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Automotive industry develops new guidance for measuring recycled content of automotive products

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The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. R3: Recycled portion of purchased raw material, including materials recovered or generated by other industries.

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China researchers hydrotreat waste engine oil and scrap tire oil blend to produce diesel- and jet-range fuel

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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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bp begins producing SAF by co-processing used cooking oil at Lingen refinery

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This is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass waste and residues. bp has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from used cooking oil in co-processing process with crude oil at its plant in Lingen, Germany. Earlier post.).

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Euro Manganese enters offtake term sheet with battery-maker Verkor

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Located approximately 90 km east of Prague , the Chvaletice Manganese Project entails re-processing a significant manganese deposit contained in waste (tailings) from a decommissioned mine that operated between 1951 and 1975. The term sheet is non-binding.

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Tesla is suing a former supplier for trade secret theft

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Tesla’s legal team has been known to go after companies and individuals over trade secrets many times in the past. Last year, Tesla also sued a Chinese chip designer for infringing on trade secrets , and it settled out of court in a suit with a previous engineer over private industry information. million What are your thoughts?

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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—Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe. The recognized benefits of industrial facilities, including manufacturing products, employment and tax revenues, are not addressed in the report. Half of the total damage cost (between €51–85 billion) was caused by just 191 facilities.

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Tesla Sweden update: Transport Workers Union’s sympathy strike fails

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A few days ago, Sweden’s Transport Workers union announced it would stop collecting waste from local Tesla workshops starting December 24, 2023, joining other labor groups organizing sympathy strikes with IF Metall. The Transport Workers Union submitted a notice of industrial action (strike) to BA for December 24, 2023.

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