A new chemical process separates mixed textile waste and produces components that can be reused (Sci. Adv. 2024, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6827). After their lifetime of use, most discarded clothes ...

With ever more electric vehicles on the road, regulators and automakers are considering what can be done with the millions of batteries that power EVs after they're spent. Even when their useful life ...

Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an ...

Equipment maker Lindner and Procter & Gamble say their solvent-based Flexloop process can remove impurities from recycled polymer chains. The secondary resins obtained through Flexloop not only comply ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Researchers from India's Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) developed a novel process to recover lead (Pb) from end-of-life photovoltaic panels. “The lead recovery process ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

Technology provided by Austria’s Lindner-Recyclingtech helps AST Group close the loop on its HDPE plastic drums. Hauke Grabau of AST in front of the Lindner plastics recycling line, holding one of the ...

Laid out left to right to illustrate notable steps in the process of lithium battery recycling are: a pair of lithium iron phosphate batteries; a container of black mass powder obtained from shredding ...