Tag: Waste management
US battery recyclers & Volkswagen form alliance
new York The environmental balance of the electric car also depends on a crucial question: What becomes of the batteries when they are no longer needed? Batteries are not only…
Green textiles in the fight against climate change
Vienna In the small town of Lenzing in Upper Austria, when long blocks of wood are being chopped up into snippets with a deafening noise, it is not immediately apparent…
Revoltech wants to make sofas and car seats from vegan leather
Munich It all started with his bachelor thesis that Lucas Fuhrmann wrote in 2015 for a fashion company that advertises sustainable clothing. It quickly became clear to him that customers…
Federal government supports Mercedes-Benz battery recycling project
Battery production at Mercedes Aside from the production in Untertürkheim, capacities for the recycling of batteries from electric cars are being created – and also funded by the federal government.…
How breweries are undermining their reusable system
Dusseldorf Georg Hagemeister greets every bottle of Flensburger Pils with a frown. The master brewer, with a green flat cap and a Henriquatre beard, stands in front of his sorting…
Standard charging cables for cell phones and other devices will come in mid-2024
USB-C cable Legal requirements for charging cables have been the subject of debate for a long time. (Photo: Imago) Brussels, Strasbourg Mobile phones and numerous other electronic devices must have…
Standard charging cables for cell phones and other devices will come in mid-2024
USB-C cable Legal requirements for charging cables have been the subject of debate for a long time. (Photo: Imago) Brussels, Strasbourg Mobile phones and numerous other electronic devices must have…
That’s how attractive the eco-variants of concrete are
Construction site and construction workers Workers empty a container for concrete at a construction site of a new building. The building material is popular – but is considered to be…
That’s how attractive the eco-variants of concrete are
Construction site and construction workers Workers empty a container for concrete at a construction site of a new building. The building material is popular – but is considered to be…
Amazon, Ebay and Co. face fines
Yellow bags with packaging waste Legislators make online marketplace operators responsible. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Waste separation and a one-way deposit were once intended to stop the misery, but the mountains…
Will the circular economy save us from the raw materials crisis?
Dusseldorf Anyone who has tried to buy a car, electronic device or furniture in the past few months will have been surprised at the extremely long delivery times for many…
How Apple wants to create value from e-waste
austin The old iPhones roll up a ramp. The robot Daisy grabs her with one arm and clamps her in a holder. This is the first of many steps to…
How Apple wants to create value from e-waste
austin The old iPhones roll up a ramp. The robot Daisy grabs her with one arm and clamps her in a holder. This is the first of many steps to…
Lessons from the 2021 flood
Berlin Once a year, the water industry reads the riot act to politicians. Germany is a water-rich country. But that is changing with climate change. In some regions, water is…
Sustainable construction: Interboden builds recycling office buildings
Dusseldorf Thomas Götzen pedals to the construction site in Düsseldorf’s Medienhafen on his racing bike. His dark hair sticks to his temples – the Interboden Group office in Ratingen is…
iPhone group increases share of recycled materials to 20 percent
Apple store There is criticism of the repairability of the devices. (Photo: Getty Images) san francisco The iPhone group Apple is increasingly using materials from recycling. The proportion of reused…
Consumer goods companies are at risk of missing their plastic targets
Dusseldorf The goals are ambitious: consumer goods giants such as Henkel, Beiersdorf and Unilever are planning to drastically reduce the amount of new plastic in their packaging for deodorants, creams…
What Germany can learn from Switzerland when using recycled concrete
new strong The construction project in Zug is the largest project to date in which CO2-enriched concrete is used. The start-up Neustark helped develop the process. Zurich Concrete is part…
Grover: The billion-dollar circular economy startup
Dusseldorf Germany now has a unicorn of the circular economy – i.e. a start-up with a valuation in the billions. The Berlin start-up Grover has raised 330 million euros in…
Grover: The billion-dollar circular economy startup
Dusseldorf Germany now has a unicorn of the circular economy – i.e. a start-up with a valuation in the billions. The Berlin start-up Grover has raised 330 million euros in…