JB Straubel's Bet On EV Battery Recycling Is Paying Off, Bigly

The EV battery recycler Redwood Materials has expanded into the large-scale energy storage market, with an eye on the AI boom.

CleanTechnica
JB Straubel's Bet On EV Battery Recycling Is Paying Off, Bigly

The EV battery recycler Redwood Materials has expanded into the large-scale energy storage market, with an eye on the AI boom.

CleanTechnica

Case study on why not simple solutions, inc "Most #jobgrowth in secondary #aluminum like product fabricators & #recyclers"

At America's last refinery, a #tradewar spells trade-offs https://buff.ly/SzNlNf4

#tariffs #refinery #manufacturing #pollution #supplychain

At America's last alumina refinery, a trade war spells trade-offs

Trump wants the U.S. to make more aluminum. In Louisiana, home to the only domestic producer of the metal’s key ingredient, some say a ramp-up would take years and worsen pollution.

NBC News
#RecycledAggregate firms blast new #WasteCrimeLevy https://buff.ly/4hHuCC2
#BigBadger1 couldnt believe this " #Recyclers charged a levy to fund fighting #WasteCrime. Driving buyers to aggs from the ground rather than a #Circular option! Suggest charges similar to #EPR instead."
Recycled aggregate firms blast new waste crime levy

10% levy on all recycled aggregate producers to fund policing waste crime

Construction Enquirer

"#Mycellium is the #root structure of #mushrooms and, simply [stated], they're just the #recyclers of #nature."

#Mycoremediation, replacing #plastics, #meats, #packaging, #leathers and more are all possible with #fungi, perhaps the important #organism on #Earth.

Using and doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #ClimateChange may save our #species. It's our best option.

Now I want to be buried in a #mushroom #coffin. #GreenFuneral #GreenBurial

#link: https://youtu.be/dtZehr9KsmM?si=3M93NccbOy-dGzo8

How Mushroom Startups Use Fungi To Fight Waste | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

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This is a pet peeve. #Pizza boxes have been trash-talked by #recyclers for years because they are LAZY.
Yeah, I said it.
Have you seen the shit that goes into a #paper plant as ‘virgin' pulp? C’mon, it is not possible that a little grease and cheese really causes trouble. https://mstdn.social/@redcrew/111229049994524034
Deborah Edwards-Oñoro (@redcrew@mstdn.social)

Want Michigan residents to recycle pizza boxes? Show them how. https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-want-michigan-residents-recycle-pizza-boxes-show-them-how #recycling #Michigan

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‘People see rubbish, but I see money’: the professional recyclers cashing in on Australia’s bottles and cans

Return and earn schemes have diverted tonnes of waste from landfill. For some people, it is also a source of income

The Guardian
Perfectly good M1 MacBooks are being scrapped because of Activation Lock [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94zOFsQJ7lU
#activation_lock #macbook #right_to_repair #macbook_pro #lock #mdm #repair_advocacy #recyclers
Perfectly good M1 MacBooks are being scrapped because of Activation Lock

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Recycling solar panels at their end of life? Yes please! As early #solarpanels start aging out, speciality #recyclers are ramping up. The solar modules we install for commercial solar projects today will be joining them in 30+ years. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/recycling-renewables/heres-video-proof-that-solar-panels-can-be-recycled
Here's video proof that solar panels can be recycled

Solarcycle just raised another $30 million to build more solar recycling factories. See what the recycling process looks like.

Canary Media