Finnish utility Fortum said on Tuesday (25 April) it has begun recovering raw materials from the “black mass” of electric vehicle batteries at its new recycling facility in Finland. Black mass is the shredded material which comes from used batteries, which can include lithium, cobalt, and nickel. These metals can then be extracted…
This presentation was held at the thematic event on recycling technologies in landfill management projects held in Mechelen on July 3, 2019. Marian Langevoort (Tauw) presented the transformation of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (MSWI) Bottom Ash into a freely applicable building material- EquiAsh. In the Netherlands, for more than 25 years, all…
Although you may not realise it, waste and the circular economy is an important topic for many geoscientists. Our consumption drives the need for resources and sustainable resource extraction, while disposing and reducing this waste requires a wide range of expertise and impacts the environments in which many scientists undertake their research. On a…
Incineration of solid waste produces millions of tonnes of waste fly ash in Europe each year, that most commonly ends up in landfill. But this ash often contains significant amounts of precious metals, such as zinc. A unique method developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, can now help extract these precious…