Energy & Green Tech
A team headed by Prof. Stephan von Delft from the University of Münster has been looking at what effects different strategies for achieving a circular economy with lithium, cobalt and nickel for electric vehicles will have ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Business
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it's more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better.
Jun 20, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As our reliance on electric vehicles and renewable energy systems grows, so does the demand for efficient and sustainable battery technologies. The challenges of performance degradation, safety concerns, and environmental ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Business
As electric vehicle (EV) demand accelerates, so does the need for lithium batteries. But these batteries contain valuable critical minerals, as well as toxic materials, so they should not be treated as common waste.
May 14, 2024
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Engineering
While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects cannot be easily recycled. While new sustainable materials are emerging for use in 3D printing, they remain ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed "Site Zero", which Sweden hopes will revolutionize its plastic recycling.
Mar 27, 2024
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Engineering
There was no time to waste as researchers trawled through skip bins across Melbourne construction sites, capturing hundreds of photos of materials destined for landfill.
Mar 21, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
U.N. agencies have warned that electrical and electronic waste is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.
Mar 20, 2024
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Engineering
Skoltech researchers have demonstrated that reinforced plastics can be recycled without loss of original mechanical properties, sometimes even with improved characteristics. Published in Composites Communications, the study ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The energy transition is progressing, and photovoltaics (PV) is playing a key role in this. Enormous capacities are to be added over the next few decades. Experts expect several tens of terawatts by the middle of the century. ...
Mar 7, 2024
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