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Guiding Principles for EV Battery Recycling Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace future material supply that would otherwise need to be extracted from the earth to meet demand. Estimates show that in 2050, the United States can meet about half of EV demand for cobalt and nickel and a quarter of lithium with minerals recovered through recycling.

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California Adopts Nation-Leading Legislation to Cut Plastic Pollution

Legal Planet

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. The law will affect just about every type of plastic packaging you see walking down the supermarket aisle in California, and it’s a major step in the fight to reduce plastic waste, over 90 percent of which does not get, and much of which cannot currently be, recycled.

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

Circle of Blue

Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue January 15, 2025 MILWAUKEE Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and economically valuable, could turn into a costly liability and upend the finances of municipal wastewater utilities across the county.

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The Stream, November 16, 2022: UN Climate Summit Hosts First ‘Water Day’ at COP27

Circle of Blue

2022 Election Recap: Landslide Victory for Florida City’s ‘Right to Clean Water’ Amendment — Voters approved most water-related initiatives on the November 8 ballot. Voters in southeastern Arizona delivered a split decision on the question of groundwater regulation. Drought in the American West. 56 Percent.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. The [state] Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and Air Pollution Control Act give EQB the authority and mandate to promulgate regulations to protect health and the environment. The petition for rulemaking meets all the requirements under the board's regulations for moving forward.

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Is Russia Helping China Expand Its Nuclear Weapons Program? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. billion in 2023.

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November 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

19 Public Meeting On Blythe Recycling & Demolition Site Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County DEP To Hold Dec. Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Awards $44,755 In Recycling Mini-Grants PA Resources Council To Hold Nov. 26 to Nov.