Electronic waste (or e-waste) is not only a major pollutant in landfill, but huge amounts of useful resources are being thrown away. Engineers at Rice University have now shown that precious metals ...

The transition toward a circular economy relies heavily on the mechanical capability to process diverse waste streams into reusable raw materials. As global industrial output continues to climb, the ...

Evidence of the economic opportunities that a circular economy could bring is mounting. The potential environmental impact is also clear. The move to a circular economy — a system that aims to reduce, ...

Electronic waste recycling and metal recovery represent critical strategies in addressing the dual challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation. As global electronics consumption ...

FLINT, MI -- Priority Waste plans to create 100 permanent jobs in Flint by building a $40-million materials recovery facility, an operation designed to sort and prepare recyclable materials from five ...

VALENCIA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading recycled cotton fiber producer, Recover™, has announced a new partnership agreement with textile sorting company, Sysav, in an effort to tackle the growing ...