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Optimising the processing of plastic waste

Analysing materials in real time

20-Dec-2024 - Just one look in the yellow bin reveals a colourful jumble of different types of plastic. However, the purer and more uniform plastic waste is, the easier it is to recycle. In a new research project, the universities of Jena and Bayreuth, together with the companies BASF, Endress + Hauser Digital ...

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Overcoming Material Shortages: Simulations and Advanced Testing Methods Highlight Alternatives to Conventional Materials

Fraunhofer IWS Develops Innovative Material and Process Solutions for Industrial Challenges amid Resource Scarcity

12-Dec-2024 - The scarcity of raw materials poses severe challenges to global industries. Recycling and the increased use of secondary raw materials have become essential for many companies. At the same time, rising raw material prices and uncertainties in supply chains are driving further research into ...

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Fresh iron from old mining sludge

Great interest in pilot plant

06-Dec-2024 - It sounds like utopia: mining sludge is transformed into valuable metals and new building materials. Over the past three years, researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg have successfully trialled this innovative process in a pilot plant. The team succeeded in extracting iron and zinc from mining ...

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Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is recyclable and fully ocean-degradable

“With this new material, we have created a new family of plastics that are strong, stable, recyclable, can serve multiple functions, and importantly, do not generate microplastics”

28-Nov-2024 - Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a new durable plastic that won’t pollute our oceans. The new material is as strong as conventional plastics and biodegradable, but what makes it special is that it breaks down in seawater. The new ...

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Using sunlight to recycle black plastics

"Simple, visible light irradiation holds the potential to transform the chemical recycling of plastics..."

27-Nov-2024 - Not all plastics are equal — some types and colors are easier to recycle than others. For instance, black foam and black coffee lids, which are often made of polystyrene, usually end up in landfills because color additives lead to ineffective sorting. Now, researchers report in ACS Central ...

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New process for recovering valuable elements from wood ash

Processing of previous incineration waste as a secondary raw material

25-Nov-2024 - The ash produced when wood is burned in heating and power plants contains valuable nutrients, but also environmentally critical metals. A team led by Professor Harald Thorwarth from Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences, who is also associated with the University of Tübingen, and Professor ...

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Recycling batteries with citric acid

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteries

19-Nov-2024 - A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99 % of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, ...

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Developing advanced recycling technology to restore spent battery cathode materials

The recycling process restores spent batteries to 100% of their original capacity, making them equivalent to new batteries

18-Nov-2024 - A research team led by Dr. Jung-Je Woo at the Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly technology for recycling cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. With the recent rise in ...

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Carbon recycling instead of plastic trash

Iron electrocatalysis breaks down polystyrene and delivers green hydrogen

14-Nov-2024 - Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a German research team has now introduced a new method for recycling polystyrene ...

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Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Research Center for Batteries

Research Focus: Sustainability, Safety, Performance

24-Oct-2024 - Batteries are a key building block for a successful energy transition, whether for the electrification of transport, the stabilization of the power grid or balancing fluctuations in green electricity. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been conducting research along the ...

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