Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 27, 2022
Luckily, lithium-ion battery recycling research and development has been going on for years and there is an existing and growing repurposing and recycling system in North America for these components. Current lithium-ion battery collection, repurposing, and recycling network in North America. Slattery et al.
Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 11, 2023
As of 2023, over 330 card issuers across 80 countries work to transition to recycled or other sustainable materials. Mastercard’s announcement to remove first-use PVC plastic is one step towards environmental sustainability, and extends the initiative created in 2018.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. Can wind turbine blades be recycled? The company aims to make all its blades fully recyclable by 2030.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production. Recycling rare earth elements. A few companies–including Noveon Magnetics and REEcycle in Texas, as well as HyProMag in the UK–are early entrants to the rare earth element recycling space.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 8, 2024
This campaign, which is ongoing today, succeeded in convincing the public that plastics were recyclable. In recent years, ExxonMobil has deceptively touted its “advanced recycling technology” as a proprietary “breakthrough in recycling technology,” says the complaint. As I wrote in 2018: [W]e are drowning in plastics.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 14, 2024
Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right to Know request shows DEP took major enforcement actions against 26 shale gas drilling and pipeline companies in 2023, including imposing $2,290,849 in penalties for violations going back to 2018.
Circle of Blue
JULY 12, 2022
The governor has championed ways to expand supply, such as desalination and water recycling. A water recycling facility would be located in Southern California. The goal is to preserve water levels in the Sea of Galilee, a reserve of fresh water in northern Israel that approached a record low in 2018.
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