Guest essay
The US lags on EV battery recycling. Can California lead the way?
The state advisory group's recommendations for lithium-ion battery recycling could kick-start U.S. efforts to align with international standards.
By Emily Burlinghaus .
Recycling renewables
Batteries
Canary on TV: Confronting the downsides of mining for battery materials
Julian Spector appeared on the Weather Channel to parse the environmental and climate impacts of battery supply chains and how the clean energy industry is working to mitigate them.
By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
6 big takeaways from Canary Media’s Recycling Renewables series
Your handy guide to the major concepts, innovations, facts and figures that came to the fore during Canary's week of special coverage.By Alison F. Takemura .
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Clean energy
15 companies working to recycle wind turbines, solar panels and batteries
We need to figure out cheap and efficient ways to recycle clean-energy hardware. From startups to incumbents, here are the innovators tackling this challenge.By Canary Staff .
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Batteries
Chart: China is trouncing the US on battery recycling
In Asia and Europe, policy is driving the growth of lithium-ion battery recycling. The U.S. still lacks rules that would spur industry momentum.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Electric vehicles
How to prepare for the coming flood of used EV batteries
Here are four policy ideas to help the U.S. start developing a nationwide system to reuse and recycle electric vehicle batteries.By Julian Spector .
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Solar
New startup aims to recycle 95% of high-value content from solar panels
Solarcycle just landed $6.6 million in venture capital funding to power its giga-scale recycling ambitions.By Eric Wesoff .
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Wind
Four smart ideas for keeping wind turbine blades out of landfills
As wind energy expands, researchers and manufacturers are developing ways to repurpose and recycle blades that can be as long as airplane wings.By Maria Gallucci .
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Electric vehicles
EV battery recycling is costly. These 5 startups could change that
Meet the American companies making lithium-ion battery recycling more profitable and sustainable than it’s ever been.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
Why we need to recycle clean energy technologies — and how to do it
Millions of tons of spent solar panels, wind turbine blades and lithium-ion batteries could be wasted in landfills — or put back to use for the clean energy transition.By Jeff St. John .
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