Last year the White House published, “Building resilient supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, and fostering broad-based growth,” a report calling for investments to be made in the recovery of rare earth elements in e-scrap. Recent years have seen many supply chain issues, leading to shortages of certain materials, and the U.S. military has kickstarted a…
A new lithium-ion battery recycling research and development center, launched by the Department of Energy (DoE), has been opened at Argonne National Laboratory. Aiming to reclaim and recycle critical materials, such as cobalt and lithium, from lithium-based battery technology, the ReCell Center will focus on developing cost-effective recycling processes to recover as much economic value…
The following is a weekly snapshot of the recent e-waste, IoT, and technology related news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 5/14-5/18. U.S. Invests $30 Million into New Longer Lasting Battery We’ve come a long way from using double-A batteries to power our favorite gadgets, but we’re still constantly having to tote our…
We have come a long way from using double-A batteries to power our favorite devices, but we’re still constantly having to keep up with cords to charge our laptops and phones at the end of the day – and for some, every few hours. However, those that tote around their chargers everywhere may be excited…