Reinventing e-recycling
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Read the full story at Recycling Today. Camston Wrather bills itself as an innovator aiming to provide solutions for electronics recycling and circularity.
20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 6, 2023
Those trends, in turn, also are prompting innovations in community design and installation of expensive infrastructure to use less fresh water and recycle more wastewater. Similar concerns are buffeting Santolina, a 13,700-acre planned development proposed in 2014 by Western Albuquerque Land Holdings.
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Recharge net metering (ReNeM) provides win-win-win for groundwater agency, landowners, & sustainable groundwater management
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2023
In response to this growing threat and 2014 legislation designed to put an end to chronic overdraft, many basins have identified managed aquifer recharge (MAR) as an essential supply-side tool for managing water resources. Only narrow instances of increased recycled water deliveries and improvements in irrigation efficiency cost less.
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Is Russia Helping China Expand Its Nuclear Weapons Program?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
In 1992, after five years of research, China decided to cooperate with Russia on the construction of an experimental fast reactor (CEFR), with the ultimate goal of pursuing a closed nuclear fuel cycle —a process in which spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed and recycled to extract usable materials for further energy production.
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We Need Large-Scale Solar. A New Agreement Points the Way Forward
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 16, 2023
This graph depicts actual growth in solar installations since 2014 and projections for further growth in the next five years. (GW Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Those factors combine to make large solar a very attractive prospect, one that potentially offers the lowest costs for customers. Here’s How.
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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2
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PA Recycling Markets Center, Penn State, DEP Host Oct. 7-8 Research Showcase Featuring World Renowned Microplastics Expert Dr. Sylvia Earle As Keynote
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
The PA Recycling Markets Center , in collaboration with Penn State Harrisburg and the Department of Environmental Protection, will host the in-person and virtual 2021 Research Showcase on October 7-8 at the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg in Middletown, Dauphin County.
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PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept. 21 Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Join PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, the Pennsylvania Resources Council and other waste experts for a September 21 webinar on their plan to reduce waste, improve recycling efforts and bring Pennsylvania’s antiquated recycling laws into the 21st Century. percent-- from 2.99 million tons in 2015 to 3.22 million tons to 23.6
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Arizona’s Future Water Shock
Circle of Blue
MARCH 28, 2022
But in 2014, as the megadrought was exerting its unmistakable influence on water supplies, the Arizona Department of Water Resources prepared “Arizona’s Next Century,” a well-regarded “strategic vision” for future water supply. . The response by state leaders to the 2014 study has been methodical but by no means urgent.
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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County
PA Environment Daily
MAY 10, 2023
An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 4 to 10 - 32 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Failure To Cleanup Spills; Failure To Get Permits
PA Environment Daily
MAY 11, 2024
Elevated conductivity levels were found in fluids outside of secondary containment in a truck off-loading area where an unknown quantity of fluid was spilled, the owner is pursuing an Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup. Read more here.
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 1 to 7: Cryptocurrency Facility, 9 More Shale Gas Wells Abandoned; Attorney General Investigates Conventional Wastewater Spill; Pipeline Ordered To Provide Clean Water
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 8, 2025
Well drilled in 2014. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 24 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Response requested by March 25. [ DEP Inspection report. Violations issued. Response requested by March 28. DEP inspection report.
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Extended Producer Responsibility Laws – Shifting EHS Costs
Acoel
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
take-back, recycling and final disposal.”. carpet recycling). This summer, states showed an increased interest in EPR legislation with laws passed in Maine ( LD1541 – An Act to Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money) and Oregon ( SB582 – the Recycling Modernization Act).
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Building bridges between big science and industry
Physics World
JANUARY 5, 2022
Since 2014 it has been collaborating with the CERN particle-physics laboratory near Geneva to co-develop a custom line of piezoelectric actuators. “As While many speakers pushed for an “enhanced and shared understanding” between big science and industry, others noted that significant progress is already being made.
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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Read more here. Send comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.)
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Urban Ocean Summit Successfully Supports Cities
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 9, 2022
Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. There is a common perception that even recycled waste ends up in landfills, discouraging separation. of the District of Panama’s waste is improperly disposed.
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DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 21, 2024
Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community sent a letter to DEP on March 21, 2014 requesting that once they receive Shell’s application it should be posted on DEP’s website so that the community has ample time for review. BCMAC will also ask that a public hearing be held to allow sufficient time for public comment.
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 20 To Hear Waste Program Overview, State Water Plan Update And Discuss A Transition Paper For Incoming Governor
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Nearly 12 million Pennsylvanians are actively recycling, however, the amount of material recycled peaked in 2014 at just over 9.19 million tons were recycled, which is roughly the same amount that was recycled in 2004-- 5.14 Generally, less paper and metal is being reported recycled from the municipal waste stream.
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 6
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 5, 2024
DEP has said well permit fees have not generated the revenue needed to support the Oil and Gas Program for at least the last 9 years-- since 2014. PA Bulletin, page 1903 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. Read more here. Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page 1892 ) -- Sunoco Inc.
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Out of sight, out of mind: The vulnerable world beneath our feet
HumanNature
JANUARY 26, 2024
For example, bacteria & fungi play particularly important roles in recycling dead plant tissue into the basic nutrients (e.g., Each of these groups interact with each other and their environment to drive processes that are crucial to sustaining life on Earth. nitrogen) that are required for living plants to grow. Nature 610 : 693–698.
