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Researchers find faster, cleaner way to extract gold from electronics
Feb 4, 2016 · Researchers at University of Saskatchewan in Canada have found a cheap, fast, and environmentally-friendly way to extract gold from materials while producing re-usable waste — a technology that might have potential to turn e-waste to gold, literally. There are two standard methods for extracting gold from electronic scraps: burning off the ...
By the numbers: Key 2023 waste and recycling trends
Dec 22, 2023 · 500,000. The number of workers employed in “waste management and remediation services” in November 2023, according to seasonally adjusted BLS data. That number is up 16,000 from November 2022. RELATED COVERAGE. Continued labor challenges are leading top waste and recycling execs to innovate .
Miami-Dade County, Florida, postpones vote on new incinerator …
Sep 18, 2024 · Miami-Dade County, Florida, officials once again delayed a decision on siting an incinerator in the county at a meeting Tuesday. The decision came as county commissioners said they needed more time to assess their options. The decision was pushed back until the board’s Nov. 6 meeting, delaying the permitting process for what would be a ...
DOE’s $3B funding round includes battery recycling projects
Sep 24, 2024 · Dive Insight: Funded through the $1 trillion infrastructure law passed in 2021, the most recent round of DOE grants continues a long-term effort to bolster the country’s supply chain for critical materials contained in batteries.The Biden administration says such research and investment is important to reduce reliance on other countries. A prior round of DOE funding offered $1.82 billion for ...
GFL has no plans to go private, plans auction of ... - Waste Dive
Aug 1, 2024 · Dovigi remained chairman of GIP, which is private. During that reorganization, GFL combined its existing soil remediation business and liquid waste business to become the current environmental services division. That business segment does about 80% of its business in Canada and 20% in the United States, Dovigi said on the earnings call Thursday.
Bootstrap Compost pursues bond program to strengthen New …
Sep 13, 2024 · Dive Brief: Massachusetts-based Bootstrap Compost, an organics hauler, is pursuing a unique fundraising model to scale its business. The company recently launched its Bootstrap Bond program, with the goal of eventually raising $750,000. Customers can invest small amounts, over a six-year period, at a 6% interest rate.
What are the federal government’s waste and recycling priorities …
Sep 9, 2024 · Updating EPA’s approach to recycling data. Increasing recycling data collection is a long-term goal for the EPA as part of the agency’s draft National Recycling Strategy.One aspect is the EPA’s ongoing work to improve the methodology it uses to gather and publish its Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling report. That report, which is meant to offer high-level data on the ...
Fulcrum BioEnergy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Sep 10, 2024 · Fulcrum BioEnergy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a Delaware court on Monday. The company’s officers are seeking protections for the parent company and Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, which ran its Nevada waste refining plant before it shut down earlier this year. Fulcrum has faced a growing number of lawsuits from contractors who say it failed ...
Reworld sued again over decommissioned WTE facility in …
Sep 23, 2024 · Dive Insight: The lawsuit comes as Connecticut regulators have struggled to identify new disposal capacity.WTE sites in the area have been targeted for closure in recent years, including a refuse-derived fuel facility in Hartford run by the quasi-public Materials Innovation and Recovery Authority. Country Holding’s lawyers allege that Reworld is contributing to a “a well-known waste ...