How can electronic waste, also known as e-waste, be recycled without resulting in negative environmental impacts that are often produced with traditional e-waste recycling methods? This is what a ...

Declining plastic recycling rates coupled with increased plastic pollution on the Earth’s surface and within its oceans spell concern for the planet’s health. In an effort to combat these trends, ...

It points to the possibility of "horizontal" recycling.

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from phones and electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage and earbuds, but their cathodes—the part of batteries denoted by a plus sign—are expensive to make ...

A research team led by Professor Kotohiro Nomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a method for the depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) using alcohols and an ...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., a research and development partner based in Espoo, Finland, has announced that it has demonstrated how chemical recycling offers an alternative to ...

The rise of electric vehicles is a critical part of the move away from fossil fuels and the "greening" of transport. However, it isn't without its environmental challenges, one of the major issues ...

Evonik introduces catalysts and adsorbents that purify pyrolysis oil, turning plastic waste into high-quality feedstock.

For years, the arguments against renewable power focused on its high costs. But as the price of wind and solar plunged, the arguments shifted. Suddenly, concerns about the waste left behind when solar ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a recycling process that restores spent lithium-ion batteries to up to 95% of their original capacity while cutting recycling costs by 56%.The Latest ...

Electrodes removed from the batteries. Electrodes consist of a film made of aluminum or copper, for example, covered with a thin layer of active material. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed new methods to solve a major source of future waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable industries. It’s estimated that by 2030 carbon ...