Material recovery University of Birmingham tackles rare earth recycling February 26, 2021 The University of Birmingham has begun a three-year research project to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for Bentley Motors. The £2.6m ($4,621,500)…
Acquisitions Li-Cycle going public February 17, 2021 A deal between Li-Cycle and investment firm Peridot Acquisition will see Li-Cycle go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The combined company will be renamed Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. and…
Business Operations Mechanical recycling demo plant opens in Germany January 14, 2021 High-speed sorting at the demonstration plant. Tomra and Borealis have started operations at their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany. Borealis produces advanced and circular polyolefin solutions along…
Batteries Li-Cycle opens Rochester black mass plant December 4, 2020 Rochester Spoke 2, inside view. (Li-Cycle image) MISSISSAUGA – Li-Cycle Corp. has flipped the switch on its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park (EBP) in Rochester, New York. The…
Batteries Fortum develops lithium recycling for EV batteries November 23, 2020 ESPOO, Finland – Fortum has developed a new method to recycle lithium from rechargeable batteries. Lithium is one of the most valuable components in…
Material recovery New material from bottle caps and labels November 17, 2020 CENTURY CITY, California – CarbonLITE Holdings LLC, the world’s largest recycler of plastic beverage bottles, has developed a pelletized material using the caps and labels from the…
Batteries Associations release guide to reduce battery fires October 15, 2020 SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NW&RA), the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc (ISRI), and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) have developed…
Material recovery Geomega looks to recycle rare earths from new U.S. plant July 16, 2020 MONTREAL – Quebec-based Geomega Resources Inc. has been designated the recycler for rare earth-containing production waste from USA Rare Earth’s future production of sintered neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets…
Business Operations Transcontinental to recycle plastics March 2, 2020 MONTREAL – Packaging and media giant TC Transcontinental is creating a recycling group within its packaging division. The new group will start purchasing equipment for converting flexible plastics recovered from…
Circular Economy A new recycling technique breaks down old tires into reusable materials February 28, 2020 Researchers at McMaster University have discovered an efficient and mild process that uses silicone chemistry to break the sulfur-to-sulfur bonds that hold tires together
