Battery Recycling Regulations Matter In Hunt For US EV Tax Credits
A little known provision in the Inflation Reduction Act is creating new business opportunities in battery recycling in America.
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Wind Turbine Recycling Gets $5.1 Million Boost
$5.1 Million Competition Aims To Strengthen a Circular Wind Energy Economy in the United States
Solar Panels Can Be More Efficient & Easier To Recycle
Hybrid solar panels that combine silicon and perovskites are breaking efficiency records in the lab. Can they make it into full scale commercial production?
Sharks Behaving Badly — Is Ocean Plastic Messing With Their Heads?
Teenage orcas made headlines last month for attacking boats, and that’s just the tip of the shark behavior iceberg. The running theme of National Geographic’s new Sharkfest series is sharks behaving badly, weirdly, and just plain strangely. Either way, when the topic turns to ocean life it’s a good time … [continued]
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Plant To Be Built In Taiwan By RecycLiCo & Zenith
Taiwan is a tech giant, and now it’s going to be home to the newest lithium-ion battery recycling plant. RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. and Zenith Chemical Corporation have created a 50–50 joint venture for the project, which will be able to recycle 2,000 metric tons per year of black mass … [continued]
E-Bike Battery Recycling Program Announced In The US
E-bike battery recycling is just getting started in the US, but already, more than 36,000 pounds of batteries have been processed.
Recycling 3.0 & The Dilemma Of Microplastics
An expert in biogeochemistry explains that tiny plastics are showing up in crops and can be uptaken by plants into their tissues. What’s the next stop? Human digestive systems.
New Battery Recycling Center Will Have A Big Impact on Europe
Lithium-ion batteries are a rapidly growing technology, used to power everything from our mobile phones to electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. Lithium-ion batteries generally have a much longer lifespan than anti-EV commentators would lead people to believe, and once they’re too degraded for vehicle use, they serve for years … [continued]
Existing Technology Can Solve Most Plastic Pollution Problems!
Instead of hanging onto existing plastic policies in a siloed approach, innovative measures to tackle the plastic problem are at hand that address systemic change and transitions towards sustainable solutions.
Apple Will Use 100% Recycled Cobalt In Batteries By 2025
Apple has announced a significant acceleration of its efforts to expand the usage of recycled materials across all of its products, including a new aim of using 100% recycled cobalt in all batteries made by Apple by the year 2025. In addition, all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100% … [continued]
