“Li-Cycle, a Canadian company founded in 2016 by two former engineering consultants — Ajay Kochhar and Tim Johnston — is building several plants. At collection centers in Alabama, Arizona, New […]
Take a look inside a lithium-ion battery, solar panel and wind turbine
By Alison F. Takemura It’s easy to recycle a glass bottle or a piece of aluminum foil. They’re made of single materials. But a solar panel or battery is much more difficult; they’re […]
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Finally Takes Off in North America and Europe
In 2021, the Canadian firm Li-Cycle will begin constructing a US $175 million plant in Rochester, N.Y., on the grounds of what used to be the Eastman Kodak complex. When […]
I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead. By Mary Annaise Heglar I’m at my friend’s birthday dinner when an all-too-familiar conversation unfolds. I introduce myself […]
Rags to Rags – A CBC Expose of Textile Recycling
Value Village/Savers art installation as part of Rethink Reuse, a campaign to get people thinking about their fashion footprints. Fashion’s Dirty Secret – The Full Story Where does it really […]