Green Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In July 2017 China, which is by far the world’s largest importer and recycler of scrap metals, plastic and paper, notified the World Trade Organization that it planned to effectively ban imports of 24 types of scrap , which its environment ministry called “foreign garbage,” by the end of the year. The world’s recycler. Geyer et al.,

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper. Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand .

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Working with BASF, Aramark, Hampton Farms and Missouri Organic Recycling to be the first professional sports venue to sell pre-packaged peanuts in compostable bags beginning in 2017. In partnership with Evergy, the installation in 2014 of 308 solar panels to generate about 29,000 kilowatts of electricity a year at Truman Sports Complex.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

.” Gelatex Technologies from Estonia has won the Green Alley Award 2019 – an annual prize recognising startups in the circular economy, which has been running since 2014. Differently coloured trustmarks indicate whether products and/or packaging are free of plastics and microplastics or are made of recyclates.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

per cent of 2019’s e-waste was collected and recycled. Since 2014 the e-waste categories increasing fastest in total weight terms: temperature exchange equipment (+7 per cent), large equipment (+5 per cent), lamps and small equipment (+4 per cent). E-waste in 2019 was mainly comprised of small equipment (17.4 Mt, and 0.9

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

From left to right: Jean-Marc Boursier, Suez Chief Operating Officer, Jan Jambon, Flemish Minister-President, and Eric Trodoux, Chief Operating Officer of Suez Recycling and Recovery Benelux & Germany at the inauguration of the new facility. The pilot project, which began in 2014, extracted 1,300 tonnes of non-ferrous metal a year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2019

” “The pace of change within the waste and recycling sector is undeniable,” commented Untha UK’s managing director Marcus Brew. We spend all of our working lives at Untha UK helping clients make better use of the country’s resources, to ensure we reduce, reuse and recycle more ‘waste’.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

In developed countries, recycled paper is very easy to find, yet not nearly enough people are making that switch. Recycled paper can save the Earth; here are some facts that reveal how and why. words Ana Yong Recycled paper has been around for a long time but not everyone is using it. i Recycled paper for magazines?

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

Following the introduction of the charge, the average person in England now buys around three single-use carrier bags a year from the main supermarkets, compared with using around 140 mainly free bags in 2014. billion bags used in 2014 before the charge was introduced. Defra said the results represented a huge drop on the 7.6

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Plastics Retail Recycling Recycling 83

Charged

JUNE 24, 2020

The original technology was introduced in 2014 on the first-generation Kia Soul EV. Comprising a compressor, evaporator and condenser, the heat pump captured waste heat given off by the vehicle’s electrical components, recycling this energy to heat the cabin. .

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

NextEra Energy, a company that shares a number of similarities with Avangrid, launched its own yieldco in 2014. Yieldcos buy finished projects from their sponsor companies, and in doing so developers are able to recycle capital back into new projects — while investors gain access to different types of renewables assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sterling Suffolk was formed in 2014 to operate an advanced glasshouse supplying tomatoes for the UK market through a wholesaler to large retailers. The CO2 from the gas boiler is captured and used by the tomato plants for photosynthesis and it also helps with pest control, says the firm. The business, advised by DUGUUD, is raising up to £6.75

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Charged

JUNE 10, 2020

Since 2014, owing to the mass production of Li-ion batteries and the popularity of ternary cathode materials (composed of nickel, cobalt, manganese or aluminum) in portable electronics and EVs, the consumption of nickel sulfate has markedly increased as requirements for Li-ion batteries have grown.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

In 2014 Christeyns launched Cool Chemistry. At the same time, clean press water is recovered and recycled for rinsing, previously this water would generally have gone down the drain. It also means that by using less water and reusing as much as possible, less effluent will end up being deposited in the environment.

