£6.6m invested in the UK’s supply of critical materials for magnets
The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of...
Government support called for as single-use vape disposal quadruples to over 5 million per...
The number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away has soared from 1.3 million to nearly 5 million per week, according to new research from...
“Put yourself at the forefront of the sustainable lighting revolution”: September event
Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight trails a forthcoming event that aims to equip participants with an understanding of new regulations in the sustainability...
Deal will supply drives to the world’s largest battery recycling facility
A recycling site in Sweden will process 125,000 tons of end-of-life batteries and battery production waste each year, making it the largest plant of...
Cost-of-living crisis driving Scots to embrace share and repair projects
A new study commissioned by Scotland’s Share & Repair Network, a project of Circular Communities Scotland, seems to show that the cost-of-living crisis is...
“Stop Battery Fires” public safety film launched
Film aims to raise awareness of fires caused by batteries in the waste stream
An apparent growth in reports of fires caused by batteries and...
Figuring out the details: EV batteries and the circular economy
A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads,...
Sponsored content: The drive for resource efficient lighting
The lighting Industry is truly starting to embrace the concept of the circular economy and sustainability. This is happening now, and is no longer...
Lighting workshops will address quantifying sustainable resilience
A new series of workshops on how to calculate circular and carbon metrics for lighting products has been announced by circular lighting expert Recolight....
EV Battery health concerns are the biggest barrier to used-EV sales, says new report
Addressing barriers to the second-hand EV market could help encourage over 17 million UK drivers to make the switch to electric, according to study.
The...
List presents safer chemicals for manufacturing IT products
When it comes to chemicals used in the manufacture of IT products, very few have been studied for their impact on humans and the...
Scottish seaweed sparks idea to boost electric vehicle batteries
Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with...
Vape producers in the UK failing to meet environmental regulations
Sales of disposable single-use vapes are now around 138 million per annum*
For all the disposable single-use vapes sold in the UK...
Remanufacturing lighting
Nigel Harvie, CEO of Recolight, discusses the uptake of remanufacturing lighting equipment
London event will coach public on repair skills
Research commissioned ahead of London's Repair Week event (20-26 March 2023) appears to show that the capital's inhabitants threw away £1.8 billion worth of...
Curry’s offers refurbished tech
UK technology retailer, Currys, has announced it is trialling sales of refurbished technology on its website.
Co-op extends tech recirculation offer
Co-op has expanded its trial with tech-recirculation start-up, Spring, with the introduction of new, reusable Pouches to help consumers cut e-waste and unlock the...
The Remanufacturing Lighting Conference comes to London in April
Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight says “clients, both corporate and public sector, are warming to the concept of reconditioned lights to achieve both...
Recycled gold from SIM cards could help make drugs more sustainable
A new study looks at the use of gold extracted from electronic waste as catalysts for reactions that could be applied to making medicines.
Re-using...
Breakthrough technology for lithium manufacture
As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the...
