Driven by the relative scarcity of both lithium and cobalt as well as the high demand for electric vehicles, Li-Cycle plans to emerge as a player in the EV-battery recycling industry with construction of recycling plants and hubs in Arizona and across the U.S.... Read more»
Waste is a problem around the world as solar power becomes more affordable and the need to reduce fossil fuel usage more acute - but solar recycling isn’t yet cost effective, and not all materials used in panels can be extracted – problems the industry and researchers are working on. ... Read more»
Seeking to break China’s monopoly of the lithium battery market, the Biden administration awarded $35 million to boost a mining operation in California and help reduce America’s reliance on China, while also touting a separate planned extraction project and battery recycling plant.... Read more»
Pima County residents recycle nearly 1 million tires each year, through a partnership with Pima County and Mesa company Crumb Rubber Manufacturers. Tires are collected at at 5301 W. Ina Road. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. ... Read more»
The TreeCycle program is gathering trees at nine locations throughout Tucson and Oro Valley from Dec. 26 to Jan. 17.... Read more»
Even a little bit of fat, grease and oil can clog wastewater lines. Pima County has facilities that will accept it for proper disposal.... Read more»
Government offices — like the city of Tucson's — will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday.... Read more»
Veterans Day holiday means trash collection in Tucson will be delayed by a day and city offices will be closed.... Read more»
10 Arizona cities are taking "think globally, act locally" to heart Thursday to mark the 51st annual Earth Day. Mayors are talking to "our residents about how they can show their commitment to protect our environment,” Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said.... Read more»
Because some of our more irresponsible neighbors have been using neighborhood recycling centers as dump sites, the city now must shut some of them down.... Read more»
A drop in global commodity prices is forcing states and cities to re-examine their recycling programs and goals.... Read more»
Are the needles starting to fall off your Christmas tree? Tired of trying to remember to water it? Is it looking a little more Charlie Brown and a little less "O Tannenbaum?" Tucson's TreeCycle program will recycle trees until Jan. 11.... Read more»
A research project to make iron-based cement is ridding the desert of glass in the Tohono O'odham Nation.... Read more»
A new use for a property often involves tearing down what came before, but owners of dozens of Phoenix businesses are putting iconic buildings to new uses through what's known as adaptive reuse.... Read more»
Arizona State University student Melissa Merrick started her Wednesday pulling wires, plastic bottles and bags and anything else that could be recycled or reused from 6,000 pounds of garbage. All for research.... Read more»
If your love life is more trash than flash, the city of Tucson has a treat for you: a tour of the Los Reales Landfill. On Valentine's Day. Yes, you read that right. If you've been looking for love in all the wrong places, maybe you just haven't dug deeply enough.... Read more»
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