The BMW Group has launched a new battery recycling facility in Germany aimed at ...

Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to recover high-purity nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from spent ...

Scientists from China have developed a new way to recycle lithium batteries that is a triple win for the planet. It not only ...

Lithium-ion batteries power our daily lives, from smartphones to electric cars. However, as demand grows, so does the problem of e-waste. Discarded batteries release toxic chemicals that contaminate ...

Declining plastic recycling rates coupled with increased plastic pollution on the Earth’s surface and within its oceans spell concern for the planet’s health. In an effort to combat these trends, ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

The PRecycling project aims to recover high-quality polymeric materials enabling up to 100% recycled content incorporation in new products ...

If there's one thing humans have figured out, it's how to produce plastic. Unfortunately, figuring out how to recycle and reuse it is another challenge altogether. But a team of researchers at the ...

Plastics are…complicated. Can new recycling methods clean them up? This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign ...

Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment. In response, communities around the world work hard to reduce, reuse, and ...

Plastic pollution is one of the more pressing issues for conservationists and environmentalists alike. Researchers in Sweden harvested a byproduct of plastic disposal and used it to create a new ...