Recycling - Undecided with Matt Ferrell

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Hands in orange gloves stacking gray metal alloy slabs on a white surface, forming a tower.

Tech

The $Billions We’re Burying in Plain Sight

There's $67 billion in critical minerals sitting in your trash can right now. Old laptops, dead drills, that printer you keep meaning to ...

By Matt Ferrell1 week ago0

An Ocean Cleanup barge picking up waste plastic from a river

Misc

How Ocean Plastic Isn’t The Problem

I was a teenager on a cruise when I first saw ocean pollution up close. Late at night, I heard a noise over ...

By Heather HunspergerApril 21, 20260

A hand holding a handful of Sargassum Seaweed

Sustainable Tech

This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It’s Gold

Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is blanketing shorelines from Barbados to Cancún. It traps sea ...

By Heather HunspergerAugust 26, 20250

A pair of hands holding some PECAN cubes

Renewable Energy

How We Solved Renewables BIGGEST Problem

CORRECTION: the original version stated that silver “price has tripled in the past three years.” It’s demand that tripled, not price. As renewable ...

By Heather HunspergerMarch 4, 20250

Matt Ferrell holding a MycoComposite block

Misc

5 BEST Alternatives to Finally Replace Plastic

Plastic is firmly established in our daily lives, but it’s only existed for about a century or so. As we consider the long-term ...

By Vincent M.July 9, 20240

Gloved hands holding recycled solar panel dust

Renewable Energy

What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels?

“So the panel comes at the bottom and the glass comes out at the top?” -Matt Ferrell “Yeah, the plastics and metals come ...

By Matt FerrellDecember 12, 20230

Renewable Energy

Why Aren’t Solar Panels Recycled (yet)?

Thanks to a 70% drop in price since 20101 and plenty of government subsidies, solar panels have become an integral part of the ...

By Matt FerrellAugust 16, 20220

Sustainable Tech

The Truth About Plastic Recycling … It’s Complicated

The 3R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle has been drilled into our heads as the way forward towards a sustainable future. The plastic industry focused ...

By Matt FerrellMay 3, 20220

Sustainable Tech

Recycling Batteries: E Waste

This week I take a look at recycling batteries and avoiding e waste. With everything from mobile phones to EVs requiring something ...

By Matt FerrellApril 2, 20190