Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs. In addition to recapturing paper fibre, other recyclable materials like metals and plastics are reclaimed for new beneficial uses.

Waste 243

Waste Waste Technology Recycled materials 243

Charged

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

Recycling 133

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 133

Charged

MARCH 17, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled plans to expand its global battery recycling strategy. The automaker will build its own battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, and plans to enlist partners for battery recycling in China and the US. Sustainable battery recycling is a key factor in this, worldwide.

Recycling 119

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 119

Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel.

Recycling 124

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 124

Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Johnson Matthey has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology , a developer of battery recycling methods, to scale up OnTo’s process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap. We are delighted to be working with OnTo and UKBIC to bring this technology closer to commercialization.”. Source: Johnson Matthey.

Recycling 116

Recycling Recycling Technology Batteries 116

Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

New disruptive technology is placing a focus on the recycling of rare earth magnets, a practice that is expected to play an important role in clean energy technologies that often rely on these materials. One company in particular is using planet-friendly disruptive technology to recycle rare earth magnets.

Recycling 79

Recycling Recycling Energy Monitor Technology 79

Charged

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Dragonfly Energy, maker of Battle Born Batteries, in collaboration with battery recycling pioneer Aqua Metals , has reported a significant advance in its quest for sustainable lithium-ion battery production. Source: Dragonfly Energy

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Recycled materials Lithium Recycling Recycling 59

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

This patented process involves selective steps for the sustainable leaching and recovery of base metals like nickel, then copper, silver and, finally, gold, using green and safe reagents.

Sustainability 235

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Waste 235

Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

EV battery recycler Aqua Metals has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korean battery materials company Yulho. Yulho will make a strategic equity investment of $5 million in Aqua Metals, and Aqua will grant Yulho a license to deploy its patented AquaRefining technology in South Korea.

Recycling 95

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 95

Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Consortium featuring L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe tout major plastic recycling breakthrough. As such, plastic can usually only be recycled a finite number of times, and it is estimated only around nine per cent of all plastic ever made has ever been fully recycled.

Plastics 98

Plastics Recycling Recycling Patents 98

Charged

MARCH 14, 2023

Battery recycler Aqua Metals has demonstrated the recovery of high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility in Nevada. This new capability can have a profound impact on the lithium battery industry in North America.

Lithium 59

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 59

Charged

MAY 21, 2021

Li-Cycle, the developer of a novel battery recycling system , has announced an agreement with Ultium Cells, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle up to 100% of the scrap generated by battery cell manufacturing at Ultium’s Lordstown, Ohio mega-factory.

Recycling 109

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 109

Business Green

MAY 31, 2020

Innovate UK-backed initiative aims to scale up recycling process for rare earth metals used in electric vehicles. Dubbed 'Rare Earth Recycling for E-Machines' (RaRE), the initiative is being supported by a £1.9m I believe this is industry, technology, recycling and innovation working together at its impressive best.".

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Recycling Recycling Electricity Electric vehicle 100

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Drainage engineers at the Lanes Manchester depot have used a recycler jet vac tanker to clean silt traps in the giant water tank. Instead, SEL Environmental designed a low carbon subbase attenuation system, incorporating its patented Formavoid technology, to capture water within the foundation layer of the car park.

Technology 282

Technology Stormwater Construction Recycling 282

AGreenLiving

MARCH 9, 2021

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Ash Earl Tue, 03/09/2021 – 00:05 Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Patents 28

Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. The partners’ plan outlines a joint venture to co-locate a full-scale battery recycling facility engineered and operated by Aqua Metals to supply 6K Energy’s PlusCAM cathode manufacturing plant in Tennessee. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries.

Batteries 119

Batteries Recycling Recycling Lithium 119

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ImpactAlpha, November 29 — San Jose, Costa Rica-based Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration has patented a process that converts hard-to-recycle plastic into. The post Toniic members help CRDC Global raise $3.3 million for a concrete solution to plastic waste appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Plastics 59

Plastics Waste Waste Patents 59

Charged

AUGUST 19, 2022

Umicore , a materials technology and recycling company, and oil company Idemitsu Kosan have reached an agreement to co-develop catholyte materials, which integrate cathode active materials (CAM) with solid electrolytes, for all-solid-state battery applications. Source: Umicore.

Patents 98

Patents Lithium Batteries Recycling 98

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2023

The PigProGrAm project includes Membracon’s Downflow Gas Contactor (DGC), described as “a patented technology that excels in a wide variety of gas separation applications, such as industrial carbon capture.”.

Patents 130

Patents Carbon-negative Agriculture Waste 130

Charged

JULY 4, 2023

Nth Cycle , a metals extraction and recycling firm, has inaugurated a 21,000-square-foot refining plant in Fairfield, Ohio to provide a US source of nickel and cobalt chemicals for lithium-ion batteries.

