Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Bridging Nations Through Technology Created in 2009, BIRD Energy was designed to leverage the complementary expertise of U.S. Revolutionizing Waste Recycling To address the environmental toll of plastic waste, Israel’s Plasticback and the U.S.’s and Israeli innovators to address global energy demands.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

Green Business Bureau has been focused on creating a sustainable business world since its founding in 2009. In 2009, a very small percentage of companies were green businesses, mostly led by founders who were huge advocates of saving the planet from climate change. A look back at the history of Green Business Bureau.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Or is there a zero-waste option? Choose zero-waste. For a truly zero-waste option, you can purchase a potted tree to plant after the holidays – or rent a live tree. The Living Christmas Tree Company and Rent a Christmas Tree have both been renting out potted Christmas trees since 2009.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

Since 2009-10, the company claims its investments in energy efficiency have saved it £343m. In 2019/20, the company produced around 40,500 tonnes of waste worldwide - an increase of 27 per cent from the previous year - of which 96 per cent was recovered or recycled.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2020

Following the sold-out success of “I Am Not a Plastic Bag” in 2007, designer brand Anya Hindmarch has launched a new product, called “I Am a Plastic Bag”, aimed at recycling single-use plastic and leaving behind a net-zero carbon footprint from production. It sourced the natural meat byproduct as a way to recycle the material.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2020

Following the sold-out success of “I Am Not a Plastic Bag” in 2007, designer brand Anya Hindmarch has launched a new product, called “I Am a Plastic Bag”, aimed at recycling single-use plastic and leaving behind a net-zero carbon footprint from production. It sourced the natural meat byproduct as a way to recycle the material.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, Franses also suggests that the plan is in line with a history of corporate climate leadership from CCEP, pointing out that the firm, which is part-owned by the Coca-Cola Company, was among the first 10 companies globally to set a science-based target back in 2009 and has reduced its emissions by more than 30 per cent over the past decade.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 3, 2024

Overview When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), it reinstated (and expanded) the Section 48C tax credit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Refurbishes, expands or establishes an industrial or manufacturing facility for the production or recycling of: a. Secretary of the Treasury.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 12, 2019

million tonnes of plastic waste were generated, only about 14% of which was recycled or reused (Pickin and Randell 2016, p. In fact, Gleick and Cooley (2009, para. Recycling can help to alleviate this cost, to be sure. The mass-production of plastic is fast becoming one of the greatest ecological disasters of our time.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Alkemy Environmental (Somerville, MA) recycles industrial waste streams into structural-grade lightweight concrete aggregates.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The report, which was supported by waste management giant Suez, calculated that there are an estimated 25 million items of textiles, 10 million bikes, 19 million electrical items, 16 million items of furniture, and 14 million bathroom fixtures or fittings across the capital's homes that are in need of repair.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The natural world has a system for everything, including a natural waste cycle that turns dead plants and trees into food and soil for other living things. The program launched in mid-September with a focus on high producers of compostable waste such as restaurants , bars and other businesses.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The company has also reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all of the plants in its global network. Building on the 26 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions — and using a 2009-2010 baseline — Gillette plans to boost that number to a 50 percent reduction by 2030. Use 100 percent recyclable packaging.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s also one of the most recycled products on the planet.” The company is dedicated to a zero-waste policy, which Devi admits was easy to achieve because the product is the result of upcycling. “We started as an ordinary business in 2009. Inside each box, recycled paper is used for filler. ” Chand said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

If not, or if the item will ultimately pile up in a landfill, burn in an incinerator or be recycled, then avoid the term and its siblings, such as 'oxo-biodegradable'. Less waste than / Less toxic than. That means spelling out, for instance, that the bottle produces 20 percent less waste than the previous version of the product.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It’s important to triple check eligibility requirements and then narrow down grant options to those most aligned with your organization—otherwise you could waste valuable time and resources chasing federal dollars that are unlikely to materialize.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 22, 2024

I guess you are referring to the IDD-1 project and the drilling into magma in 2009. The power plant sits on its energy source and “waste” recycling site. What improvements in technology will help make this attempt a success? What will be the strategy for dealing with the past technical challenges?

