Latest Batteries recycling News
What-Goes-Where Tool for Residents Now Available to Waste Management Agencies
Toronto, Canada – Waste Nothing’s what-goes-where tool for residents is now being made available to local governments and other waste management agencies. By making information about proper disposal widely and easily accessible, agencies can improve customer service while better serving the environment. Waste management agencies maintain excellent resources on the correct procedures for trash, recyclables, electronic and household hazardous wa... [more]
New partnership between Budget Pack and CCR UK to provide unrivalled compliance management and ‘next generation’ take-back solutions across the UK
Reverse Logistics Group, the parent company of CCR Logistics Systems AG and its UK subsidiary, CCR UK Ltd, and Budget Pack have agreed a working partnership which acknowledges their shared commitment to providing a forward-thinking compliance scheme solution and ‘return-to-value’ waste management approach for companies and organisations of all sizes across the UK. Under the new partnership agreement, Budget Pack will take on the compliance sc... [more]
Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal... [more]
Optimistic outlook for UNTHA UK in 2012
Industry experts at shredding technology leader UNTHA UK have predicted strong performance for 2012, not just for the company but for the entire recycling and waste management sector. Here, UNTHA UK managing director Chris Oldfield shared his forecasts for the year ahead, and explained what he’s got in store for one of the industry’s freshest brands. “2011 was the year that more and more organisations really started taking their approach to... [more]
Eco-innovators UK recycling businesses will receive dedicated funds
Following the launch of the new Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) by the EU, there are subsidies, training and funding available to businesses driving products, techniques, services or processes which are environmentally sound ? i.e. they aim at the prevention or reduction of environmental impacts or contribute to the optimal use of resources. Eco-innovators are expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to use resources such as water ... [more]
Other Batteries recycling news and reviews
Metal Conversion Technologies Creates Important Consumer Safety Message for Recycling Lithium Batteries
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Metal Conversion Technologies (MCT), LLC, the second largest consumer rechargeable battery recycler in North America, is educating consumers on important ...
Global Rechargeable Batteries Industry
NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Rechargeable Batteries Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p092504/Global-Rechargeable-Batteries-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Battery ...
More recycling options at Jervis Library
On Wednesday, Jervis Public Library hosts its spring recycling event in the library parking lot between 10am and 2pm.
AAA 'rounds up' car batteries for its annual recycling drive
Improperly stored or disposed car batteries create health, fire and safety hazards for humans, animals and the environment. To provide a simple solution, each year AAA Arizona encourages motorists to recycle their used batteries during its annual Great Battery Roundup from April 16-22.
Lead Shortage Looms in ’13 on Record Demand for Batteries
Lead is poised to rally after erasing this year’s gains with the market returning to shortages following a five-year glut as miners fail to keep pace with record demand for batteries.
Midtronics GRX-5100 simplifies servicing hybrid and EV batteries
As we move away from traditional fossil fuel-burning automobiles towards hybrids and EVs, we're presented with new challenges -- namely servicing those vehicles and their high-voltage batteries. When it comes time for transport, in the event of an accident or when components need to be serviced individually, it's necessary to completely drain the cells on board, and that's where Midtronics ' GRX ...
Defenders to collect household recyclables
McHENRY – The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will conduct a recycling collection Saturday for fluorescent tubes, Styrofoam, electronics and batteries.
Plugging into recycling
Coun. Carl MacKenzie is charged about recycling. And that much more so since his community, along with Thessalon and Plummer Additional, opted to start a battery recycle program. “We are deeply committed to the environment,” said MacKenzie, a member of the Tri-Neighbours Waste Management Board.[...]
Cupertino shorts: Recycling event set for May 19
Recycling day set for May 19The city of Cupertino is hosting an environmental recycling day and shredding event on May 19 from 9 a.
Honda to Reuse Rare Earth Metals Contained in Used Parts
Tokyo, Apr 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and the Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd. today jointly announced the establishment of the world's first process to extract rare earth metals from various used parts in Honda products, in an actual mass-production process at a recycling plant, not an experimental process.
