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Upcycling of materials should be the priority for EV batteries

Envirotec Magazine

An exploded view of an EV battery: Researchers have demonstrated a method to upcycle end-of-life battery waste into materials that can be used for ‘next generation’ battery cathodes. Professor Slater of the University of Birmingham said: “The challenge is no longer about recycling.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons. Pull Quote.

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Hempitecture (Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.)

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

The hubs are fitted out with circularity in mind, using repurposed office furniture saving 5 tCO 25 compared to buying new 6 and upcycled peg boards that were part of Kenya’s display at COP26 in Glasgow. 3] Assuming 22 disposables per cycle and 13 menstrual cycles per year, so 286 disposables/ year/ per person. [4] Customized report

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A Novel Solution To Plastic Pollution

R-Squared Energy

Aduro Clean Technologies of Sarnia, Ontario, was founded in 2011 with a focus on upgrading bitumen, which is a semi-solid form of petroleum found in abundance in Canada. In other words, upcycling waste plastics is self-sustaining. When applied to plastics, it is Hydrochemolytic Plastics Upcycling (HPU).

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The 2019 Redress Design Awards showcased the very best of emerging eco-designers

AGreenLiving

Launched in 2011 by founder Christina Dean, the Redress Design Awards aims to support emerging fashion designers who are striving to drive a sustainable, circular fashion system. Let’s take a look at the winners! Williams said that she will use the Redress experience to further her part in making fashion a circular system.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

Business Green

There's got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. In 2011, it introduced the use of mushroom-based cushioning to ship servers. "I was looking at this through a designer's eyes thinking, I've kind of created this problem.