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Materials recovery

Pumping up the value of recycled plastics

May 8, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - HP and LaVergne develop closed-loop system to use printer cartridges and water bottles to build electronics components. Full Story »

IPOs back on the table?

May 7, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Could the public markets start providing relief to cleantech? Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Because wasting waste is a waste

April 30, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"Waste treatment or incineration is the lazy man's way out."
— Aloe Private Equity General Partner & Co-Founder Vivek Tandon, at Cleantech Forum XXII Copenhagen, calling for increased investor attention to materials recycling.

Paper recycling makes ITC negative waste producer

April 22, 2009 - Best of the web - Designation comes despite India's poor record of recycling 20 percent of paper products. Full Story »

Second Wind second-guesses wind surveys

April 13, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Startup seeks funds for technology to precisely measure wind patterns. It's just of of the 18 companies spotted by the Cleantech Group in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o' the week. Full Story »

Parco seeks funds for zero emission pre-fab housing

March 30, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - San Francisco-based startup is one of 25 companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Find out more in a new weekly feature, the Pitch o' the week. Full Story »

MIT: Alarming energy use in emerging industries

March 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Solar sector is among the culprits using drastically more energy and materials than traditional manufacturing, says new study. Full Story »

Jet Metal pulls €2.5M for clean coating technology

March 25, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - French company develops metallization process that reduces the need for chemicals and the generation of wastewater. Full Story »

Solar sell-off accelerates

March 5, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Five solar technology developers raised more than $450 million this week. Details of this, and 50 other cleantech deals this week. Full Story »

E-waste growing 10% a year in India

February 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Calling for regulations, study says virtually all the e-waste this year—434,000 metric tons—is expected to be dismantled in the urban slums. Full Story »
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