The accolade is claimed to be ISRI's 'highest' award given annually to the 'most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in mind'. It recognises 'proactive steps made by manufacturers', adds the recycling body.
More than 75% of HP's ink cartridges and 24% of its jet toner cartridges are now manufactured from recycled plastics, a 50% increase in the number of ink cartridges with recycled content over the last year, the company confirms.
Each butterfly consists of five discarded mobile phones, from older styles through to newer iPhones. They will be displayed in shop windows and are connected to a tablet that displays a phone number. If someone rings the number, the robotic creatures come to life, each in a unique way.
The appointment coincides with the group's 20th anniversary and is said to mark 'the beginning of an organisational initiative to develop new growth areas outside of battery recycling'. It is also hoped to increase influence within 'the larger realm of environmental conservation and product recycling'.
Project 1 Phone has been launched because an increasing number of people in the Philippines are replacing their mobile phones on a yearly basis. Consumers can now donate unused, non-working or damaged phones and tablets, mobile phone batteries and even personal computers to the campaign.
The three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the 'Recycling Nation's Electronic Waste' (RENEW) programme. An earlier initiative headed by StarHub and TES-AMM saw more than one tonne of e-scrap being collected during the first three months of 2012; the total for this year to date is 5.6 tonnes.
The Boeing project spans anything from aircraft window panes and miniature plane sculptures to leather business-class seats. Consumers can even get their hands on a pilot and co-pilot yoke or control stick from a P-51 Mustang fighter.
CEA's consensus forecast reflects US factory sales to dealers and covers more than 100 types of consumer electronics. New and emerging products are expected to register revenue growth of 108% in 2015, with the latter category including 3D printers, 4K Ultra-High Definition televisions, smartwatches and smart eyewear.
Headquartered in Manchester, Nulife specialises in the collection and recycling of all types of cathode ray tube (CRT) glass. The new operation will create 46 jobs, according to Virginia's governor Terry McAuliffe, who approved a US$ 110 000 grant to support the venture.
A further US$ 190 000 has been provided by The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. Meanwhile, Nulife's employee training activities at the new site will be supported by the Virginia Jobs Investment Program.
O2 has paid out a total of £100 million (US$ 150 million) to consumers wanting to part with their old mobile phones and tablets over the last couple of years; in 2014 alone, 420 000 devices were recycled by O2, with iPhones topping the list in representing 41% of the total volume.
'More and more washing machines and refrigerators break down within five years of buying them,' the Institute claims. The proportion of equipment purchased in Germany to replace a defective appliance grew from 3.5% in 2004 to 8.3% in 2012. And the share of large household appliances that had to be replaced inside the first five years of use grew from 7% of replacement purchases in 2004 to 13% in 2013, the researchers note.
Polylactic acid (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) are the two types of plastics most commonly used for 3-D printing. While the first is known for its biodegradability, the latter is mainly a hard plastic. Dumping these essentially different plastics together with many other types makes it difficult to reuse the material in the end, lead researcher Joshua Pearce explains.
Partners in Impact Recyclers take care of collection, sorting, recycling, refurbishing and data destruction while hiring 'people who are willing and able to work, but who have the hardest time getting a job', including people on the autism spectrum, with physical disabilities or who have been in the justice system.
The accolade is claimed to be ISRI's 'highest' award given annually to the 'most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in mind'. It recognises 'proactive steps made by manufacturers', adds the recycling body.
More than 75% of HP's ink cartridges and 24% of its jet toner cartridges are now manufactured from recycled plastics, a 50% increase in the number of ink cartridges with recycled content over the last year, the company confirms.
Each butterfly consists of five discarded mobile phones, from older styles through to newer iPhones. They will be displayed in shop windows and are connected to a tablet that displays a phone number. If someone rings the number, the robotic creatures come to life, each in a unique way.
The ultra-thin green chips with wood-derived substrate are said to mirror the performance of existing ones, according to electrical and computer engineering specialist Dr Zhenqiang Ma of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He believes that the flexibility of the technology can lead to 'widespread adoption' of the chips.
The programme will allow the public to dispose of their old phones - along with chargers and accessories - at 72 participating outlets nationwide, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Recycling will take place at Shan Poornam Metals Sdn Bhd, a 'full recovery facility' licensed by the environment department.
According to the retailer, its Conscious Foundation aims to 'catalyse green fashion' to make a positive contribution in the resource efficiency debate. The winner of the innovation accelerator will be revealed at an awards ceremony in the Swedish capital Stockholm in February 2016. Designers can sign up for the competition until October 31 this year.
The global battery market was worth US$ 60 billion in 2014, Christophe Pillot declared at the recent International Congress for Battery Recycling. 'This represents no less than an average growth of 5% per year from 1990 to 2014,' pointed out the director of consulting firm Avicenne Energy. The Swiss city of Montreux provided the beautiful backdrop to the 20th anniversary of this annual event where delegates were once again reminded: 'Lithium is a big business.'
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