Commercial scale production milestone for lead-acid battery recycling technology
The Californian firm behind what is said to be the only clean lead recycling method - which therefore holds out the possibility of making...
E-waste rising five times faster than e-waste recycling rates
A record 62 million tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2022, up 82% since 2010, and it is on track to rise by a...
Interpreting the environmental legislation changes to the classification of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Mark Priestman, Managing Director of Non-Ferrous at EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) writes
As the recycling industry innovates to embrace its role as a...
£13.7 million of e-waste will be generated by April 3G switch-off
The O2 network’s move to switch off 3G next month could see £13 million worth of e-waste generated, according to business waste collection firm...
Retailers to collect waste electricals and lamps
Defra has confirmed that from the end of 2020, most retailers will be required to provide in-store WEEE takeback.
Recolight - a specialist in...
Commercial production first for PC/ABS pellets from WEEE
Plastics recycling and technology company MBA Polymers announced on 22 April it has started the first commercial production of post-consumer PC/ABS pellets from...
Belgian battery collection relies on IoT solution
An attempt to digitalize, or automate, battery collection for recycling is underway in Belgium.
Electronics specialist Unitron Connect is collaborating with Bebat (the firm...
Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN
A record 53.6 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the...
Could EV batteries have a second life in stationary storage?
By Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, a firm with expertise in using batteries for energy storage.
Picture this, it's Friday night and you're watching...
Second-life batteries from electric buses to be used for grid-scale energy storage
A new partnership aims to jointly design and develop a modular, scalable energy storage solution using second-life EV batteries. The agreement - between Connected...
Biodegradeable PCBs demonstrate operation at GHz frequencies
A collaboration between the University of Glasgow and Jiva Materials has demonstrated biodegradable “Soluboards” capable of operating at GHz frequencies. The advance holds forth...
Extracting metals from end-of-life EV batteries: CO2-based solution is potential game changer
A new technique offers a less energy-intensive way to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, and uses carbon dioxide for...
Firm launches collaborative service for end-of-life batteries
Resource recovery expert Axion has joined forces with two other partners in a major initiative aimed at reusing and recycling the growing volume...
Urgent need to increase awareness of e-waste amongst young people, says new report
A new campaign calls for multi-sector collaboration to tackle the e-waste crisis and drive behaviour change amongst young people.
New research published on 12 October...
Scottish remanufacturing businesses share funding award
Funding has been awarded to nine projects intended to help Scottish remanufacturing businesses explore how to make the most efficient use of materials –...
Shedding light on luminaire recyclability
An assessment of the recyclability of waste luminaires appears to show that over 83% of a typical batch of these lighting components can be...
Rare earth magnets recycling and remanufacturing project gets underway
Scrap magnets.
A project seeking to advance the sustainable recovery, re-processing, and reuse of rare-earth magnets was launched in Germany in June 2019.
The European...
Bioleaching metals from WEEE wins KTP award
Coventry University’s work with a recycling firm to develop a green method for extracting precious metals from electronic waste has been recognised for its...
Rare earth roll separator purchased for lithium-battery-recycling research facility
The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale rare earth roll separator for its School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility....
Critical raw material closed loop recovery project closes with release of trial learnings
Project exploring ways of boosting recovery of critical raw materials from household WEEE concluded on 29 March
