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Innovate UK Allocates Funds For Critical Materials Recovery

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has allocated £6.6 million to invest in research projects that will boost the recycling and reuse of rare earth elements that are widely used in the technology sector. The Critical Materials for Magnets Competition was launched in February and now 16 new projects are set to get underway. The …

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Number Of Discarded Single Use Vapes Hits 5 million A Week

The non-profit organisation Material Focus has shared its latest research, which reveals that an astonishing five million single-use vapes are being discarded each week in the UK. This represents a fourfold increase on the volume thrown away in 2022.  Disposable vapes contain valuable non-renewable materials including lithium, which is used to make electric vehicle batteries. …

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Green Think Tank Calls For Greater Use Of Recycled Steel

The independent think tank Green Alliance, which works with the UK government to address environmental issues, has called for greater steel recycling in the UK. Materials Recycling World reports that there is potential for the UK steel industry to transfer production to electric arc furnaces that can enable recycling. A new report titled “A Brighter …

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Wessex Water Invests £9.5 Million In Wastewater Plant Works

Wessex Water has announced that it will be spending £9.5 million on upgrading equipment used to treat sewage at its wastewater recycling plant near Bridgwater in Somerset. The centre will also have increased capacity to store excess water that flows through the system during intense rainfall.  The Bridgwater Mercury reports that the work will start …

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Thermal Imaging Cameras Scan For Lithium Batteries In Waste

Material recovery facilities (MRFs) are resorting to installing thermal imaging cameras in an effort to reduce the risk of fires caused by disposable vapes. The Manchester Evening News (MEN) reports that the lithium batteries inside the e-cigarettes have already caused 37 fires at MRFs or in collection trucks in the region this year. Greater Manchester …

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Biomethane Plants For Yorkshire Wastewater Treatment Sites

Yorkshire Water have signed up to a new project that will convert the by-product gases of wastewater treatment into usable biomethane gas. The deal will see the water company working with Centrica Energy Trading and SGN Commercial Services to install biomethane gas to grid plants at two wastewater treatment sites. Biogas is a natural by-product …

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