GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How AI and Robotics are Transforming Recycling. The challenges facing recycling in the U.S. This kind of collaboration - CPG companies working hand-in-hand with technological innovators, MRF operators and investors - will be critical to solving logjams and current hurdles to improving recycling in the United States.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Packaging-tracing technology firm Polytag says it has successfully integrated four Polytag Plastic Detection Units at Material Recycling Facilities (MRFs) in Wales. This enables brands to track exactly when and where their plastic packaging is recycled, closing the data gap in the recycling process.

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Technology Recycling Recycling Plastics 130

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This is a semiconductor technology applied to thermoelectric power generators that generate electricity by recycling waste heat below 200℃ from industrial and transportation sectors such as factories, automobiles, and ship engines.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 296

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

Terry Keyworth is Country Manager UK and Ireland and Segment Director Metal at TOMRA Recycling, a global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions. Terry Keyworth of TOMRA Recycling provides valuable insights into the key trends in sorting and recycling. Digital twins of sorting lines allow detailed object tracking and analysis.

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Charged

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has opened its own EV battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process to recover raw materials. The project looks at the entire process chain for recycling, including logistics and reintegration concepts.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Logistics 116

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Battery technology is advancing along various technology pathways, with batteries based on silicone, graphene and sodium batteries all being considered. “Hopefully, these thought leaders will shake the wider industry out of its slow adoption of technology circularity,” she said. ” .” ” .”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 00:05.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s time to update how we sort valuable materials (a.k.a.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2024

Sponsored: Colored and opaque PET is a valuable recyclable material with significant benefits for brands. New technologies and end markets are expanding the supply of recycled PET, expanding circularity for one of the most widely recycled plastics.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Effective immediately, XCharge NA will provide broken or worn-down EVSE materials to Grensol and its research partner Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), for the development of an industrial recycling solution for such equipment.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 119

Charged

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ace Green Recycling , a provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, has secured a site in Mundra, Gujarat, to build what it says will be Indias largest battery recycling facility. Ace plans to establish 10,000 metric tons per year of LFP battery recycling capacity in India by 2026.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With the ever-increasing interest in renewable energy, scientists are continuously searching for new technologies to store energy. CO2 electrolysis is a promising way to store energy while recycling carbon dioxide. By applying electricity, CO2 and water react and produce more complex molecules.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Engaging Middle America in recycling solutions. At Circularity 2020, I’m talking about how to engage people in recycling, and the two ideas are linked together. So what does this mean for engaging Americans in recycling? . By the way, 77 percent of Americans say they recycle via a curbside pickup service.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law. Acceptance by the manufacturing and recycling industry is also needed, as the standards will only work when there is widespread adoption.”.

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Charged

MARCH 21, 2025

US battery technology company Pure Lithium has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE)s Vehicle Technology Office to scale production of lithium metal anodes from recycled lithium metal, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Source: Pure Lithium

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2022

French startup Carbios recently signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon meant to accelerate the commercialization of its bio-recycling technology for textiles.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Neil Pein of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, explains how embracing Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) models can improve accessibility to green technology, support the circular economy and help organisations meet evolving regulatory requirements. Big upfront costs remain one of the major barriers to investing in green technology.

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Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Technology Home Energy Monitoring 147

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Europe 264

Charged

JANUARY 31, 2025

US battery recycling technology firms Redivivus and Re-New-Able Technologies have partnered to establish a scalable lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Illinois. Re-New-Able is leading the project, using Redivivus’s Redi-Shred recycling technology.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Logistics 102

TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In a recent study published in Engineering, researchers from Kyoto University have unveiled a novel method for the efficient separation and recycling of rare-earth elements (REEs) from end-of-life magnets.

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Carbon-neutral Recycling Recycling Technology 200

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2022

Recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4m upgrading a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an undisclosed sum from Avondale Environmental on 10 May. The Falkirk site will also process mixed household, commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. These countries have plastic recycling rates of up to 10 per cent. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo. Examples of countries include Indonesia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 290

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

DGIST's Professor Chiyoung Park's team has developed a catalytic technology that effectively removes additives that hinder plastic recycling, using components derived from sugar. The paper is published in the Chemical Engineering Journal.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Hydrogen 230

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Advanced recycling methods have the potential to vastly increase the amount of plastic that gets recycled into feedstock and new products.

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Plastics Technology Recycling Recycling 339

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to make back into new lab consumables. Currently, less than 1% of this waste is being recycled. Water usage is also minimised through recycling, further reducing the environmental impact.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Waste 250

TechXplore

MARCH 26, 2025

A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research has developed a technology that efficiently manages volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from small-scale businesses and recycles them with lower energy consumption compared to existing methods.

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Recycling Recycling Technology Automotive 159

GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2022

The Atlanta audience voted for Sortile, a New York-based startup that uses imaging technology to enable low-cost apparel sorting by fiber type.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs.

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Waste Waste Technology Recycled materials 243

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The team at InfoTiles visit a water recycling plant at Anglian Water. Following the successful pilot of its digital asset management technology with Anglian Water, Norwegian digital analytics company, InfoTiles, is embarking on an expanded proof of concept programme.

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Technology Recycling Recycling Innovation 264

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Two leading sorting solutions providers, REDWAVE and TOMRA, have announced a strategic agreement aimed at providing customers with a seamless supply of sorting systems based on XRF (x-ray fluorescence) and XRT (x-ray transmission) technology. Our complementary technologies offer customers the advantage of one turnkey solution for their needs.”

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Technology 130

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2025

million metric tons of plastic packaging that ends up in household waste in Germany every year, after being used just once, less than a third of it can be recycled. That makes it even more important to find ways to recycle these single-use products, most of which are based on crude oil. Where German households produced 2.1

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycled materials 130

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

To help meet this challenge, a small start-up business in Finland, Sensmet, has developed an online monitoring technology that it says promises a step-change improvement in both the manufacturing and recycling of battery metals. Continuous multi-metal monitoring technology. Kokkola plant, illustration.

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Energy Monitor Lithium Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 246

TechXplore

JULY 9, 2024

Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a single charge.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. The lack of environmental impact information and outdated technology are two ubiquitous issues plaguing industrial supply chains in general, but they are especially significant in the context of the fashion industry. . Phylicia Wu.

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Technology Sustainability Fashion Energy Monitor 352

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The move marks another step forward for LanzaTech's ambitious plans to deploy its carbon capture and conversion technologies across a host of industries.

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Carbon Recycling Recycling Technology 342

GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

But if current, low recycling rates continue, decommissioned PV modules instead could add up to 1 million tons of waste in the U.S. that affect recycling, reuse and repair of solar modules, panels and balance of system equipment such as inverters. That’s because recycling technology is not designed for modules.

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