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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

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Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries “The goal of this fundraising was to accelerate the industrialization of our sustainable recycling process, which has been developed over years of research.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Here’s everything you missed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

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The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040, and most un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by consumer packaged goods. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success.

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EVs to power Kenya’s bus rapid transit system

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But the situation is about to change following an announcement that the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network in the country’s capital, Nairobi, will only be operated by green (electric, hybrid and biodiesel) vehicles. Overall, electric mobility in Africa is growing, but at a much slower rate compared to the developed world.