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🐦🔥 End-of-Life Strategies for Wind Turbines: Blade Recycling, Second-Life Applications, and Circular Economy Integration
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/19/5182
#wind #energy #renewableenergy #waste #recycling #circulareconomy
🐦🔥 End-of-Life Strategies for Wind Turbines: Blade Recycling, Second-Life Applications, and Circular Economy Integration
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/19/5182
#wind #energy #renewableenergy #waste #recycling #circulareconomy
Donnerstag: Meta reduziert KI-Abteilung, YouTube geht gegen KI-Deepfakes vor
Kündigungen von KI-Spezialisten + Urheberrecht von Videoschaffenden + AWS-Ausfall stört Matratzen + Urteile stärken Elektroschrott-Rücknahmepflicht + #heiseshow
#Amazon #AmazonWebServices #Deepfake #Handel #hoDaily #Intel #Journal #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MetaPlatforms #OpenAI #Recycling #SmartHome #YouTube #news
Urteile: Auch Aldi Nord und Edeka müssen Elektroschrott gratis zurücknehmen
Landgerichte haben Aldi Nord und einen Edeka-Markt dazu verurteilt, ausgediente Elektrokleingeräte unentgeltlich einzusammeln.
heise+ | Vom Flügel zur Diele: Wo das Recycling von Windrädern steht
Alte Windräder sind ein Rohstoffschatz, für den Müll viel zu schade. Beim Recycling klemmt es. Materialmangel, Kosten und fehlende Daten bremsen den Kreislauf.
Japan is pushing the reuse market as a new consumption model, with it's Environment Ministry planning a road map by the end of March 2026 outlining steps to boost growth of the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/society/japan-reuse-market-grow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #recycling #waste #localgovernment
Brands are hyping well-worn, heritage hand-me-downs as shoppers, particularly Gen Zers, shell out top dollar for items with real patina. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/brands-heritage-hand-me-downs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #fashion #luxurygoods #clothing #recycling #barbour #levi039s
The world's second biggest exporter of clothes, Bangladesh is looking to technology to gain control of the fashion industry's other major product: textile waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/bangladesh-textiles-tech-waste/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #bangladesh #textiles #waste #tech #recycling
Earthship Brighton and the Low Carbon Trust
"Earthships are cutting edge 'green' buildings, constructed using waste car tyres and other recycled materials. They use the planets natural systems to provide all utilities - using the sun's energy and rain to provide heat, power and water."
https://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/earthship-brighton/earthships
#SolarPunkSunday#EarthShips#ReUse#GreenBuilding#Recycling#SolarPower#Architecture#Design#GreenBuilding#Sustainability#SustainableLiving#Brighton #BrightonAndHove#Sussex
Earthship Brighton and the Low Carbon Trust
"Earthships are cutting edge 'green' buildings, constructed using waste car tyres and other recycled materials. They use the planets natural systems to provide all utilities - using the sun's energy and rain to provide heat, power and water."
https://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/earthship-brighton/earthships
#SolarPunkSunday#EarthShips#ReUse#GreenBuilding#Recycling#SolarPower#Architecture#Design#GreenBuilding#Sustainability#SustainableLiving#Brighton #BrightonAndHove#Sussex
The government of South Australia has banned the use of fish-shaped small soy sauce containers, commonly provided with takeaway sushi and bento boxed meals, as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/australian-state-bans-plastic-soy-sauce-bottles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #australia #plastic #shoyu #recycling #environment #restaurants
Turns out the USA already mines all the critical minerals it needs (like cobalt, lithium, rare earths) - we just throw them out instead of using them.
Not surprised. I worked with an industrial chemist who was an efficiency expert - he was convinced that the USA's infrastructure was built on the principle of "Energy is free, resources are free, just make stuff whatever way is easiest." He saw so many processes which used NatGas to heat a vat, then cooled the contents using chillers, then NatGas again to heat, etc. He cut the cost of production significantly by transferring heat between vats using heat exchangers, increased cooling efficiency through piping changes - well known methods that the original designers just couldn't be bothered to do, because energy is free, right?
I also knew a pharmaceutical VP who told of getting a request for a particular chemical used in manufacturing. He contacted headquarters in Switzerland, they got back with a good price, he made the sale. When he next visited the main office, they showed him the "production" facility - the chemical was a byproduct of a process they were already doing, and rather than throw it out, they'd been packing it away in vacuum sealed boxes in unused rooms of the building for decades because it would be wasteful to throw it away. As it happened, that "waste product" became a sizeable revenue stream for the company - any US firm would have just trashed it.
Turns out the USA already mines all the critical minerals it needs (like cobalt, lithium, rare earths) - we just throw them out instead of using them.
Not surprised. I worked with an industrial chemist who was an efficiency expert - he was convinced that the USA's infrastructure was built on the principle of "Energy is free, resources are free, just make stuff whatever way is easiest." He saw so many processes which used NatGas to heat a vat, then cooled the contents using chillers, then NatGas again to heat, etc. He cut the cost of production significantly by transferring heat between vats using heat exchangers, increased cooling efficiency through piping changes - well known methods that the original designers just couldn't be bothered to do, because energy is free, right?
I also knew a pharmaceutical VP who told of getting a request for a particular chemical used in manufacturing. He contacted headquarters in Switzerland, they got back with a good price, he made the sale. When he next visited the main office, they showed him the "production" facility - the chemical was a byproduct of a process they were already doing, and rather than throw it out, they'd been packing it away in vacuum sealed boxes in unused rooms of the building for decades because it would be wasteful to throw it away. As it happened, that "waste product" became a sizeable revenue stream for the company - any US firm would have just trashed it.
Japan is pacing efforts to find new sources of critical minerals and leading the surge in urban mining. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/science-health/urban-mining-critical-minerals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #rareearth #mining #waste #recycling #minerals #metals #environmentministry #internationalenergyagency #nationalinstituteformaterialsscience #japan #china
Ah, so that's where the old clothes go we put in the textile recycling bin.
The ones that some company promises get "reused" or "recycled". I guess burning them on another continent counts as one of those.
Been wondering what the truth is behind the corporate copywriting.
https://www.greenmemag.com/environment/why-ghana-has-become-a-dumping-ground-for-fast-fashion-waste/
Its very small but a good proof of concept:
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday, in a resounding failure for the environment and for international diplomacy at a time when its frailties are in the spotlight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/sustainability/plastic-waste-talks-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #pollution #un #recycling
The Japanese government is considering requiring handheld fans to be recycled, in the wake of a host of fires caused by rechargeable electric devices during disposal work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/recycling-handheld-fans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #recycling #waste #meti #batteries
Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/sustainability/plastic-talks-failing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #waste #recycling #un
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