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Dover changing trash and recycling collection, ending bag-and-tag: What to know
1+ week, 2+ day ago (539+ words) DOVER — Residents can expect a big change in the way trash and recycling are collected, starting next summer. The city will ditch its bag-and-tag trash system starting July 1, 2027, adopting a toter collection system for trash and recycling in a move…...
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4+ hour, 12+ min ago (728+ words) It is well known that product quality across all categories has steadily declined over the years, but they don't even try to hide it anymore. I was in an appliance and home goods store and stopped to look at some…...
Waste Apples Turned Into Lactic and Succinic Acids at Pilot Scale
1+ min ago (84+ words) Every year, a substantial share of the apples grown across Europe never reaches a consumer. The European Union harvested roughly 11.5 million tons of apples in 2023, yet estimates suggest that more than 20 percent is lost during primary production, with further losses…...
Discarded Phone Batteries Turned Into Water-Purifying Carbon
40+ min ago (607+ words) Every year, millions of lithium-ion batteries reach the end of their lives, and most of the graphite inside them is quietly thrown away....
Old Jute Weakens Recycled Denim Epoxy Composites, Study Finds
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (665+ words) What if the secret to greener construction materials is already hanging in the back of your closet? A team of researchers in Bangladesh has taken that question to the laboratory, and the answer they found is more nuanced than most…...
Singapore built a pilot plant that uses discarded orange, lemon and pineapple peels to dissolve valuable metals out of shredded lithium-ion batteries — the underlying process recovered roughly 90 percent of the cobalt, lithium, nickel and manganese in lab tests
13+ hour, 56+ min ago (217+ words) Somewhere in Singapore's industrial west, a tank of shredded batteries is soaking in a solution that smells faintly of marmalade....
Paper bags and cardboard boxes normally headed for the trash were carbonized into anodes for lithium-ion batteries, and the resulting electrodes survived 1,200 charge cycles — roughly twice the durability of anodes used in current phone batteries
14+ hour, 11+ min ago (441+ words) By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit A paper bag that carried someone’s lunch on Tuesday has a plausible future inside a phone. Researchers at NTU Singapore have worked out how to bake kraft paper, the brown…...
Worcester's Bilford Road recycling hub introduces booking system
10+ hour, 31+ min ago (193+ words) Long queues, congestion and traffic delays have prompted the introduction of a booking system at a recycling depot in Worcestershire. Bilford Road Household Recycling Centre, in Worcester, now requires users to book an appointment for visits at the weekend or…...
Battle Creek recycling events offer fall cleanup options
1+ day, 55+ min ago (435+ words) Battle Creek residents will have several opportunities to recycle difficult-to-dispose-of items, join environmental stewardship efforts and take part in community cleanup activities this fall. The City of Battle Creek and the Battle Creek Area Clean Water Partners announced a schedule…...
How the Circular Economy Is Changing the Value of End-of-Life Vehicles
19+ hour, 19+ min ago (574+ words) Explore the Circular Economy and its impact on old cars. Discover how valuable parts and materials can be reused and recycled....