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.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2014
The flotation circuit separates the valuable minerals from the waste minerals. The valuable minerals, mostly in the form of sulfides, are separated from waste minerals (gangue minerals) by floating and being collected and upgraded or cleaned to produce a concentrate. Mercury (and its compounds). Manganese (and its compounds).
Green Car Congress
MAY 13, 2010
In the past year, Ford Motor Company has increased its use of paper from recycled content instead of virgin sources for all its high-volume, consumer and employee printing projects. Increasing the use of recycled paper may sound like a small step for an automotive company, but the results have been anything but small. More than 1.1
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
It’s designed for on-demand production to reduce waste from unsold inventory. LG announced at CES 2022 that its new OLED TVs will use more recyclable materials and shave down packaging waste, and Lenovo introduced a Yoga laptop partially constructed from recycled plastics. Repairability dovetails with the larger goal of sustainability.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Ford Motor Company, working with academic researchers in Canada and one of its suppliers, has developed a wheat straw-reinforced plastic; the natural fiber-based plastic contains 20% wheat straw bio-filler. Ontario, for example, has some 30 million metric tons of available wheat straw waste at any given time. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2009
BME), a company using unique bacterial consortia to produce specialty biochemicals from the anaerobic fermentation of a range of biomass feedstocks, and Bionavitas, an algae producer, formed a partnership in which Blue Marble Energy will produce high-margin biochemicals from microalgae supplied by Bionavitas. BME’s AGATE process.
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