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Removing and Recycling Lab Plastics

In 2019, MIT's Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Office collaborated with several research labs in the Department of Biology to determine the feasibility of recycling clean lab plastics.

19 Apr 2023

New Project Addresses the Recovery of the Non-Metallic Components

Electromobility is an essential building block for the energy transition. Many electric vehicles presently use lithium-ion batteries as their primary energy storage device because of their high energy and power density.

7 Apr 2023

Scientists Team Up to Develop New Ways to Upcycle Plastic

Plastic pollution is a global problem that continues to grow. Over 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year, and each year manufacturers make more than the year before.

30 Mar 2023

Enviro and Antin Infrastructure Partners to Create the World’s First Large-scale Tire Recycling Group, Supported by Michelin

The volume of disposed end-of-life tires has been steadily growing to reach 3.5 million tons per year in Europe alone.

From Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB 30 Mar 2023

Recycling Broken Wind Turbine Parts Could Create 20,000 UK Jobs and Multi-billion-pound Supply Chain

Tens of billions of pounds could be generated for the UK economy from the re-use, refurbishment and re-engineering of broken wind turbine parts, according to a new coalition set-up to drive the creation of a circular supply chain for renewables in the UK.

29 Mar 2023

New Technology for Chemical Recycling of Textile Wastes

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. The annual amount of fiber production reached 113 million tons in 2021* and the demand is increasing every year.

21 Mar 2023

Novel Enzymatic Fiber Separation Technique Helps Reduce Textile Waste

North Carolina State University scientists discovered a way to separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes, which are nature’s tools for speeding up chemical reactions

21 Mar 2023

Chemical Recycling Route for the Conversion of HDPE

Plastics are astounding materials with properties that are essential to the operation of the modern world. They are adjustable, strong, versatile, long-lasting, and reasonably priced.

15 Mar 2023

Woodward L’Orange Announces Move to 100% Recycled Packaging

Woodward L’Orange – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of injection systems and engine components used in ships, powerplants, oil platforms, trains and mining vehicles - has strengthened its environmental commitment with the announcement it is switching to a new range of fully recycled plastic packaging for its products.

7 Mar 2023

Biomass of Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria can Absorb Rare Earth Elements from Wastewater

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within the Earth's crust.

1 Mar 2023