Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sustainable architecture focuses on low impact construction and natural or recycled materials. The new marketing suite for Goldman Westlink is just such a building.

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Renew Economy

JULY 29, 2024

Emerging Australian solar recycling outfit Elecsome has inked another promising deal with another big energy market player. The post Pioneering Australian “solar upcycling” start-up strikes deal with Italian energy giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Substituting asphalt road materials with upcycled plastic waste could spell cost savings for both road construction and waste management endeavors.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Regarding the prominent issue at hand, it is really true that electric car batteries can be recycled, and there are specific methods that allow for the recovery of up to 95% of the raw materials. Global governments are now insisting that electric vehicle (EV) batteries be designed and manufactured in a manner that facilitates easy recycling. 

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Charged

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Altilium , a UK-based clean technology group, has produced recycled battery cathode active materials (CAM) that are comparable to commercial materials. The cycle cell capacity of Altilium’s recycled CAM reached 193 mAh.g⁻¹ in testing, aligning closely with the 190-194 mAh.g⁻¹ range typical for commercial CAM. Source: Altilium

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Circu Li-ion co-founder and CEO Antoine Welter says his startup’s upcycling machine can diagnose batteries in seconds. “We know exactly which cell can be reused and which one can’t,” he told TechCrunch on Monday. Circu Li-ion is in the business of saving usable battery cells from shredders.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving. How can we tackle reuse and recycle in a way that is both meaningful and impactful? But it doesn’t have to be like this.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2024

A further sign of Nissan’s commitment to electrification is a new joint project with Altilium , a UK-based clean technology group, which is aimed at improving the sustainability of UK-made EV batteries by recycling used batteries and reducing reliance on imported raw materials.

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Charged

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In recycling, one of the biggest cost items is transporting the materials, and this is obviously the case for EV batteries, which are heavy and pose health and safety risks. According to the companies, transportation represents 41% of the total cost of battery recycling, and contributes 3.5% Sources: Altilium , Lunaz

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Adidas and H&M Group teamed up for a project to recycle old garments and fibers into new items for major brands. German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. Increased concern for farmers is also on the menu.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

According to the paper, “this sustainable approach for upcycling electronic waste provides an advantageous research-based waste stream that does not require cutting-edge microfabrication facilities, expensive materials or high-caliber engineering skills.”. How can we upcycle those types of CDs with the same kind of process? per device.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MAY 8, 2024

The startup's fungi use their mycelium to consume oil-based rubbers and plastics, creating new bio-based materials in the process. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Reuse can reduce the amount of waste that will need to be recycled or sent to landfills and incinerators. . LimeLoop partners directly with retail companies and provides them with a set of reusable packages made from upcycled billboard vinyl and lined with recycled cotton. million tons (29.9 Reuse] is needed. It is possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

A seemingly world-first collaboration is bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic. Half of the recycled PPE will be returned to Parley later this month, who will distribute the products to NGOs and hospitals in the Dominican Republic. ” Parley has donated 2.28

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 31, 2023

The post The Brief: ImpactAlpha’s Career Hub, promise and peril of Europe’s SFDR, upcycling aluminum and recycling textiles, dignified jobs for climate resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Build your impact investing career on ImpactAlpha. The Brief has long brought together those seeking impact investing talent.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Unfortunately, it costs more to recycle used plastic than it costs to make new plastic from petroleum. Abdul-Aziz’s laboratory takes a different approach to recycling. It is devoted to putting pernicious waste products such as plastic and plant biomass waste back into the economy by upcycling them into valuable commodities. “I

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Soil Plastics Waste Waste 245

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Waste management company, SUEZ, and Recycle for Greater Manchester will be joining in, promoting repair skills across the city and opening the doors to their Renew Hub, where hundreds of tonnes of pre-loved items which would otherwise have gone to waste are brought for repair and resale – with all profits going back to the local community.”

