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Li-Cycle delivers first commercial shipment of recycled battery material

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a North-America-based lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, recently completed its first shipment of commercially recycled battery material, containing energy metals concentrate. The process technology is inherently sustainable—it produces no solid waste streams, minimal/no water discharge, nor any harmful air emissions.

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BETO report identifies biofuel/bioproducts opportunities from wet and gaseous waste: ~22.2B GGE/year

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. Spatial distribution and influent range of 14,581 USEPA 2012 Clean Water Needs Survey (CWNS) catalogued treatmenet plants.Click to enlarge.

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EPA announces 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners

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This could reduce the mining of ore which reduces costs, greenhouse gas emissions and waste. This technology could cut energy usage by 85 billion BTUs/year, waste generation by 8.5 is being recognized for developing and commercializing Instinct, an additive that reduces fertilizer nitrate leaching ground and surface waters.

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. The shower head would then automatically turn the water off, turning it back on again when the person moved back into range. With such a device, he thought, people could enjoy a long shower without wasting water.

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Rio Tinto and Marubeni partner to create stronger and more responsible aluminum supply chains

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In 2016, Rio Tinto launched RenewAl, the world’s first certified low CO 2 primary aluminum brand. Neutr-Al is a carbon credit mechanism Marubeni offers to customers where it is applicable. It helps offset greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the aluminum supply chain including transportation activities.

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ORCnext project concludes waste heat recovery efficiency can be boosted by 20-25%

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The four-year projet ORCNext , aimed at developing knowledge and design tools for next generation of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs), has concluded that waste heat recovery efficiency can be increased by 20 to 25% through appropriate cycle selection, efficient expanders, appropriate control and less oversizing of the heat exchangers.

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Start-up commercializing NC State technology for drop-in biofuels; full commercial production targeted for 2016

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Red Wolf, formed in 2010, is in the process of raising $3 million through an equity offering to commercialize the thermal-chemical catalytic process. Two product streams exit this reactor, free fatty acids (mixed with water) and sweet water (glycerol mixed with water). Hydrolysis. Step 1: Hydrolysis. Click to enlarge.