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EDF + Business

MAY 2, 2023

48C was enacted in 2009 and fully allocated in 2013. Key Takeaways Covers a variety of investments (incl. Period of Availability: Round 1 applications begin May 31, 2023, and funding is available until 1st round of credits is allocated ($4 billion, ~$1.6 billion earmarked for energy communities).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carpet waste is a huge issue in UK, as an area the size of Birmingham is thrown away every year. Carpet Recycling UK, a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling, oversees 73% of diverted carpet waste being sent to incineration at an approximate climate cost of £16.5 million a year to society.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s important to triple check eligibility requirements and then narrow down grant options to those most aligned with your organization—otherwise you could waste valuable time and resources chasing federal dollars that are unlikely to materialize.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

RGGI took effect in 2009 and was recently extended another decade. Another example is the Carbon Neutral Government British Columbia program (formerly Pacific Carbon Trust), which reported 2016 reduction cost performance of $25 CDN / tCO2e following a report after the program’s first seven years (2008-2014) of 4.5 million ($12 CDN/ tCO2e).

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Defra proposes stricter background checks for waste carriers as part of wider plans to make it easier to tackle environmental crimes. The government has today launched a fresh crackdown on waste criminals, promising to introduce a range of measures to help tackle fly-tipping and illegal waste exports. But there is more to do.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

With 2020 now upon us, Andrew Brady, UK CEO of EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) reflects on what has changed in his sector since the start of the millennium, and offers perspective on its growing importance and the challenges that lie ahead. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Shaving brand unveils sweeping new sustainability strategy designed to slash waste and emissions. The company also has reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all plants in its global network. One of Gillette's 2030 goals is to maintain zero-waste-to-landfill status. Use 100 per cent recyclable packaging.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of quality.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A half-century later, ex-NASA astronaut José Hernández said that the view aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009 turned him into “an instant treehugger.”. Space travel has been criticized, then and now, as a waste of money and resources and a distraction from more pressing problems.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The company has also reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all of the plants in its global network. Building on the 26 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions — and using a 2009-2010 baseline — Gillette plans to boost that number to a 50 percent reduction by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Cole’s journey was tragically cut short in 2009 before he could see the full impact of his life’s work unfold. Around the same time, Cole noticed someone going through the papers in his recycling bin outside his home. Exxon , Cole was unexpectedly killed on June 6, 2009, while on sabbatical in Uganda. A Tragic Accident.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

develops a chemical recycling process to turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester-fiber waste into “virgin-grade” plastics. CarbonBlue (Haifa, Israel) develops a chemical process that mineralizes and extracts CO 2 from water, which then reabsorbs more atmospheric CO 2. MacroCycle (Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.)

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the vast amount of waste that comes from single-use PPE and regular long-term wear, Watson Gloves is focusing on beginning of life and end of life manufacturing initiatives to help divert much of this textile waste by developing gloves using innovative sustainable materials. Operating in most major U.S.

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Grist

JANUARY 21, 2025

Delay discourse 2: Nontransformation Example: A new project aims to design a process that recycles plastic with near-zero environmental pollution. For plastic companies, it was recycling, despite its well-documented failure to manage more than 10 percent of the worlds plastic waste.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of quality.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The initiative seeks submissions from startups whose technologies are creating value from the capture or conversion of carbon waste, with net-zero or negative emissions. SUEZ, headquartered in France, is a global leader in essential environmental services with water, sanitation, waste collection, and recovery activities.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Battery recycling attracts another big check with a $542M Series D, and food recycling attracts $70M. So far, the continent has received just 12% of the funding it needs to adapt to climate change and rich nations have failed to follow through on their 2009 pledge to provide $100B annually to help poorer countries reach climate goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2024

More and more of our residual waste is incinerated, as much as 65 per cent of it goes up in smoke. PhD candidate Kim Rainer Mattson believes much of this can be recovered and recycled (image credit: Photo: Sølvi W. In some years, the country has actually recycled 40 per cent less than is reported by the authorities. Normannsen).

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