Researchers In Australia Find A New Reason To Recycle Solar Panels — Money!
Researchers in Australia say they have found a way to make nano-silicon from recycled solar panels in a way that is highly profitable.
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First International Day Of Zero Waste Asks Us To Look Within To Address Global Pollution…
“The waste crisis is undermining the Earth’s ability to sustain life. Waste costs the global economy billions of dollars each year,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.
Battery & Solar Recycling Marches On In March
Lithium battery recycling is an important part of protecting the environment, as it can reduce the amount of raw materials used to create new batteries and decrease the amount of waste generated by disposable lithium-ion batteries. Recycling lithium-ion batteries not only helps conserve resources (and the emissions that come with … [continued]
Consumer Products From Plastic Waste
A circular economy for plastic waste must generate profits at all stages. Is it really possible?
Circular Economic Practices in Argentina
The call for circular economic practices to be used in conjunction with other aspects of the renewable energy transition has been gaining more attention within the U.S. and Europe. Projects in the U.S. such as circular economy for textiles and metrics and tools for sustainable buildings encourage industries to take … [continued]
Never Mind The Bottlenecks, Wind Farm Repowering Is Taking Off
Repowering an existing wind farm is one way to get around the anti-wind movement and keep pumping more clean kilowatts into the grid.
Recycling Solar Panels Is Essential To The Clean Energy Revolution
Recycling solar panels will become more important as older panels reach the end of their useful life.
Redwood Materials Shares Lessons Learned After One Year Of Operation
Redwood Materials reports that after the first year of operation, its battery recycling facility in California has been a success.
Vestas Has A Solution For Recycling Old Wind Turbine Blades Into New Ones
The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has just announced a novel process for turning old wind turbine blades into new ones, and considering the amount of ink spilled pointing out that blades which reach their end of life (25 years or so) are “piling up” in landfills, this could … [continued]
PopGel Rolls Out A Plastic-Free Dental Care System
The folks over at Poppits had it with the wasteful use of plastics and took it upon themselves to build the solution. They took aim at the plastics we all touch and use on a daily basis to maintain good dental hygiene. To solve the problem, they built PopGel, a … [continued]
