Dive Brief: - Mint Innovation, a New Zealand-based company that extracts critical materials from items like circuit boards and lithium-ion batteries, has spun out its battery recovery businessinto a separate company called Linca. - Mint will retain a mino... See more
feedback. Waste and recycling businesses are investing in more circular economy initiatives meant to transform otherwise-disposed materials into new resources and new revenue streams. These innovations have boosted business, but they also come with ongoin... See more
feedback. Dive Brief: - The U.S. Department of Energy has reinstatedAmerican Battery Technology Co.’scanceled $57 million grant meant to help build a lithium refinery in Tonopah Flats, Nevada. - American Battery announced on Monday it won its appeal proce... See more
New York’s state legislature is expected to adjourn Friday without voting on a range of waste and recycling-related bills. The legislature was meant to adjourn Thursday, but returned for a final day on Friday. Bills that aimed to establish EPR for packagi... See more
feedback. Dive Brief: - The U.S. EPA has proposed a new rule that would formally rescind Safe Drinking Water Act regulations for four types of PFAS that were set under the Biden Administration. The EPA first announced its intention to roll back the regula... See more
