E-waste
Tozero opens first plant in Munich
| The company has inaugurated Europe’s first hydrometallurgical battery recycling pilot plant on the company’s one-year anniversary.
EMR and Northvolt establish electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Hamburg
| Northvolt and EMR have built and commenced operations at a battery recycling facility in Hamburg.
Plant to recycle fridges for Northern Ireland
| Andritzwill supply Enva Northern Ireland Ltd. with an automated fridge recycling plant for their new site in Toomebridge.
International E-Waste Day to shed light on ‘invisible’ electronic waste
| This year International E-Waste Day will operate under the slogan “You can recycle anything with a plug, battery, or cable!” highlighting the issue of invisible e-waste – the electronic items that often fall under the recycling radar of those disposing of them because they are not seen as e-waste.
Metso introduces battery black mass recycling process
| The process complements Metso’s battery minerals technology offering, which covers concentration and hydrometallurgical processing as well as related services.
BIR: Putting together the pieces of the global e-waste puzzle
| The global reach of e-waste issues was illustrated at the latest meeting of the BIR E-Scrap Committee, with guest presentations shedding light on the latest developments in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
Gentle method allows for eco-friendly recycling of solar cells
| By using a new method, precious metals can be efficiently recovered from thin-film solar cells.
EU Commission introduces right to repair
| Today, the European Commission adopted a new proposal on common rules promoting the repair of goods.
Major research project to give electric vehicle batteries a ‘second life’
| Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is part of a £4.5 million research project to establish a process to recycle or reuse electric vehicle batteries to help prevent up to nine million tons of battery waste per year going to landfill.
Optimise raw material reuse and recovery in electronic products
| A consortium has commenced an ambitious four-year project to create a data platform that will share detailed information on these products.
IERC 2023 in Salzburg next week
| The IERC 2023 Congress will be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 18 to 20, 2023.
EU: Parliament and Council agree on battery law
| The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council to make batteries more sustainable, circular and safe.
Time to look at the new EU Batteries Regulation implementation
| Two years after the Commission’s proposal, it is likely that tomorrow’s trilogue closes with a deal on a compromise for the new EU Batteries Regulation.
IERC 2023 Preview interview
| International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) 2023 preview interview with Raymond Langevoort, Manager Copper Raw Materials at Boliden
