In the lead battery industry, when a battery has reached the end of its first life, its materials are kept within the economy to be used again and again to create further value. Others can look to the lead battery industry for a map forward. Lead battery manufacturers and recyclers are among the 16 percent of U.S. firms that have adopted a circular economy framework.
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In El Alto Fucha, an informal settlement in Bogota, Colombia, a community-based organization is starting agro-ecological gardens to ensure food security.
A commitment to sustainable practices—including recycling, landscaping, and transportation—earned The Standard gold workplace certification in Portland.
The new packaging options guarantee to preserve the freshness of fruits and vegetables from harvest to the table.United States Paper Recycling News…
This morning, French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman (NYSE:EMN) Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman’s plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman’s polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated.
The investment would recycle enough plastic waste annually to fill Stade de France national football stadium 2.5 times, while also creating virgin-quality material with a significantly lower carbon footprint. Eastman is the largest investor at this year’s “Choose France” event, which is focused on attracting foreign investment to France.
This multi-phase project includes units that would prepare mixed plastic waste for processing, a methanolysis unit to depolymerize the waste, and polymer lines to create a variety of first-quality materials for specialty, packaging, and textile applications. Eastman also plans to establish an innovation center for molecular recycling that would enable France to sustain a leadership role in the circular economy.
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