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...
One third of Scots have unused smartphones going to waste
Scots are being called upon to declutter and help the environment by putting their unwanted tech to good use.
Nearly 60% of people in...
Remanufacturing lighting
Nigel Harvie, CEO of Recolight, discusses the uptake of remanufacturing lighting equipment
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....
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...
Research breathes ‘new life’ into lithium ion battery packs
Novel separation techniques to recover high-value metal compounds from automotive battery packs are being explored as part of a £14 million research consortium.
The AMPLiFII...
Researchers demonstrate using bacteria to recover metals from EV batteries
A group at Coventry University say they have demonstrated a process for recovering all of the metals inside, using a process called bioleaching.
Pause for thought as WEEE facilities burn
Wiser Recycling is taking steps towards rebuilding a recycling and reuse presence in St Ives, Cambridgeshire following the fire that devastated the firm's WEEE...
Illegal waste shipment lands Glasgow operator with fine for breaching environmental legislation
Waste shipments have come under scrutiny following the illegal shipment of waste electrical and electronic goods by a Glasgow-based businessman.
Waste operator Henry Chukwu ,...
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...
What you should (and shouldn’t) do with all of your old phone chargers and...
By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton, writing in The Conversation.
The statistics surrounding mobile phones are staggering. There are more...
World Cup leads to influx of flat-screen TVs for recycling at Veolia facility
Veolia says it has received 65% more flat screen TVs at its state of the art recycling facility in Shropshire
China never to return to e-scrap import levels of the past, says trade association
As a result of China’s National Sword initiative, the country’s importation of e-scrap will never return to how it was in the past, according...
China is leading the race to recycle batteries
China is ahead of Europe and the US in using recycling to meet its needs for lithium, cobalt and nickel for batteries for electric...
New online platform helps understand hazardous materials in electronic waste
In an attempt to respond to recyclers’ quest for information about the presence of hazardous substances in electronic waste, producers and producer responsibility organisations...
Trash totem: ‘Mount Recyclemore’ sculpture appears on Cornish beach
A giant Mount Rushmore-like sculpture of the G7 leaders’ heads, made entirely of discarded electronics, has appeared on a beach near Carbis Bay. The...
Managing and reducing e-waste from PCBs
Have you ever wondered what happens to your electronic devices when you replace them? Phil Simmonds, Group Managing Director of electronic manufacturing services provider...
Curry’s offers refurbished tech
UK technology retailer, Currys, has announced it is trialling sales of refurbished technology on its website.
Project aims to boost recycling supply chain for luxury cars
A new research project aims to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for one of the most...
£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...
