New Recyclable Plastic Could be a Alternative to Non-Recyclable Plastics 2019-09-17 14:09:24 IN DEPTH: Berkeley Lab’s Infinite Loop for Recyclable Plastics Researchers at Berkeley Lab in California have developed a ‘next generation’ plastic which can be recycled indefinitely on a molecular level, allowing it to be formed back into new products of any shape or colour with no degradation. read more ...
New Study in Collaboration with Polymer Comply Europe 2019-09-06 14:48:54 European Plastics Converters Launches 3rd Edition of Recycling Survey Trade association, European Plastics Converters, decided to conduct the third edition of its survey on the use of recycled polymers by plastics converters in Europe in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe. read more ...
Need to Prevent Potentially Deadly Use of Bins as a Bed 2019-08-23 12:51:41 CIWM, Biffa & Open University Investigating How to Prevent Homeless Sleeping in Bins With homelessness on the rise in the UK, the issue of people sheltering and sleeping in bins is being looked at again by Biffa, the Open University and the CIWM. read more ...
Massive GHG Reductions Possible with Reduced Global Food Waste 2019-07-29 13:27:01 Global Overshoot Day: US Tops the Charts in Food Waste A study for Global Overshoot Day by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition and the Economist Intelligence Unit Food Sustainability has ranked the United States last at preserving the world’s resources. read more ...
Battery Recycling Process Grows Strategic Opportunities 2019-06-27 11:31:29 ‘High Purity Material’ from American Manganese Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Pilot American Manganese has produced has claimed to have produced a high purity nickel manganese cobalt hydroxide filter cake at Kemetco Research's contract lab during the final stages of the RecycLiCo Pilot Plant project. read more ...
Finnish Research Centre Backs Chemical Recycling for Plastics 2019-06-20 12:35:54 VTT to Add New Methods to the Plastics Recycling Chain VTT is developing technology to complement a variety of mechanical recycling methods for plastics with chemical recycling based on pyrolysis. read more ... Activated Carbon Helps Recycle Plastics into Aviation Fuel 2019-06-11 11:58:11 WSU Researchers Melt Waste Plastics with Carbon Catalyst to Produce Jet Fuel Scientists at Washington State University have described a new way to recycle plastic waste products into jet fuel in a paper published in the journal Applied Energy. read more ... MIT & City of Amsterdam Develop Waste Catching ‘Roboats’ 2019-06-11 09:53:07 IN DEPTH Autonomous Robotic Boats Could Collect Garbage in Amsterdam’s Canals Researchers from MIT and the AMS Institute have teamed up to develop an autonomous robotic boat to remove waste from the city’s many canals - among other applications. read more ... IPEN & BAN Report Finds Some of the Most Hazardous Substances on Earth in Ghana's Food Chain 2019-04-24 16:17:55 European E-Waste Causing Catastrophic Levels of Toxins in African Free Range Eggs The dire human consequences of food chain contamination from highly toxic plastics in waste in Ghana, which includes toxic e-waste shipped from Europe, have been exposed by new research from IPEN and Basel Action Network. read more ... Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Material Recycling Technology Patent 2019-04-05 08:36:03 VIDEO: American Manganese Secures US Patent for Battery Recycling Technology The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office has issued a patent to Canadian Lithium-Ion battery recycling technology firm, American Manganese Inc. for the Company’s lithium-ion battery cathode material recycling technology. read more ... Government Backed Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Technology Project 2019-03-29 12:51:41 American Manganese Joins U.S. DOE EV Battery Recycling Research Project American Manganese will participate in a U.S. Department of Energy project to advance the economic recovery of battery materials from electric vehicles and other consumer goods. read more ... Finnish Research Organisation Looking for Partners for New Recycling Tech 2019-02-26 11:46:33 New Cylindrical Extruder for Recycling Problematic Waste Developed by VTT Finnish research and innovation organisation, VTT, has developed a cylindrical extruder which could revolutionise the processing of recyclable materials and thereby promote circular economy business. read more ...
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