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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

The Solana Center for Environmental Innovation is located behind the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station and Encinitas Village shopping center at 137 N. El Camino Real. (Solana Center photo)

Solana Center halts e-waste program after Encinitas cites code violation

North Coast Current March 28, 2025
E-waste recycling collection is on hold at the Solana Center’s Encinitas location after the city asked that it be stopped because it ran counter to municipal code.
Urban Corps of San Diego County now offers e-waste recycling drop-off at its Escondido location. (Urban Corps photo)

Urban Corps opens e-waste drop-off site in Escondido

News Release March 13, 2024
Urban Corps of San Diego County announces the opening of its new North County e-waste recycling location at 2200 Micro Place in Escondido.
A cobalt mine in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Bas van Abel, Waag Society, for EarthTalk)

EarthTalk: The pitfalls of electric-car battery waste

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss March 1, 2022
A huge problem looms on the horizon: in less than a decade, nearly 2 million tons of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles will be retired each year, and the current recycling infrastructure isn’t ready for them. Most lithium-ion batteries are tossed in landfills, with only 5% recycled worldwide.
A cobalt mine in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Bas van Abel, Waag Society, for EarthTalk)

EarthTalk: The pitfalls of electric-car battery waste

OsideNews March 1, 2022

By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss: Dear EarthTalk: As millions and millions of electric car batteries start to reach the end of their useful lives, how can we avoid an e-waste apocalypse? — W. Alexander,...

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