Cars That Think
APRIL 19, 2022
A recent United Nations provision has banned the use of mercury in spacecraft propellant. Although no private company has actually used mercury propellant in a launched spacecraft, the possibility was alarming enough—and the dangers extreme enough—that the ban was enacted just a few years after one U.S.-based Mercury is a neurotoxin.
Green Car Congress
JULY 5, 2020
million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. of 2019’s e-waste was collected and recycled. According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019—some 24.9 A record 53.6 Only 17.4%
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JUNE 3, 2019
The open-access paper is published in the journal Environment International. These samples are analysed in the laboratory to measure the presence of 13 elements: aluminium, arsenic, calcium, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, sodium, nickel, lead, vanadium and zinc. Environment International. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.004.
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. Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 31, 2021
As countries invest in large-scale clean energy transition programs and begin to phase out internal combustion engines, securing the minerals required to build batteries for storing renewable energy and powering electric vehicles is increasingly critical. compared to its 2019 estimation. higher), cobalt (5.4% higher) and nickel (6.1%
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