Sustainable, Resilient, Essential: ISRI rebrands as the Recycled Materials Association
Toronto, Ontario — After more than 35 years, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has announced that it is now the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA). This new branding was originally unveiled during the closing general session of ISRI 2024 Convention and Exhibition which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 15th to 18th. […]
Renault Readiness: Renault to begin recycling battery materials on a large scale
Toronto, Ontario — Renault plans to extract and recycle lithium and other materials from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries with the goal of being the first European automaker to recycle batteries on a large scale. Chief executive of Renault’s environmental unit, The Future is Neutral (TFIN), Jean-Phillipe Bahuaud recently revealed in an interview in Paris, […]
Molecular Management: Molecular recycling study demonstrates potential closed-loop solution for automotive plastic waste
Toronto, Ontario — Material technology company Eastman says it has developed a new method to recycle automotive plastic waste at a molecular level. Specifically, Eastman’s technology takes automotive shredder residue (ASR) or “auto fluff” and uses this as the feedstock in the recycling process. After breaking down otherwise hard-to-recycle plastics, the new material is then […]
Team with Tandem: Repurposing plastics with Tandem Recycling
Montreal, Quebec — If you have automotive plastics you don’t know what you do with—give Tandem Recycling a call. Tandem Recycling collects end-of-life automotive plastics for recycling, where the company then turns it into remanufactured plastic resin. Remanufactured plastic resin can be used in injection molded products like auto parts, industrial components, pallets, tank containers, […]
Remanufacturing Repairs: GM continues trials for remanufactured headlamps in effort to eliminate production waste
Toronto, Ontario — General Motors (GM) says it has found success in remanufacturing collision-damaged headlamps as part of the automaker’s efforts to create a circular economy. In a recent press release, (GM) noted that when a vehicle is involved in a collision, the headlamp is one of the most commonly damaged components, second only to […]
All For Olives: Ford working on using discarded olive tree waste to produce car parts
Toronto, Ontario — Ford Motor Co. is continuing to work on using discarded olive tree waste and bio composites to produce car parts and reduce plastic waste. According to the automaker, the waste used includes olive tree branches, twigs and leaves in a process that blends these organic materials with bio composites and then molds […]
Magnetizing Manufacturing: Cyclic Materials launches pilot plant for recycling magnet materials from electric motors
Kingston, Ontario — Cyclic Materials has recently launched a pilot plant in Kingston, Ont., aimed at recycling magnet materials from end-of-life products. The pilot plant project is specifically employing Cyclic’s proprietary technology, Mag-Xtract, which separates rare earth elements in permanent magnets from end-of-life products and parts such as traction electric motors. According to Cyclic Materials, […]
Water in the Works: Full Circle Lithium looks to launch water-based lithium battery fire suppression solution
Toronto, Ontario — Full Circle Lithium Corp. has announced a patent-pending Fire Suppressant Solution for electric vehicles made from recycled batteries. The Canadian company based in Georgia recently opened a lithium processing and recycling plant and with this, a patent for a Fire Suppression Solution (FSS) meant to neutralize fires arising in lithium-ion batteries. “Battery […]
Illuminating Aluminum: Aluminum Air Batteries poised to power electric vehicles using scrap aluminum
Toronto, Ontario — Aluma Power, a Canadian company located on Aamjiwnaang First Nations Land, is just one of many start-up companies looking to use recycled aluminum to power electric vehicles in place of other battery systems. Known as an aluminum-air battery, Aluma Power is working on creating a fuel disk made from recycled aluminum that […]
Recycling Revelations: New York Times report reveals reality of catalytic converter thefts
Toronto, Ontario — In a recent report by Walt Bogdanich, Isak Hüllert and Eli Tan, featured in The New York Times, the reality of catalytic converter theft and recycling has been put into greater perspective. An examination of business records, social media posts and official interviews reveals that stolen catalytic converters pass through middlemen, smelters […]
