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New Process to Create More Sustainable, Economically Viable Lifecycles for Plastics

A new chemical process synthesizes useful, biodegradable chemicals, which can be used as detergents and surfactants in a wide variety of applications, from disposed plastics.

16 Apr 2021

Study Investigates the Environmental Effects of Battery Recycling

The EU will be home to 30 million electric cars by 2030 and the European Commission is preparing tough targets for recycling these and other batteries. Yet the impacts of battery recycling, especially for the sizeable lithium-ion batteries of the electric cars soon filling our streets, has been largely unstudied.

1 Apr 2021

KRAIBURG TPE is Supplying New Solutions that Push the Plastics Circular Economy Forward

KRAIBURG TPE is presenting a new series of compounds that will enable European OEMs to still use optimum materials for exterior automotive applications in the future.

31 Mar 2021

Eco-SIM Card from Thales and Veolia: The SIM Card Made from Recycled Refrigerators

With almost 4.5 billion SIM cards produced worldwide in 2020, Thales and Veolia have joined forces to help this market show its green credentials.

24 Mar 2021

WELTEC BIOPOWER Builds Biogas Plant in Finland

WELTEC BIOPOWER recently commissioned a biogas plant near Turku in southwestern Finland. This region is characterised by livestock farms and therefore the 250-kW plant runs entirely on liquid manure. The energy plant belongs to a group of three pig farmers. In this project, the German plant builder cooperates with its long-standing Finnish partner Doranova.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 22 Mar 2021

Lumos Makes Major Environmental Commitment in Milestone Partnership With Hinckley Recycling

Lumos (“Lumos”), Nigeria’s market leader in home solar systems making reliable, clean power accessible to all, announces a major environmental commitment - via a new partnership with Hinckley Recycling (“Hinckley”) - to recycle Lumos’ batteries.

From Lumos 19 Mar 2021

New Technique to Recycle Polystyrene into Value-Added Products

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from Clemson University have invented a low-energy, green process to break down polystyrene, a kind of plastic used extensively in cutlery, disposable food containers, foam packaging materials, and several other applications.

18 Mar 2021