery recycling management firm Battery Solutions. Battery Solutions operates a battery-centric logistics network and two US facilities for its current customers in the EV, telecommunications, consumer and waste management markets.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Women are involved in every level of the materials recycling industry and this certainly seems to be confirmed by Axion Polymers, where they hold key roles in areas including management, finance, process engineering and laboratory research. It is a high-tech, modern industry that offers so much opportunity,” continues Caroline.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2021

Battery recycling will be a critical part of the future e-mobility ecosystem, as Tesla has understood from the beginning. The California carmaker has been working with various firms to recycle its end-of-life battery packs for several years.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s estimated that less than 1 percent of rare earths are recycled globally — from wind turbines, dead hard drives , and everything else. million “Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize.” Each of the winning groups is receiving a $75,000 cash prize to help advance its recycling idea. As the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 4, 2021

partners with businesses to help develop waste stream management programs that achieve zero waste to landfill, improve supply chain efficiency, yield cost savings and elevate brand reputation. In 2020, Link International helped divert an average of 600 tons of waste from landfill per client site. – finds its proper place.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blockchain technology will revolutionise the trade of recyclable materials by providing each part of the supply chain with vital data and assurance about the quality of secondary commodities, says The Recycling Association, following recent trials. The Traca is set up to facilitate this process.”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If IKEA can't resell an item, the company plans to recycle it or donate it to community organizations. . Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021. 24 through Dec.

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Charged

MARCH 17, 2021

Heritage has launched a new division, Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), to address the growing market demand for safe, sustainable solutions for lithium-ion batteries at the ends of their lives. In collaboration with Romeo Power , HBR will develop a battery reuse and recycling facility in the southwestern US. “By

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 20, 2021

cities, Replate is a tech-driven nonprofit that combats food waste by connecting food donors and food rescuers together. Food waste is both a social and environmental issue and by finding a way to fully utilize perfectly good food, insecure communities find relief and the environmental repercussions of food waste are avoided.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over 20,000 cash rewards have been redeemed by consumers as part of the first nationwide digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) trial led by recycling tech firm, Polytag, recycling tech app, Bower and major UK retailer, Ocado Retail. Up to £4,000 worth of rewards were obtained during the nine week long trial.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads, and to be helping shape the future of the sector. EMR recycles thousands of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) every week at its more than 60 UK sites. A lot of this work is already underway.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, to extract ever more minerals by mining and dispose of the waste in landfills, would be to continue the practices that got the world into its current environmental mess. Furthermore, expanding mining operations here in the US is often extremely difficult, due to permitting regulations and logistical challenges.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will be established as a green field development, under a joint venture named Hydro Volt, and come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo. Brace yourself.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will be established as a green field development, under a joint venture named Hydro Volt, and come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo. Brace yourself.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Electric vehicle 78

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

Online retail giant Amazon has taken another step towards curbing plastic waste across its operations, today announcing that it has stopped packing products in single-use plastic delivery bags and envelopes in its UK distribution network. times lower greenhouse gas emissions than stationary retail - including the returns process.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

With 2020 now upon us, Andrew Brady, UK CEO of EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) reflects on what has changed in his sector since the start of the millennium, and offers perspective on its growing importance and the challenges that lie ahead. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Deloitte and AstraZeneca have both joined a new not-for-profit body announced yesterday which is aiming to improve the environmental sustainability of the global healthcare sector and drive down medical waste. It is a huge waste of money and natural resources and a major contributor to healthcare's greenhouse gas emissions.

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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. The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. Just like you recycle cardboard, and you recycle glass or plastics.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Momentum Technologies, a Dallas-based materials science company focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed a process developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent Li-ion batteries. Our technology contributes to a circular economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland, operated by Veolia and Peterson, is said to be one step closer to becoming a centre of innovation for recycling offshore structures from the North Sea, following the successful collapse of the Ninian North platform using explosives for the first time.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Because of our scale, we know it's our responsibility to address textile waste and then overall be thinking about how to keep products in use for the long term, and to design out waste from the beginning,” said Jeannie Renne-Malone, who has served as the vice president of global sustainability at VF Corp since Sept.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Waste Knot Energy project to produce 240,000 tonnes of fuel pellets each year offering alternative to coal in steel and cement manufacturing.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

turned a sharp eye on the issue of plastic waste, the growing problem of electronic waste remains underappreciated. E-waste is defined as anything with a plug, electric cord, or battery — basically all of the proliferating devices that power our modern lives. million tons of e-waste generated globally in 2019, only 17.3%

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The logistics behind product passport use might seem complicated at first glance but are, in fact, straightforward: all a consumer needs to do is scan the product QR code with their phone to access DPP information. Traceability systems are to be in place to enable tracking all procedures leading from raw materials to the finished product.

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Charged

MAY 15, 2020

Services include: enabling clients with defective or end-of life batteries to compare, select and contract with battery recyclers on the Renewance Connect platform; turnkey recycling solutions; and other services to facilitate management of energy storage assets throughout the full lifecycle.

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CleanTech Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Engineered alternatives to spider silk, carbon tracking and emission monitoring, hydrogen refuelling stations, and waste commerce tracking: Find Recent Deals worth looking at. The post Recent Deals – 23 April 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

RECYCLED STEEL. Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy. In fact, creating products from recycled steel utilizes 40% less water and reduces mining wastes by 97%. RECYCLED PLASTIC. Cascade Steel Rolling Mills , acquired by Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.,

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

The beermaker’s 2025 goals pledge bold advances in water strategy, returnable or recyclable packaging, renewable energy procurement (its U.S. Clancy: How has the situation affected your packaging commitments and recycling strategy, if at all? So, that's our vision and our commitment. . And yes, we are seeing impacts of this, too.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

An attempt to digitalize, or automate, battery collection for recycling is underway in Belgium. When it comes to the collection and recycling of batteries, Belgium is said to be a leader. Automatically collecting information from the moment of storage onwards, can further improve the logistic process.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Thanks to its inaugural success last year, the second International E-Waste Day will be observed on October 14, 2019. The International E-Waste Day was developed by Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum to promote reuse and recycle practices.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Waste like toxic materials, and not recyclable wastes. Here are some tips when implementing go green marketing: Green Design: Use a big recycle symbol on your product packaging to encourage recycling after initial use. Effluents like production water quality. Water use such as volume required to produce.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There are also third-party logistics services, device protection providers, and wholesalers and traders. All of these connections make the task of shifting to more circular life cycles for these sorts of gadgets - and cutting back on the potential for electronic waste - more complex and challenging.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

While biodegradable plastics currently exist, they rely on commercial composting, which uses energy to heat the compost, as well as presenting other logistical challenges. Such plastics make up 23 percent of marine waste. Toraphene can be optimized to mostly produce CO2 along with mulch that can be used to fortify topsoil.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VIBES is a partnership between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and NatureScot. It has also reused waste materials to landscape and create community spaces.

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