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Battery Day - Second-life Batteries: Reuse Needs to Sit Firmly Alongside Design for Recycling

Battery Day (18 February) celebrates the convenience that batteries bring to our everyday lives – in our phones, our computers, our electronics, our cars and our energy storage.

13 Feb 2023

Upcycling Plastic Waste into More Valuable Products

The world generates about 300 million tons of plastic waste annually, and more than 90% of all plastic ever made has never been recycled. Part of what drives all that waste into landfills or into the environment is the difficulty of recycling plastic, which is designed to last for a very long time.

8 Feb 2023

New Sorting Technology for Keeping Smallest Plastic Products Inside the Recycling Chain

As plastic pollution continues to mount, with growing risks to ecosystems and wildlife, manufacturers are beginning to make ambitious commitments to keep new plastics out of the environment.

6 Feb 2023

Converting Shredded, Single-Use Plastic Wastes to Useful Materials

Researchers are integrating tried-and-true technologies and developing new ones to break down waste plastics and convert them to useful materials.

3 Feb 2023

Innovative Green Strategy for Recycling Lead Acid Batteries

As the cost of lithium-ion batteries continues to drop, they are rapidly replacing the lead-acid batteries that were previously used in cars and other vehicles. This is causing an abundance of used lead acid batteries, which are hazardous to the environment and people if not properly recycled.

3 Feb 2023

A Simple and Economical Way to Recycle Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized electronics and enabled an accelerating shift toward clean energy.

2 Feb 2023

AIMPLAS Collaborates in a New European Project to Make Blueprint for Reducing Textile Waste by 80%

Finding recycling solutions to textile waste is a pressing European and global challenge, as it is estimated that less than 1% of textiles are currently recycled.

25 Jan 2023

Fujitsu and Teijin Start Joint Trials with V Frames and Advanced Bikes to Enhance Environmental Value of Recycled Carbon Fiber Used in the Manufacturing Process of Bicycle Frames

Fujitsu Limited and Teijin Limited today announced the launch of a joint project running from January to March 2023 to enhance the environmental value of recycled resources in the production of bicycle frames together with V Frames GmbH, a German manufacturer and distributor of carbon fiber reinforced plastic bicycle frames, and E Bike Advanced Technologies GmbH, a German manufacturer of bicycles.

19 Jan 2023