Innovation News Network

JANUARY 3, 2024

Scientists have teamed up with the nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyse plastic litter found at the bottom of Lake Tahoe. The post Lake Tahoe dive survey highlights plastic litter problem 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.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Aqua Metals has recovered high-purity lithium hydroxide (LiOH) from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility located at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

recently held an open house at its first AquaRefinery at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in McCarran, Nevada. Lead smelting—ranked as the third highest polluting industry in the world—can release toxic lead dust, smoke and slag with significant deleterious environmental and health consequences. Aqua Metals , Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

Aqua Metals believes this advance makes it the first fully operational lithium battery recycler using advanced electro-hydrometallurgy—replacing polluting furnaces and intensive chemicals typical of recycling with electricity to separate the critical metals from spent lithium batteries. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

While the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases from passenger vehicles, it also helps clean the air in the state by reducing the amount of pollution that creates smog. It will also guide future development decisions so people can live close to where they work and play.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Unlike smelting, AquaRefining is a room temperature, water-based process that is fundamentally non-polluting. Aqua Metals is based in Alameda, California, and has built its first recycling facility in Nevada’s Tahoe Reno Industrial Complex.

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