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today we continue our journey to show the world that recycled carbon is a resource rather than a liability,” says Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech. “As High-profile deployments have included its use to convert carbon emissions into fabrics used in the fashion industry , and to convert MSW into useful fuels and chemicals.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2024

Biotechnology sees plastic sails transformed into synthetic vanilla flavouring Waste textiles from sailing boats could be given a new lease of life as a result of a research project upcycling plastic fibres from sails into new chemicals such as vanillin – the compound used in cosmetics and food products for a vanilla flavour and smell.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 17, 2021

Every time I hear or read a reference to ‘upcycling’, my instinctive response is “Really?” And the other day, the Guardian ran a story about the use of GM organisms to ‘upcycle’ old plastic bottles into vanilla food flavouring of all things. So why call this upcycling?

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

A circular system is one that creates products, consumes them, and then reuses or recycles them before they are deemed waste. After they have reached their full potential as a garment and can not be upcycled into new clothing, they can be transferred to another industry and be used as primary material to create something else.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sorting and recycling such. million to commercialize upcycled aluminum appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, August 31 — Non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and copper are essential for renewable energy and electric vehicles. The post Sortera secures $30.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Danish wind tech firm Vestas hails new era for the industry, as new method of recycling wind turbine blades promises to eliminate landfill disposal across the sector Vestas has unveiled an alternative to scrapping decommissioned wind turbine blades, which harnesses a newly discovered chemical process to ensure old blades can be recycled.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2020

Jaguar Land Rover has developed an innovative process enabling it to recycle old aluminium cans, bottle tops and end-of-life vehicles into brand new, premium cars, in a move it estimates could cut CO2 in its manufacturing by more than a quarter.

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Recycling Recycling Automotive Upcycling 90

Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Coca-Cola's European arm has announced backing for recycling start-up CuRe Technology, with a view to establishing an innovative pilot factory to turn waste plastic bottles back into high quality packaging for food and drink via a single, on-site process. million tonnes - is mechanically recycled, according to consultancy Eunomia.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Investment 88

Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2021

All Samsung phones are to feature recycled materials from 2025, the company has pledged as part of a new set of wide-ranging sustainability targets. Firm launches new Galaxy for the Planet sustainability platform in bid to help deliver on tech giant's environmental goals.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 11, 2023

ImpactAlpha, January 11 — Generate Capital, the San Francisco-based sustainable infrastructure financier and operator, launched Generate Upcycle last year to expand into recycling, The post Generate bets on Sedron Technologies’ municipal wastewater treatment appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

There are several new and emerging technologies for recycling that are being developed and implemented around the world. Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Last year alone, FNTECH recycled 3,300 pounds of aluminum framing and diverted over 2,000 pounds of banner material from landfills.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2023

Green shopping hub aims to encourage citizens to recycle, upcycle, and buy second-hand goods

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Ramping up battery reuse and recycling is increasingly regarded as critical to ensuring climate goals are met in as sustainable and efficient way as possible.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A great example is the Upcycle Ecocharger sold by The Green Microgym, an eco gym that has achieved 85% less electricity use and a carbon footprint one-tenth that of a conventional gym (per square foot). You can also find bumper plates made from crumb rubber recycled from used car and truck tires. Mats and Flooring.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Helping menstrual cups go mainstream, redesigning children’s shoes to make them last longer, creating ‘lend and mend’ hubs in libraries and enabling polyester to be recycled again and again were the winning projects chosen by an independent Grant Fund panel of industry experts.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Designers are streamlining collections, focusing on evergreen best sellers and incorporating upcycling, regenerative materials and use of dead stock (French) in collections. Meanwhile, digitization is accelerating efficiency and agility. Design teams are working together online and using virtual sampling.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? In other words, how can the use of everyday materials in the office be substituted with more sustainable, recycled, and reused materials? You need to identify instances where this is happening.

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

of PET, HDPE, and PP plastics being recycled, the remainder often ends up in landfills, oceans, or incinerators. Given that 94% of Americans are inclined to recycle plastics and limit single-use plastic, there is potential for such transformative systems to take root. Recycling plastic waste into graphene and clean hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Research commissioned by Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) found that last year Greater Manchester residents threw away an estimated £417 million* worth of items that could have been repaired instead. A further £809 million* was then spent on replacing the damaged or broken items.

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