Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 18 chemicals made from plastic waste-derived feedstocks that would ensure they are free from unsafe contaminants before they can be used to make transportation fuels.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 7, 2022
million metric tons of electronic waste in 2019, up more than 21% over five years, according to the United Nations’ most recent assessment. Only about 17% of that e-waste was recycled, and what happens to the rest can be detrimental for both human health and privacy. The world generated a record 53.6 We have so, so, so many devices.
Drive Electric
MAY 15, 2022
The Emissions Reduction Plan released today confirms the future of mobility in New Zealand will be electric. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future. Press release. 16 May 2022. About Drive Electric.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2013
Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Perhaps a future of energy surpluses isn’t beyond the imagination—what if humanity could collectively lower utility bills while reaping other perks? It’s now or never if humans hope to prevent the mercury from increasing by 1.5° Doing so might be practical in the future, but the math doesn’t add up at present. Retrofitting Woes.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2017
—“Don’t Pollute My Future”. The report, Don’t pollute my future! For example, emerging environmental hazards, such as electronic and electrical waste (such as old mobile phones) that is improperly recycled, expose children to toxins which can lead to reduced intelligence, attention deficits, lung damage, and cancer.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2009
The future, I think, is going to be an integrated biorefinery, with products up and down the value spectrum—chemicals all the way to fuels, and that’s the way it makes sense. As an example, propyl-propionate, one of BME’s specialty chemicals, currently sells for some $816 per gallon.
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