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From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fuelled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses struggle with a significant downside: increased fire risk.
KLANG: Guidelines for the disposal of solar panels and electric vehicle (EV) batteries are currently being developed, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
DHAKA: A young company created by chance is trying to transform urban transportation in the world’s most populous region.
BEIJING: The Industry and Information Technology Ministry has recently started soliciting public opinion on a revised industry standard for the recycling and disposal of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
KLANG: A new guideline or mechanism for the disposal of solar panels and electric vehicle (EV) batteries is currently being developed, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
Compared to 25 years ago, awareness of environmental issues among the public and businesses in Malaysia has increased significantly, with more environment-related terminologies and concepts being introduced, from "reduce, reuse, recycle (3R)" to "sustainable development", and now "ESG" and "circular economy".
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Excise Department aims to promote ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) goals through the implementation of a carbon tax facility, along with the establishment of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) team, to develop a globally standardised tax structure.
The policy of waste separation at source initiated by Penang government is an enlightened step to safeguard the environment and better organise the disposal of waste according to type.
Batteries that are better for the environment, which can be recharged in just a few seconds without any risk of combustion. This is what Russian researchers are proposing as an alternative to today's lithium and cobalt-based devices.
SEOUL: Aricell, a lithium battery plant that recently experienced a fatal fire resulting in 23 deaths, had not undergone any government industrial safety inspections in the past five years, despite the hazardous nature of the materials it was using, according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
PUTRAJAYA: An updated mechanism to manage the disposal of household electrical and electronic waste or ewaste efficiently will be proposed to the Cabinet, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
(Reuters) - Microsoft has worked with a U.S. national laboratory to use artificial intelligence to rapidly identify a material that could mean producing batteries that require 70% less lithium than now, the company said on Tuesday.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,492 cases of telecommunication tower cable theft and vandalism have been recorded nationwide from 2023 until the first quarter of this year.
PETALING JAYA: Industry experts forecast that hydrogen-powered cars, which are more eco-friendly than battery-based electric vehicles (EVs), will see a rise in Malaysia post-2024.
A deadly explosion at a Chinese-owned facility in Indonesia has highlighted the hidden costs of Jakarta’s ambitious bet on battery metal processing to accelerate industrial development, a signature policy of outgoing leader Joko Widodo.
Old batteries can self-ignite, cause a serious fire, or leak and pollute the environment if they end up in a bin truck or the wrong kind of waste.
TWO bodies have been recovered following the collapse of a nickel waste disposal site in Sulawesi in the latest of a series of deadly accidents at nickel smelting plants, officials said.
BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, a national economic organization dedicated to the development of rural regions, said on Monday that it will accelerate the building of a national network for the efficient recycling of renewable resources.
Initiatives to encourage use of rubbish bins and promote recycling kick off in Bangsar KL.
PETALING JAYA: When technician Shamri’s terminally ill mother passed on, the family did not know what to do with the leftover doses of morphine.
