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Author: Parker Bovée

  • Recycled Aluminum: A Trump Environmental Success?
    Waste & Recycling

    Recycled Aluminum: A Trump Environmental Success?

    Aluminum—that’s right aluminum—is rapidly becoming a focus for American remanufacturing ambitions. President Donald Trump’s recent doubling…

    By Parker Bovée
    December 9, 2025

    2 min read

  • An Overview of the Global Battery Recycling Industry
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    An Overview of the Global Battery Recycling Industry

    Over the past three years, battery recycling has received heightened attention, raising critical questions: What is…

    By Parker Bovée
    August 21, 2025

    2 min read

  • A 21st Century Guide to Avoiding Wastewater Disaster
    Waste & Recycling

    A 21st Century Guide to Avoiding Wastewater Disaster

    Globally, 80% of wastewater returns to ecosystems without any treatment or reuse. A large share of…

    By Parker Bovée
    June 26, 2025

    2 min read

  • Making Waves: The Future of Water Innovation — Webinar Highlights
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    Making Waves: The Future of Water Innovation — Webinar Highlights

    We recently hosted the “Making Waves: The Future of Water Innovation” webinar, featuring insights from Sunena…

    By Parker Bovée
    May 18, 2025

    2 min read

  • Every Drop Counts: Navigating Water Challenges in Manufacturing and Data Centers
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    Every Drop Counts: Navigating Water Challenges in Manufacturing and Data Centers

    On April 10th, Cleantech Group hosted the panel “Every Drop Counts: Navigating Water Challenges in Manufacturing…

    By Parker Bovée
    April 24, 2025

    2 min read

  • PFAS Destruction
    Agriculture & Food, Waste & Recycling

    PFAS Destruction

    PFAS, sometimes known as forever chemicals, are a family of over ten thousand compounds with remarkable…

    By Parker Bovée
    March 26, 2025

    2 min read

  • AI in Waste Sortation: Robotics, Algorithms, & More
    Waste & Recycling

    AI in Waste Sortation: Robotics, Algorithms, & More

    What Drives Automation in Waste Management? Innovation in waste management comes in bursts. Today, the promise…

    By Parker Bovée
    February 18, 2025

    2 min read

  • Textile Recycling: Emerging Ecosystem Pursuing Daunting Waste Challenges
    Waste & Recycling

    Textile Recycling: Emerging Ecosystem Pursuing Daunting Waste Challenges

    The textile industry is responsible for an estimated 6% of landfill volume, 10% of global emissions,…

    By Parker Bovée
    December 19, 2024

    2 min read

  • Alternatives to PFAS in Textiles and Agriculture
    Materials & Chemicals

    Alternatives to PFAS in Textiles and Agriculture

    How Did PFAS Get in the Water and Soil? As reported in September’s What Are PFAS? …

    By Parker Bovée
    November 22, 2024

    2 min read

  • Solvent Dissolution, Next Gen Advanced Plastic Recycling
    Waste & Recycling

    Solvent Dissolution, Next Gen Advanced Plastic Recycling

    The State of Plastic Recycling  Plastic production is expected to double by 2050. Similarly, plastic-related emissions…

    By Parker Bovée
    October 9, 2024

    2 min read

  • What Are PFAS?
    Waste & Recycling

    What Are PFAS?

    PFAS is an abbreviation for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They are man-made chemicals widely used in…

    By Parker Bovée
    September 23, 2024

    2 min read

  • Why is Polypropylene (PP) So Difficult to Recycle?
    Waste & Recycling

    Why is Polypropylene (PP) So Difficult to Recycle?

    Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most common plastic types in the world. In the U.S.,…

    By Parker Bovée
    August 28, 2024

    2 min read

  • Battery Recycling
    Cross-Sector Insights, Materials & Chemicals, Waste & Recycling

    Battery Recycling

    From 2023 to 2040, global demand for lithium will grow 870%, 210% for nickel, 390% for…

    By Parker Bovée
    June 27, 2024

    2 min read

  • Battery Recycling and Materials Innovation in APAC
    Materials & Chemicals, Waste & Recycling

    Battery Recycling and Materials Innovation in APAC

    The APAC region has for years shown strength in production of finished electric vehicles (EVs) and…

    By Parker Bovée
    May 28, 2024

    2 min read

  • Where Plastic Recycling Innovation is Today
    Waste & Recycling

    Where Plastic Recycling Innovation is Today

    Plastic production is expected to double by 2050. Similarly, plastic emissions from production and disposal are…

    By Parker Bovée
    March 21, 2024

    2 min read

  • Residential Heat Pumps to Decarbonize CO2 Emissions
    Energy & Power

    Residential Heat Pumps to Decarbonize CO2 Emissions

    Residential heating and cooling accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions while traditional gas…

    By Parker Bovée
    December 7, 2023

    2 min read

  • Can Plant-Based Protein Ease Livestock’s Environmental Burden?
    Agriculture & Food

    Can Plant-Based Protein Ease Livestock’s Environmental Burden?

    The livestock industry accounts for approximately 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions while also using huge…

    By Parker Bovée
    October 2, 2023

    2 min read

  • Sustainable Aviation Fuels: The Rise of eJet
    Materials & Chemicals

    Sustainable Aviation Fuels: The Rise of eJet

    Aviation accounts for approximately 3% of global carbon emissions and 12% of all transportation. With demand…

    By Parker Bovée
    June 20, 2023

    2 min read

  • Proactive Stormwater Management and Flood Resilience
    Resources & Environmental Management

    Proactive Stormwater Management and Flood Resilience

    Proactive Stormwater Management and Flood Resilience Climate change is reforming entire weather patterns and intensifying rainfall…

    By Parker Bovée
    March 23, 2023

    2 min read

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