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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

TechCrunch

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

TechCrunch

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

TechCrunch

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. The uptake of electric vehicles in Kenya currently stands at 5% — a majority of which are private vehicles.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Smarter EV charging for charging networks, fleets, and residential use cases that is price, carbon intensity, and excess solar awareness. Long-haul aviation does not currently have a generally accepted path to electrification, and the industry plans to transition to Sustainable Aviation Fuel in order to mitigate emissions.

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