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One Excellent Danish Company Aspires To Change The World

June 2nd, 2019 | by Jesper Berggreen

In 2002, I needed a change to my working environment as my body was withering away from endless hours at [&hellip

New Report On Plastics & Climate — The Hidden Costs Of A Plastic Planet

May 18th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan

Amanda Kistler, Director of Communications and Development at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), has shared a new report with CleanTechnica. The full report, Plastic & Climate The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, was released on May 15, 2019. Below is a summary of the report and several highlights from it

Green Economy

187 Nations Signed UN Plastics Waste Protocol, But The US Was Not One Of Them

May 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley

186 nations have signed an agreement that prevents shipping plastic waste to developing countries without their permission. The US, of course, is opposed to the initiative.

Air Quality

6 Signs Of Hope For The Ocean

May 2nd, 2019 | by World Resources Institute

It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments

Batteries

Your Renewable Energy Technology Is Growing Old — What’s Next?

April 23rd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor

The cutting-edge research at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will one day go to waste—but not into a landfill

Nespresso Invites Other Coffee Pod Manufacturers To Join Aluminum Recycling Program

April 8th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill

Swiss coffee giant Nespresso announced at the end of March that it was opening up its aluminum coffee pod recycling program to other pod manufacturers in an effort to create a global recycling scheme for aluminum coffee capsules.

Policy & Politics

Urban Transformations: In Pune, India, Waste Pickers Go from Trash to Treasure

April 7th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute

Pinky Sonawane spent her childhood gathering garbage on the streets of Pune, India. She’d join her mother in pulling plastic bottles, cans, and cardboard from roadside dumpsters, selling the materials to scrap traders for income. With no organized waste-collection system in the city of 4 million people, there was plenty of waste for her to pick—it filled bins, littered streets and piled up in mountainous heaps in dumps. But Sonawane and others like her were often treated like the garbage they collected

Batteries

Fortum Process Recycles 80% Of EV Battery Materials

March 27th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley

Fortum, a clean energy company in Finland, is working with Crisolteq to develop advanced technology that will allow up to 80% of the materials inside lithium ion batteries to be recycled.

Research

NREL Says Don’t Recycle Single Use Plastics — Upcycle!

March 3rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley

Researchers at NREL have devised a way of using discarded single use plastic to make new products. It could keep much of the world's plastic trash out of landfills and the world's oceans.

Clean Power

More US Cities Incinerate Recyclables After China Import Ban

February 25th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley

Ever since China banned the importation of recyclables and other waste products, American cities have been ignoring the problem and hoping it would go away. It won't.

Green Economy

Circular Economy: Redesigning Economy Beyond A Product

February 22nd, 2019 | by The Beam

The recent debate around circular economy tends to focus primarily on product redesign. But a circular ‘economy’ encompasses more than just product design, it's about product business development and the interactions between players in the ecosystem.

Fossil Fuels

Corporate Insistence On Single-Use Plastics & Protecting The Environment

January 31st, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna

Why are so many corporations pledging to reduce single-use plastics instead of eliminating them altogether now

And Now For Some Good News About Recycling (#CleanTechnica Interview)

January 11th, 2019 | by Tina Casey

US glass recycling company takes on the challenge of "dirty" glass with the world's largest glass recycling facility, plus bonus rooftop solar

Clean Power

DOE Stalls Clean Energy R&D, Risking Jobs & US Competitiveness

December 31st, 2018 | by NRDC

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may be sitting on approximately $600 million in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) funding for clean energy research and development (R&D), despite clear and strong congressional guidance to invest public dollars in new technologies and innovation that will pave the way for America to be a leader in a clean energy future

Air Quality

5 Cities Show What Urban Transformation Looks Like

December 29th, 2018 | by World Resources Institute

The WRI Ross Prize for Cities aims to spotlight exemplary real-world examples of urban transformation to help inspire better cities for all. Nearly 200 projects around the globe submitted applications for the inaugural $250,000 prize

Climate Change

The Growing Fashion Industry Needs More Sustainable Solutions

November 15th, 2018 | by Andrea Bertoli

The fashion industry has a surprisingly huge carbon budget – and it's only growing. Learn more about why the garment industry is in need of an overhaul and how you can be a more conscious consumer.

Air Quality

P&G Achieves 2020 Sustainability Goals Early, Raises The Bar For 2030

October 16th, 2018 | by Kyle Field

Global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble announced that it has already achieved many of the environmental and sustainability goals for 2020 and has plans in place to meet those that it has not already achieved. In parallel to the announcement, the company is looking to the future with new, stretching environmental and sustainability goals for itself for 2030 under a new branded campaign called 'Ambition 2030' as detailed in its 2017 Citizenship Report

CleanTechnica

Taiwan’s EPA Turns Hazardous Waste Into Raw Materials With New LCD Recycling Process

September 27th, 2018 | by Kyle Field

CleanTechnica spoke with Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration at the Taiwan Circular Economy show. EPA expert Shan-lun Lee shared a new recycling program with us that the agency has developed in conjunction with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) that enables discarded liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to be broken down and recycled into fresh new raw materials