Electric vehicle (EV) batteries frequently outlive the cars for which they were designed. So the question is, what can we do with them to make EVs more environmentally friendly, givenContinue Reading
Bridgestone, one of the world’s leading tyre producers, plans to produce radio-tagged tyres in 2024 to help lower the carbon footprint of its commercial vehicle tyre line. Tires on vehiclesContinue Reading
NASA is now working on a compaction device that might convert astronaut waste into tiles that can later be utilized for practical uses such as radiation shielding. Reduce, reuse, recycleContinue Reading
General Motor’s (GM) investment arm, GM Ventures, has made a large investment in Lithion’s Series A financing round, helping a new GM-Lithion strategic collaboration deal to develop a circular batteryContinue Reading
Kaushal Kishore, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, has stated that seven Indian states handle more than 90% of their solid waste, while the country as a wholeContinue Reading
The Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change announced new rules under the ‘Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022,‘ which it claims would aid in the adoption of ecologically sound wasteContinue Reading
The Union government has prohibited specified single-use plastics (SUPs) as stipulated by the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, effective July 1, 2022. This ban’s declared goal is to reduce plasticContinue Reading
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are tackling a worldwide water problem with a novel substance that targets not one, but two hazardous heavy metal contaminantsContinue Reading
