A new chemical process separates mixed textile waste and produces components that can be reused (Sci. Adv. 2024, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6827). After their lifetime of use, most discarded clothes ...

A recent study has introduced a new method for recycling electronic waste, offering a promising solution to one of the most pressing environmental challenges today. Scientists have devised a process ...

A new textile recycling breakthrough tackles polycotton waste using supercritical CO₂. How Renasens scaled fast and secured ...

With ever more electric vehicles on the road, regulators and automakers are considering what can be done with the millions of batteries that power EVs after they're spent. Even when their useful life ...

Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an ...

Equipment maker Lindner and Procter & Gamble say their solvent-based Flexloop process can remove impurities from recycled polymer chains. The secondary resins obtained through Flexloop not only comply ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

New research shows pre-treatment in lithium-ion battery recycling drives environmental impact and recovery of valuable metals ...

Researchers from India's Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) developed a novel process to recover lead (Pb) from end-of-life photovoltaic panels. “The lead recovery process ...