Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

Ohio University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment was awarded two of the six awards, one that explores how coal waste can be reimagined as energy storage and the second aims to develop ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors. Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

How Keeping Your Tires Inflated Can Help the Environment Basic Care Can Reduce Contamination Checking tire pressure is a subtle yet impactful way to care for the environment. Chemicals and waste are released from aging tires into habitats, harming everything from soil needed for agriculture to fish populations.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 1, 2024

Big, heavy EVs have proven to be just as wasteful as many of their internal combustion engine counterparts, though they aren’t producing any tailpipe emissions in the process.

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Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Nuclear waste forms are at the centre of a successful strategy for the clean-up and isolation of radioactive waste from the environment. The post Phosphate-based waste form platform provides an alternative solution to advanced reactor nuclear waste appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Learn more about the disposable vape ban and its wider implications on best practice, sustainable waste management. The post Maintaining waste management through effective communications appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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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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Innovation News Network

MARCH 1, 2024

The EU has unveiled plans to clamp down on plastic waste exports, introducing stronger regulations for waste shipments. The post EU adopts stricter rules on plastic waste exports appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The European Commission is determined to address the challenge of plastic waste with a comprehensive strategy. The post Plastic waste management: Working towards a sustainable future appeared first on Innovation News Network. Learn more here.

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Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Envac is driving advancements in automated waste collection for a more efficient waste management system in a rapidly evolving world. The post Shaping the world of automated waste collection for the future appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Explore the future of urban living with smart city advancements in waste management and air quality monitoring. The post The development of the smart city: Waste management and air quality monitoring appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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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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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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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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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

JANUARY 15, 2024

Greenpeace has announced The Big Plastic Count for 2024, a week-long initiative to combat household plastic waste in the UK. The post Greenpeace launches the ‘The Big Plastic Count’ 2024 to tackle UK plastic waste 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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Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The post Recycling plastic waste into high-value materials: Plastics2Olefins is closing the loop appeared first on Innovation News Network. The Plastics2Olefins project is paving the way for the industrialisation of high-temperature pyrolysis for circular olefins production.

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

to reduce plastic waste in the UK appeared first on Innovation News Network. The University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Enzyme Innovation will use the funding to lead the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology Mission Hub to support the UK transition to a circular plastics economy.

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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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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Innovation News Network

JUNE 19, 2023

Discover how the EU is reducing plastic packaging waste and making all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030. The post Building a circular economy: Plastic packaging waste and regulation appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

Tata Steel has formed a strategic partnership with the UK research body the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop a range of innovations that will include graphene-coated steels and next-generation sensors that can operate in extreme environments.

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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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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

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

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

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

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

OCTOBER 30, 2013

has brought 67 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. One of the more lasting contributions we can make in our community is to protect the environment by reducing ozone-forming emissions wherever possible.

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