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Cooling Patents Education Recycling 130

Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

Founded in 2014, the Paris-based start-up enables users to purchase electronics - such as smartphones, tablets, laptops - directly from certified sellers that refurbish, verify, and offer a minimum 12-month warranty for all products. These materials can then be transformed into everything from bicycles to life saving equipment.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This concentration of energy and resources is then lost into landfills, with a textile recycling rate of 14.7% For instance, the Swedish retailer H&M’s “Conscious Collection” uses a variety of different sustainable raw materials using recycled fabrics, namely Tencel and organic cotton. in the U.S. For instance, the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Last fall Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced that it had raised $600 million in equity to invest in capacity expansion, research and development, and large-scale recycling. This is the highest amount raised in public market financing since 2014. billion in 10 deals in 2019. Northvolt’s $1.6

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Batteries Technology Lithium Recycling 78

Charged

AUGUST 6, 2021

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) has been a battery supplier to the Formula E electric racing championship since 2014. Some components are targeted for reuse in alternative applications, and some will be recycled in order to recover valuable raw materials.”.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together. Add a sufficient number of labeled recycle bins in every field and stadium. million tonnes of CO 2e.

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Grist

JULY 5, 2023

.” Nathaniel Stinnett, executive director of the Environmental Voter Project The spotlight When Molly Kawahata worked as a climate adviser to the Obama White House, she remembers interns being horrified that they had no recycling bins in their office. “I mean, it blows that out of the water.”

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

One of the most topical problems in marine pollution is microplastic debris, with an estimated 93 to 236 thousand metric tons of microplastic in our oceans as of 2014. The study by Kikaki et al. Typically, temporary floating barriers called booms are deployed in ocean clean-up efforts to collect and contain pollutants.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Microplastics Building Energy Monitoring 124

Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

It noted that a "step change in investment levels in sustainable investment" was already helping the company reach its existing target to deliver fully-recyclable packaging across its product lines. Collarboration with stakeholders across the value chain will also be central to achieving its sustainability vision, it added.

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The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2023

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Since the competition began in 2007, it has rewarded a variety of businesses, including bio-bean, a British company that recycles coffee for consumer and industrial markets, which won the top prize in 2014. The deadline for this year's competition closes at midday on 1st April.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Most electronic devices are recyclable and contain valuable and reusable materials. Indeed, firms such as Amazon and Apple are exacerbating the problem by failing to support or incentivise the reuse, repair, or recycling of the electronic products they sell, the report alleges.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If anything, the galloping pace of energy storage installations heightened the need to improve recycling and seek alternatives. Vortex Bladeless was founded in 2014 but 2020 saw it achieving a couple of notable milestones, according to the company’s blog.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Additionally, check with local scrap yards or metal recyclers, as thieves may try to sell stolen converters there. Engrave your vehicle identification number (VIN) or license plate number onto the catalytic converter to make it easier to identify if stolen. Report the theft immediately to the police.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

A study from the Ellen Macarthur Foundation estimates that a truckload of textiles is wasted every second and the Council for Textile Recycling reports that the average U.S. Plastic is also used in toys and home goods as well as packaging and only 9 percent of the billions of pounds of plastic that are produced every year get recycled.

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Fashion Plastics Waste Waste 52

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

A committed Greentown Labs partner since 2014, Saint-Gobain was integral to the opening of Greentown Labs’ headquarters, donating over $1 million worth of products and becoming the presenting partner of the building’s event space. This award recognizes innovations, state-of-the-art construction, and operations for recycling facilities.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Green Ribbon District distinction in 2014. His hands-on experience includes a deep energy retrofit of his own home in 2014 and an All-Electric Net Zero Carbon ADU built in 2022, which serves as a living lab. He recently retired as superintendent of the Encinitas Union School District.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This program was founded in 2014, it recognizes public schools that aim to conserve resources and increase environmental sustainability. It is one thing to learn about sustainability but quite another to see it in action. The Sustainable Jersey for Schools program is a stellar example.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

Electricity 4.0 demands the legacy approach of large centralised power systems and SF 6 -based switchgear in transmission and distribution to transform with the decentralised approach to renewables and distributed generation with SF 6 -free switchgear.

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Energy Energy Global warming Electricity 97

Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Driven by the immediate priority to curb the spread of Covid-19 across the world last year, single-use plastic waste - thanks to a surge in demand for PPE equipment and disposal of items over recycling and reuse - is expected to have risen in 2020, stymying many efforts to turn back the tide on plastic pollution.

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Plastics Pollution Government Waste 80

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

Nearly 100,000 people , including 12,000 children, were exposed to water with high levels of lead in 2014 and 2015, placing them at risk of adverse health impacts , including an increased risk of dementia. Water Crises Veolia was embroiled in the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where the city’s drinking water was contaminated with lead.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%.

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