Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A team of researchers from the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a US Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, developed a novel way to extract rare earth elements from the high-powered magnets in electronic waste ( earlier post ). This copper can be recovered, or it can be reused in other operations.

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Innovation News Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

Scientists from the University of California, Riverside, have moved one step closer to finding a use for plastic waste. The post New method turns plastic waste into valuable soil additive appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Researchers are integrating tested technologies and developing new ones to break down plastic waste for conversion into useful materials. Researchers are developing new technologies, such as plasma that shoots ‘bullet’ electrons, to break down plastic waste to convert it into useful materials.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

The results of the project indicated that the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste is both technically feasible and environmentally and financially promising. Additionally, mixed plastic waste is often not available for mechanical recycling.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2022

6Li MAS NMR and XPS show no evidence of Li x Si, with Li preferring all-C environments supported by computational modeling. RHA is considered an agricultural waste. Significant void space is needed to compensate for these volume changes in contrast to SiC anodes suggesting nearly competitive capacities. —Yu et al.

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Flue2Chem project aims to reduce carbon emissions by converting industrial waste gases into sustainable materials. The post Flue2Chem project awarded £5m to convert industrial waste into sustainable materials appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

Aqua Metals has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process, utilizing electricity, and without a polluting smelter or the significant chemical waste typical in recycling. Earlier post.) —Ben Taecker, Chief Engineering and Operations Officer at Aqua Metals.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 12, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows.

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Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Despite Christmas being a time to celebrate, the UK accumulates hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste over the festive season. The post How to reduce plastic waste and become more sustainable this Christmas appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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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.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) just released its Emissions Gap Report 2022 – and let’s just say, the news isn’t good. The post Panicking about the UN’s scary Emissions Gap Report is a waste of time – here’s what to do instead appeared first on Electrek. But rather than panicking, here’s what to do instead.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Although the presence of microplastics in the environment is raising concerns, the amount of microplastics in air and water is small compared to another polymer that pollutes air and water: micro rubber. 22 kilotonnes of micro rubber have accumulated in the environment in Switzerland. —Christoph Hüglin. 2019.113573.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2019

Researchers at Henan Polytechnic University in China have hydrotreated the oil derived from hydrothermal liquefaction of scrap tires (STO) with waste engine oil (WEO) using five different activated carbon-supported noble metal catalysts—Pd/C, Pt/C, Ru/C, Ir/C, and Rh/C—for the production of liquid fuels. —Lou et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. In mining environments, the electric trucks can deliver several big advantages—including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, and quieter working conditions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

British Airways has entered a partnership with Velocys to design a series of waste plants that convert household waste into renewable jet fuel to power its fleet. As well as helping the airline industry reduce its carbon emissions this initiative will also significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Circular Economy Roadmap found innovation is crucial to realizing Australia’s largest economic gains, which will come from designing new products and materials, including through advanced manufacturing, and in embracing new business models that will create domestic and export markets for waste streams.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

officially inaugurated its first full-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton, Alberta. This biorefinery is a collaboration between Enerkem, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions. Enerkem Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

A team of researchers University of South Florida is using naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries. Although a global problem, the US leads the way as the largest generator of electronic waste.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. —Pomponi et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2014

waste oils with high FFAs have not been a viable feedstock option. The significant reduction of harsh chemicals and by-products enhances safety for both personnel and the environment. The enzymatic process uses less energy, and the cost of waste oil as a feedstock is significantly lower than refined oils. free fatty acids (FFA).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2014

To “recharge”, the TRAB uses low-grade waste heat from an outside source. 2 through acid addition to the regenerated catholyte to decrease pH and dissolve Cu(OH) 2 precipitates, suggesting that an inexpensive acid or a waste acid could be used to improve performance. Batteries Waste Heat Recovery' Then the reaction stops.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

Published in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel , their findings point to a cheaper, more environmentally friendly and renewable catalyst for processing that uses common bacteria and the metal palladium, which can be recovered from waste sources such as discarded electronics, catalytic converters, street sweeper dust and processed sewage.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The pillars will guide Kia in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions in all operational facets, from supply, logistics, vehicle production and vehicle use through to disposal of waste. Kia will initiate a Blue Carbon project to contribute to preserving the environment instead of just reducing emissions to achieve its carbon neutrality target.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Waste Management, Inc. has invested in waste-to-fuel company Terrabon, LLC. Waste Management is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America. Waste Management is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The generated inorganic salts, including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, can be easily recollected from the flashed anode waste using diluted acid, specifically 0.1 Flashing powdered anodes from commercial batteries recycles some of what the researchers called the staggering accumulation of waste they currently leave behind.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Introduced in the strengthened climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, and reaffirmed in Budget 2021, the fund grows the domestic clean fuels market, supports the implementation of the Clean Fuels Standard and delivers on early actions outlined in the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially caused by the environment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The impact of the environment on children’s health , provides a comprehensive overview of the environment’s impact on children’s health, illustrating the scale of the challenge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tire wear particles pollute the environment, the air we breathe, the water run-off from roads and has compounding effects on waterways and agriculture. Large particles are carried from the road by rain into rivers, where they may leach toxic chemicals into the environment, whilst smaller particles become airborne and breathed in.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

The EcoShield system uses locally sourced natural materials and industrial waste streams in its composition, making this a far more sustainable well integrity method. It can also be deployed across a range of field applications, including corrosive environments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most end up in landfills or the environment. Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are produced worldwide each year, and the majority of these materials are discarded after a single use. The researchers dispersed Pt nanoparticles (NPs) on SrTiO 3 perovskite nanocuboids using atomic layer deposition.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2023

Plus, the zero-waste-to-landfill site is designed to use no fresh water for its assembly processes. Ford also intends to develop a holistic stormwater management system separate from the water table to help protect the local environment. The 3,600-acre campus also has a fully integrated BlueOval SK battery manufacturing site.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

A paper on their work is published in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. In their approach, the team heats the plastic waste to between 400 and 500 Celsius over a kaolin catalyst. In other words, for every kilogram of waste plastic they could produce 700 grams of liquid fuel. 2014.058803.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

BASF is launching the pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to plastic waste. According to a report produced by Deloitte for Environment and Climate Change Canada , Canada disposed of nearly 3.3 million tons of plastic waste in 2016. million tons of plastic waste in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2020

The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include InEnTec, Lululemon, and Waste Management.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

Hyundai and Kia’s heat pump maximizes the distance that Hyundai and Kia EVs can travel on a single charge, scavenging waste heat to warm the cabin. Comprising a compressor, evaporator and condenser, the heat pump captured waste heat given off by the vehicle’s electrical components, recycling this energy to heat the cabin more efficiently.

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