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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. Among other challenges, Lyft’s scooter rentals mostly have flopped, but the company isn’t giving up on micromobility.

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Figuring out the details: EV batteries and the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads, and to be helping shape the future of the sector. EMR recycles thousands of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) every week at its more than 60 UK sites. A lot of this work is already underway.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

The Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for: economic growth, improved livelihoods, job creation, and ocean ecosystem health. Without clean water, health is compromised, and lives are endangered. Recycling, when practised as an end to end solution, has proven effective. Trillion to the global economy annually.

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Seattle permanently closes 20 miles of street

AGreenLiving

.” Related: COVID-19 and its effects on the environment Quarantine fatigue has been a major motivation towards more citizen safety measures to sustain public health through exercise. Of course, postal services, deliveries, garbage and recycling trucks, plus emergency vehicles are still permitted on these “closed” streets.

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Urwahn Platzhirsch e-bike wins major sustainability award

AGreenLiving

The idea is that steel provides longevity as it can be repaired and recycled better than carbon or aluminum, thus reducing waste and promoting a circular economy. In addition, we pay all people involved in the value creation fairly, pay attention to regulated working hours and preserve health protection.”

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BNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook: Six key lessons for road transport's pursuit of net zero

Business Green

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Battery recycling is mission critical. But BNEF insists recycling can serve to address any supply concerns.

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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

NorthVolt recently raised an additional $600 million in equity – enabling its expansion of production and recycling capacities, as well as R&D activities to support the target of establishing 150 GWh of manufacturing capacity in Europe by 2030. They want to wear one for health and safety reasons. But they are worn at Northvolt.