Tag: Waste management
Accurec wants to start first production in Europe
Accurec in Karlsruhe The battery recycling company has been around for 25 years. (Photo: Accurec) Dusseldorf It doesn’t matter whether it’s an electric car, smartphone, tablet or Bluetooth headphones –…
Pure Battery Technologies invests in a factory in Hagen
University spin-off Pure Battery Technologies The battery start-up Pure Battery Technologies is looking for proximity to the German car industry and wants to build up production capacities in Germany. (Photo:…
Pure Battery Technologies invests in a factory in Hagen
University spin-off Pure Battery Technologies The battery start-up Pure Battery Technologies is looking for proximity to the German car industry and wants to build up production capacities in Germany. (Photo:…
How Sinalco and Rheinfels source still bubble
Walsum No CO2, no sparkling water: Rheinfelsquellen needs about 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. “We don’t do anything without carbon dioxide,” says entrepreneur Heino Hövelmann, who is the…
How Sinalco and Rheinfels source still bubble
Walsum No CO2, no sparkling water: Rheinfelsquellen needs about 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. “We don’t do anything without carbon dioxide,” says entrepreneur Heino Hövelmann, who is the…
Habeck wants to make himself more independent of China
Rare earth mine in Mongolia Germany is too dependent on foreign countries for important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is planning far-reaching measures to…
Habeck wants to make himself more independent of China
Rare earth mine in Mongolia Germany is too dependent on foreign countries for important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is planning far-reaching measures to…
Building with wood instead of cement and steel
The building sector is responsible for around 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Across Europe, 65 percent of all cement, a third of steel, a quarter of aluminum…
Musk makes angry tweeters angrier
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Now that Twitter is in the hands of Elon Musk, many people are horrified. Because on the one…
Why a car manufacturer is planning a junkyard
Cologne A car manufacturer with an attached junkyard? At Stellantis, this is not absurd, but forward-looking – and is called circular economy. By 2030, the new “Circular Economy” business unit…
“We’re waiting for you in the meeting, where are you?”
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. We live in a throwaway society. We throw away everything possible and impossible. I just read in the…
Recession could slow down the chemical industry’s green transition
Dusseldorf Despite the current economic crisis, the German chemical manufacturers are sticking to their plans for the green conversion. This is shown by a survey by the Handelsblatt among several…
Recession could slow down the chemical industry’s green transition
Dusseldorf Despite the current economic crisis, the German chemical manufacturers are sticking to their plans for the green conversion. This is shown by a survey by the Handelsblatt among several…
Lack of raw materials: construction industry warns of supply bottlenecks
gravel pit in Germany Germany has enough mineral raw materials, such as gravel, sand, gypsum, clay, limestone and natural stone, which are important for the construction industry. But securing raw…
Reusable packaging revitalizes the start-up scene – Recup snaps up Ikea as a customer
reusable cup From January 2023, almost all restaurants, cafés and supermarkets will also have to offer reusable packaging. (Photo: obs) Berlin Sushi, salad bar, burger or Thai: In Germany, 4.5…
How Western industries can make themselves less dependent on raw material imports
Volkswagen – batteries for electric cars VW wants to build six gigafactories in Europe by around 2030, which should be sufficient for a total production of around five million electric…
Price shock ensures high influx of food rescuers
Dusseldorf The prices in German supermarkets are rising and rising – but a lot of groceries end up in the garbage. Start-ups that want to avoid this waste are currently…
Good business transporting e-car batteries
Dusseldorf A damaged EQC electric SUV arrives at a Mercedes branch in western Germany. Mechanics on site remove the drive battery, which is also suspected to be damaged. Once removed,…
These technologies help against water scarcity
Insight Innovation Around 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have regular access to safe drinking water. New technologies can help alleviate the problem. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Dusseldorf When scientists talk…
Online exchange for garbage takes action against plastic
Cirplus co-founder Christian Schiller Up to four million tons of plastic end up in the sea every year. Christian Schiller wants to digitize the circular economy. Dusseldorf Christian Schiller saw…