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Keep PA Beautiful Invites Local Residents To Partner With Municipalities To Adopt A Road Or Area To Reduce Litter, Cleanup Costs
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 24, 2022
Over five years, 2014 through 2018, the Department of Transportation spent over $65 million removing litter from within highway rights-of-way. While littering and illegal dumping are often discussed as social or environmental problems, rarely do we think about their economic impact.
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Inspiring Action at the Heart of the Ocean Crisis
Ocean Conservancy
APRIL 29, 2022
Launched in 2014 by then Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a rallying platform for nations, companies and civil society to come together and jointly commit to actions that can help improve and conserve the health of our ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.
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Senate Committee Hearing April 17 On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2024
Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, “spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events,” according to Dr. Read more here.
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New Penn State Study: Brine Water Pumped From Played-Out Conventional Oil & Gas Wells And Used As Dust Suppressants, Winter Road Treatments Exceed Environmental, Health Standards, Just Like Conventional Oil & Gas Brine Water
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 2, 2023
2018) determined that between 2008 and 2014, spreading OGPW on roads in Pennsylvania released 4-times more radium than centralized treatment facilities and potentially 200-times more than accidental spill events.” For example, Tasker et al. Read more here. Read more here.
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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways: Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
1) held the San Diego County Board of Supervisors committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion in granting project opponents’ appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision upholding County’s use of the CEQA Guidelines section 15183 exemption for a construction debris and inert materials recycling facility project. Hilltop Group, Inc.,
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 16 to 22 - Truck Rollover; 12 More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Annual Reports; Another Chewed Wastewater Line Leaking
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 24, 2024
On March 21, 2014 , DEP inspected the Duff 1 conventional well operated by RJ Schreiner, Sr. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 81 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. The company was cited with violations for the spill.
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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry
Corp Watch
JUNE 7, 2023
Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.
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UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes
Corp Watch
JUNE 7, 2023
Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.
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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science
Corp Watch
JUNE 7, 2023
Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.
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Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 17, 2024
Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, “spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events,” according to Dr. Read more here. Read more here.
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Vermont Law
AUGUST 10, 2016
Another major German eco-label is Der Grüne Punkt, which stands “for a sustainable economy, one that keeps recyclables in closed circuits” with “the aim. From 1990 to 2014, the contribution towards climate protection made by recycling paper, cardboard and cartons was upsized by a factor of 7.5,
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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit
Environmental Progress
JULY 3, 2023
In 2014, they calculated the carbon intensity of PV energy as if the panels were made in Europe, with low-carbon energy,” Mariutti told Environmental Progress, referring to data compilers. It wasn’t until 2016, long after much PV production had already moved east, that the transition appeared on data collectors’ radars.
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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.15.22
PA Environment Daily
JULY 15, 2022
DOE Awards Weatherization, Energy Efficiency Funding To PA, Philadelphia From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Hosts July 22 Webinar: Solar Made Easy For Communities - SolarAPP, SolSmart & GET Solar Communities [PaEN] -- Tribune-Democrat: For Miner Unger, Quecreek Rescue Meant Opportunity To Live Life To Fullest -- Tribune-Democrat: (..)
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The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron
Physics World
MAY 11, 2022
It was decommissioned in 1999 as it had become outdated, but rather than being simply discarded, it was recycled. BESSY I was a synchrotron built in 1981 in Berlin, Germany, that could produce 200–800 MeV electrons within its 60 m circumference ring.
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UPMC Pledges To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% By 2030, Announces New Sustainability Leadership
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 6, 2022
In 2014, UPMC joined the Green Building Alliance 2030 challenge and has reduced its carbon footprint by over 10% in the Pittsburgh area, despite significant growth. The creation of these new roles is the latest step UPMC has taken to directly address climate change and its threats to human health.
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DEP Approves Keystone Landfill Expansion In Lackawanna County; Recommends Change In Law Requiring Host Municipality To Agree To Expansions
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 3, 2021
Simultaneous with this permitting action, the Wolf administration is working with the General Assembly to propose an amendment to the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act to require the agreement of host municipalities prior to the approval of future major waste facility expansions.
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PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Of relevance here are two of the deficiencies identified by the County: One, that the origin of the waste was not identified by the applicant, as required by Department regulation, and two, that an alternative location analysis was not performed by the applicant, as required by the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.
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Tesla in Germany: Locals vote against factory expansion plan
Corp Watch
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Elon Musk proposes Tesla move to Texas after Delaware judge voids $56 billion pay
Corp Watch
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in Delaware court
Corp Watch
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Swedish labour union to stop collecting Tesla waste
Corp Watch
DECEMBER 14, 2023
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Tesla's troubles in Scandinavia escalate as court rules in favor of Swedish union blocking license plates, and a 4th country joins the blockade
Corp Watch
DECEMBER 11, 2023
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Tesla beats US claim that it fired factory workers amid union campaign
Corp Watch
DECEMBER 1, 2023
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean? Audrey Carleton | VICE | August 16, 2021 The company’s claims convey an image of a totally tightly-controlled in-house recycling system, in which old Tesla batteries are used to make new Tesla batteries. Teller had worked closely with Musk from 2014 to 2019.
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