Patents 126

Patents Lithium Waste Waste 126

Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

Batteries 52

Batteries North America Sustainability Recycling 52

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Last year the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency published a detailed report on innovation in batteries and electricity storage. Energy storage is widely viewed as a potential solution.

Cooling 162

Cooling Patents Energy Energy 162

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A new partnership will increase the sustainability potential of organic and food waste recycling, say the firms behind it. The partnership combines Alfa Laval’s Prodec Oil Plus decanter, said to be designed to maximise oil separation, and AD, to turn oil and fats waste into biofuel, using a process developed and patented by Bisviridi.

Waste 268

Waste Waste Organic Patents 268

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

The water recycling specialist has introduced automated timers to operate blowers in the biological treatment section of its patended HiPAF (high performance aerated filter) package treatment plants. At the heart of our Hybrid SAF technology are unique flow characteristics that have been patented.

Patents 130

Patents Packaging Technology Energy 130

Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rare earth magnet recycling project aims to develop materials for luxury automaker's electric and hybrid vehicle ranges. HyProMag investor Mkango Resources, a Canadian-listed rare earth mining company with a number of mines planned in Malawi, will also help fund the recycling research, according to the update. The £2.6m

Recycling 60

Recycling Recycling Patents Innovation 60

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Materials technology firm Betolar has been granted a patent for a method for converting mining waste material into a reinforcing binder. The method developed and patented by Betolar heat-treats the waste material generated in the bioleaching process, causing it to become a reactive substance with a binder potential.

Carbon 147

Carbon Patents Waste Waste 147

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 21, 2022

The government-owned mint is using patented new chemistry – created by Canadian based Excir – to recover gold within the circuit boards of laptops and mobile phones. If nothing is done, this is set to reach 74 million tonnes by 2030.

Waste 298

Waste Waste Patents Recycling 298

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A recently completed project demonstrates that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers, which are currently lost to landfill, can be successfully recycled, says the group behind it, from the University of Birmingham. Despite the differences between the two sectors, the average magnet grade remained fairly consistent.

Recycling 130

Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 130

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

To help meet this challenge, a small start-up business in Finland, Sensmet, has developed an online monitoring technology that it says promises a step-change improvement in both the manufacturing and recycling of battery metals. In addition to lithium manufacture, the technology is also suited to the ‘black mass’ recycling of battery metals.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Lithium Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 246

Charged

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ionic MT uses a patented continuous production process that enables low-impact, high-capacity operations. The company also uses chemical recycling techniques to transform waste into value-added by-products, which it says results in a substantially reduced carbon footprint compared to conventional EV battery materials.

Patents 111

Patents Batteries Lithium Technology 111

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Bringing together experts from six countries, the three-year project will produce second-generation sugars from paper and card-based materials from municipal solid waste (MSW) or waste rejected from sorting and recycling processes.

Waste 281

Waste Waste Plastics Biotech 281

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Royal Mint has signed an agreement with Canadian clean tech start up Excir to introduce a seemingly world first technology to the UK, allowing it to safely retrieve and recycle gold and other precious metals from electronic waste. Less than 20% of electronic waste is currently recycled world-wide.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Technology Energy Monitor 130

altenergymag

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

MW installation uses Ciel & Terre's patented Hydrelio® technology to float a grid of 4,959 high-performance solar modules on a recycled storage pond, powering the town's wastewater treatment facility and saving $4M in electric costs over the next 20 years. Located in Windsor, the 1.78-MW

Patents 84

Patents Recycling Recycling Energy 84

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sustonable mixes post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, recycled glass, and natural stone to create a circular, high-quality surface material that can be used for kitchen tops, wall panels, and furniture. rStream Recycling applies innovations in computer vision and data science to drive an autonomous waste-sorting system.

Startups 98

Startups Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

The Royal Mint is set to develop the world's first recycling facility dedicated to recovering gold from laptops, mobile phones, and other forms of e-waste, the state-owned company has announced. Each year, more than 50 million tonnes of electronic waste is produced globally, with less than 20 per cent currently being recycled.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 36

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

HRS Heat Exchangers has developed a multi-effect vapour compression evaporation system for ZLD use, based on its highly successful, patented Unicus Series of scraped surface heat exchangers. Every cubic foot of recycled or reused water results in a corresponding reduction in mains water demand and wastewater discharge.

Waste 162

Waste Waste Patents Cooling 162

Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Renewable and recyclable bottles will be made by Pulpex using 100 per cent wood pulp. The prototype paper-based, renewable and recyclable bottle will be made from 100 per cent sustainably-sourced wood pulp. Once used, they are also expected to be widely and readily recyclable in paper waste streams.

Sustainability 87

Sustainability Packaging Plastics Recycling 87