Unique online tool for repair cafés gets an update
The latest version of a free online resource for repair cafés - the Repair Café Carbon Calculator from Farnham Repair Café (FRC) - went...
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,...
Cloud-based energy aggregation and battery waste innovators pick up low carbon funding awards for...
A cloud-based energy aggregation service has picked up the Shell Springboard and Shell LiveWIRE awards, securing £180,000 of equity free funding. Another award went...
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
Levelling the playing field
The playing field in Europe regarding the treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is not level and currently it is estimated that...
UK needs to act to prevent electric vehicle battery waste mountain – new study
Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge...
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...
Project reclaims rare earth magnets from loudspeakers
A recently completed project demonstrates that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers, which are currently lost to landfill, can be successfully recycled, says the...
Costly, complex and far from comfortable: London conference looks at electronics industry’s role in...
Chris Bull, Senior Director at technical consultancy and research organisation RINA, reports on the RINA Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment conference, which...
Partnership to create first end-of-life supply chain for electric car batteries
A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. The...
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...
Brominated flame retardants are not hindering the recycling of WEEE plastics says new study
Misperceptions regarding the impact of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) on WEEE plastics recycling are addressed by a report from the International Bromine Council (BSEF)...
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....
Apple disassembly robot picks up the baton (or iPhone) with producer responsibility
DISASSEMBLY of electronic gadgets could soon become a much more efficient and sophisticated process, if Apple’s new system for deconstructing iPhones – announced on...
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...
Waste database to support progress towards a circular economy in Europe
Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform to be unveiled 10 November 2017, Brussels
A new waste database to be made available in the Autumn is intended...
UK households still stockpiling old gadgets, says Royal Society of Chemistry survey
UK households are continuing to stockpile electronic devices and failing to recycle them, it seems, with early August seeing the publication of the results...
News service for sustainable lighting launches
Lighting recycling expert Recolight has launched a news and information resource, The Circular Lighting Report, which the company says "is set to become the...
Chinese delegates visit UK WEEE recycling facility to share best practice
Delegates of the Hubei Provincial Environmental Protection Department in China met with British waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling experts at The Electrical...
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...
