Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 25, 2022

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, will install recycling technology at its Florida gypsum plant, increasing the recycled content in its wallboard products. The post Saint-Gobain Increases Recycled Content of Wallboard Products appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Even with diminished capacity, they can be reused, refurbished, or repurposed and then eventually recycled. The materials recovered from recycling can be used to manufacture new batteries, therefore reducing the amount of newly mined materials necessary to meet upcoming mineral demand. to be made from every EV battery.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fabric company JSRTEX Group in Taiwan is adding sustainable textile dyeing technology to reduce wastewater and energy use in its production. The post Digital Dyeing Technology Produces No Wastewater, Reduces Energy in Textile Production appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Importantly, the BIL invests in electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and repurposing– important strategies for increasing the sustainability of EVs. . The Department of Energy recently announced 10 recycling and repurposing projects that will receive a total of $73.9 million in funding. What second-life projects were funded?

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Biotrend Energy will use Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in its planned plastics recycling factory in Turkey. The post Biotrend Energy to Use Honeywell Technology in Plastics Recycling Factory appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In 2021, Evoqua Water Technologies' total company-wide water reuse exceeded 55% — and the company is focused on mitigating climate and water risk. The post Evoqua Water Technologies Mitigates Climate And Water Risk Using Smart Tech appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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? Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2025

School buses that bring kids to school, city buses that serve commuters, garbage and recycling trucks that keep streets clean, 18-wheelers that haul goods: these are all classified as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. We can achieve most of the shift we need with technologies that are available and economically feasible right now.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In 2021, Evoqua Water Technologies' total company-wide water reuse exceeded 55% — and the company is focused on mitigating climate and water risk. The post Evoqua Water Technologies Mitigates Climate And Water Risk Using Smart Tech appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fabric company JSRTEX Group in Taiwan is adding sustainable textile dyeing technology to reduce wastewater and energy use in its production. The post Digital Dyeing Technology Produces No Wastewater, Reduces Energy in Textile Production appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

These materials are primarily supplied through two sources: 1) newly mined or 2) recovered by recycling batteries already in circulation. Research shows there are enough explored or prospective reserves to electrify the global transportation sector using current technology if a high amount of battery recycling occurs.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2025

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and ISTC have announced the completion of a new report,Illinois Materials Management and Recycling Opportunities.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 1, 2023

Cans, improved technology, and the transportation industry are driving the market's growth.

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Earth 911

MARCH 20, 2023

The post The Rise of Biodegradable Plastics & New Recycling Technology appeared first on Earth911. Biodegradable plastics have emerged as a potential solution to the severe environmental problem caused by.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Among the most troubling sources of pollution in Sun Valley are aggregate facilities, such as large aggregate recyclers. While recycling is important for myriad reasons, this process generates enormous open-air stockpiles of crushed material and releases significant amounts of particulate matter pollution into the air.

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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. Our modern technological world wouldn’t function without rare earth elements. 12 of the rare earth elements are used in laser technology. Recycling rare earth elements.

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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. Things haven’t gotten better since then.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Included in the regulation are requirements for mineral sourcing, life cycle emissions, information sharing, and recycling. However, innovative approaches can reduce those harms, including the creation of a circular economy through reuse and recycling.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Sections at the end of each chapter speculate on how key features, from the touchscreen to the electronics, might be recreated in more sustainable ways that would lend themselves to manufacturing and recycling in a closed-loop system. The post Magic smartphone trees: technology for a circular economy appeared first on Physics World.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Waste360 recently did a two-part series on emerging plastic recycling technologies. Part 2 looks at where the technologies are headed. Part 1 reviews the findings of a recent report funded by Dow Chemical entitled Rethinking Plastics in a Circular Economy.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Nth Cycle, a metal processing and recycling technology company based in Boston, has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) through its InnovateMass program. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The REMADE Institute, a 154-member public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) with an initial investment of $140 million, today announced a new technology license involving a technological innovation capable of recovering precious metals from used electronics more easily and cost-effectively.

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A novel method of recycling such batteries could help meet skyrocketing demand. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 26, 2022

The two companies will co-develop the first dedicated end-of-life tire recycling process leveraging LanzaTech’s proprietary CCT technology, creating a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of … Continue reading Bridgestone partners with LanzaTech to pursue end-of-life tire recycling technologies.

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New Scientist

APRIL 24, 2024

Some environmental campaigners claim that attempts to create a circular economy for plastics are doomed to fail – but the arguments can be disingenuous

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A 1 megawatt vanadium flow battery (a different technology from lithium-ion, but also used for energy storage) is in Pullman, Washington, built by UniEnergy Technologies and owned by Avista Utilities. Source: UniEnergy Technologies / Wikimedia Commons. Engineers develop energy storage battery technologies. Batteries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

However, unlike burning petroleum, where once petroleum is burned the resource is depleted, batteries can be recycled at high recovery rates when EVs are retired and used to make new batteries, reducing the need for newly- mined materials over time. Batteries for EVs require more minerals than gasoline cars. Wind turbine: 2.75

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2025

Capturing small-format packaging for recycling is not only possible, it can be achieved by leveraging technologies that are already on the market,according to a new report by Closed Loop PartnersThe Center for the Circular Economy.The organization is launching a consortium to advance recovery of these recyclables at MRFsand … Continue reading (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

Over the past year, I have written a lot about electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, answering common questions , reviewing the European Union’s gold standard battery recycling policy , and establishing principles for strong EV recycling policy generally. Electric vehicles are the future.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new fiberglass recycling technology is helping to develop a circular wind turbine economy while creating jobs and revitalizing a historic site. Read the full story from U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Another technology, concentrating solar power (CSP) , uses the sun’s heat instead. That technology accounts for 84% of US solar panels , according to the US Department of Energy. Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Click the links for answers!

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

How can you limit your consumption of plastic products and help increase the percentage of plastics being recycled? Clothing, electronic devices, medical devices, and numerous other technologies that make the world a better place exist because of the industrialization of plastic. They are used to prolong the shelf life of foods.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Knowing how much life is left in an EV battery is pretty critical for someone who is buying a used EV and for deciding if a battery should be reused, repurposed, or recycled when the EV is retired. Currently, repurposers are spending time and money developing technology to determine information already accessible to automotive manufacturers.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” (also known as advanced recycling, molecular recycling, and chemical conversion) and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis. Download the document.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 6, 2022

New technologies for chemically recycling textile fibers are emerging around the world. But … Continue reading Transforming textiles: How chemical recycling technologies could play a key role in slashing the textile industry’s environmental footprint. Read the full story at Chemical & Engineering News.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse.

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