Federal grant to fund e-scrap metals recovery research
A $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support research into better separation of metals in consumer electronics....
Research
A startup, Sabic and IBM all push chemical recycling
Three different chemistry-based processes for recovering plastics have recently grabbed attention, illustrating the wide range of stakeholders working to find...
Pilot ‘biorefinery’ opens for demonstration
An e-scrap firm using microbes to recover metals from electronic scrap has launched a processing facility to demonstrate its technology....
Federally backed research targets materials recovery
This article has been corrected. A number of recycling companies and industry associations are involved in research projects that recently...
Federally backed research efforts eye recycling
This article has been corrected. Research focused on recycling scrap PET bottles and carpet into a reinforced polymer composite received...
Project provides deeper plastic sort of one city’s stream
A handful of industry groups and plastics producers are teaming up on a 60-day effort to try to capture a...
Data Corner: Statewide recycling support activity
Reclay StewardEdge (RSE) conducted research on behalf of the American Chemistry Council, composite decking manufacturer Trex and the Oregon Department...
Report: Some previous iPhones losing popularity
Several of the most popular older Apple iPhone models may be losing favor among consumers, an analysis suggests. Recent rumors...
Researchers charge up electrical separation technique
Pulsed electricity has proven a powerful tool in separating e-scrap into clean material streams, according to recent findings from a...
Greentec robot dismantling drives for magnet recovery
An e-scrap processor is installing a robotic sorting cell to take apart hard drives and recover each component of the...
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