Scottish Renewables has joined the steering board of SusWind, the wind turbine blade recycling programme started in 2021 by the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. On the steering board, “Scottish Renewables joins The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland, BVG Associates, RenewableUK, ZeroWaste Scotland, Net Zero Technology Centre and Vestas”, said NCC. “Collectively, they ...
An integrated vehicle electronics production system means electronics can be recycled and reused to reduce e-waste. By Caroline Hayes. The high level of electronic integration in automotive design presents challenges because current designs ‘wire harness’ multiple circuit boards together. “In the automotive shield, these units need to be individually sealed to protect them against the elements encountered at the front ...
Infineon Technologies is testing a biodegradable PCB material based on natural fibres in demo and evaluation boards. The substrate, branded Soluboard, is from UK start-up Jiva Materials, which claims that it would result in a 60% reduction in carbon emissions compared with FR-4, saving 10.5kg of carbon and 620g of plastic per square meter of PCB. Made from undisclosed natural fibres ...
MBA Polymers UK has launched a recycled ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) feedstock for injection moulding in electronics, automotive and consumer industries. ‘ABS 4125 UL’ is UL certified and contains ≥95% post-consumer recycled content, derived from the waste electronics sector. It is already being exported to the USA and Hong Kong. “UL accreditation verifies the quality, safety and sustainability of recycled ...
Working for consumer brand Melitta, Trojan Electronics in Swansea has rebuilt and repaired warrany returns to create almost 500 like-new bean-to-cup coffee machines. Parts such as coffee grinders, water tanks and sensors units were harvested from beyond-repair items and used to repair other units, according to Trojan. As part of the process, which has created 484 machines, it said, each ...
Wind turbine blades can be recycled, at least partially, accoriding to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark. The chemical process disassembles epoxy composite, releasing intact glass fibres and extracting one of the chemical component of the resin. Both are as good as new materials, according to the university, which added that the process could also be used with some materials ...
A precious metal recovery company has launched a lithium ion battery recycling service in Sheffield, claiming it to be the UK’s first. “When it comes to recycling the batteries, we know most UK companies export their end-of-life units to Europe and other parts of the world for recycling and material recovery and as a result transport accounts for around a ...
Need to get rid of some old electronics kit? Check out the website Recycle Your Electricals with its recycling locator giving information on 2,500 donation and recycling points across the UK.
German company Trinamix has turned to near infra-red spectroscopy to create a mobile sensor that can, at the push of a button, distinguish the similar nylons PA6 and PA66 for recycling. The polymers have similar properties, are used interchangeably in numerous applications, and are virtually impossible to distinguish with the naked eye. At the same time, separating them to create single-grade ...
MPs have relaunched the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into electronic waste and the circular economy, aiming to collect further evidence following last year’s inquiry. Contextualising the decision to relaunch the inquiry, the committee says “Around 50 million metric tonnes (Mt) of e-waste were generated globally in 2018 and this figure is projected to rise to as much as 120 million ...
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