GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

But the industries need to push beyond recycling. A new technology of this sort, chemical garment-to-garment recycling, was one of your favorite stories of the year. . Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling. Agriculture as a climate change solution rather than a cause of climate change. Media Source.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

On the supply side, we only partner with ethical and sustainable brands who manufacture natural toxin-free clothing using organic agricultural practices, which regenerate natural systems,” Butler said. “We Also, we helped design clothes with natural and monofibers that are recyclable. and help to keep our clothes out of landfills.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Agricultural waste from food crops either is traditionally left to rot or is burned, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. A sheep consumes a lot of biomass left over from food production, basically agricultural stubble. Pamani: How do the textiles produced by Agraloop stack up against recycled fabrics?

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Through a carbon-sequestering manufacturing process, Biohm uses landfill-bound commercial and agricultural byproducts to grow mycelium for its products. Interested in more on the Circular Economy?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The beauty of the MEC is that it can process any type of organic waste — human, agricultural or industrial. “Instead of using chemical catalysts, which are often very expensive and require high temperatures, we’re using biology as the catalyst.” The MEC cycles waste-filled water through the bacteria, which eat up the carbon.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Almost one-third of the money that Nestlé intends to invest will be dedicated to cultivating regenerative agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizer across 500,000-plus farms from which Nestlé sources ingredients. Food & Agriculture. Regenerative Agriculture. Media Source.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

Arcadis , a Dutch engineering firm, is applying that knowledge to cities around the world by creating infrastructures with sustainability at the forefront, such as water recycling facilities inside manufacturing companies in Mexico. . For example, 72 percent of water usage in the world goes to agriculture.

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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. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Off-grid energy storage monitoring, feedstock-agnostic battery recycling, and permanent carbon removal using organic waste: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food Elicit. The post Recent Deals – 19 November appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

percent gets recycled and used again. Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. percent gets collected and recycled. We would need 1.5 Make better use of finite resources.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2021

That is changing, though, as severe, long-term droughts in important agricultural hubs such as California give investors mounting reasons to worry. And demand from agriculture, industry and municipalities will only grow — the United Nations projects a 20 to 30 percent increase by 2050 — as the world’s population rises to somewhere around 9.7

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Grist

JULY 10, 2021

House of Representatives have introduced HR 4099 , a bill that would direct the Secretary of the Interior to create a program to fund $750 million worth of water recycling projects in the 17 western states through the year 2027. Or it may instead be used for non-potable purposes, like for agriculture or industrial processes.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 8, 2020

Here's how GoGo Squeeze and Gerber are reinventing their packaging toward greater recyclability. Millions of parents have come to rely on single-serve fruit squeezes, but the packaging piles up in landfills.

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Terra Infirma

MARCH 14, 2025

Rachel manages a veritable smorgasbord of Sustainability issues and is a real inspiration here’s a taste of what we cover: Facilitating reuse between generations of students and charities Low carbon anaesthesia Smart bins to boost recycling rates Sustainable agriculture: biodiversity, soil carbon and climate adaptation Using quirky stories to (..)

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

No plan to reduce emissions will be effective without eliminating what can’t be easily recycled and changes processes to use higher rates of recycled content, he said. Is your CEO personally committed? That facility was expected to be opened in 2021, although that was before the pandemic.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

A radical rethink of recycling and waste policy is required to put the UK on a more sustainable path, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Lead author, Professor Ian Arbon said: “We need to stop seeing waste as a problem and to start seeing it as a valuable resource and use it to maximum advantage.

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CleanTech Group

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Robotic waste management, sustainable chocolate derived from precision fermentation, and a cloud-computing platform to curtail methane flares: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture. The post Recent Deals – 17 December 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025. So, for example, we had strong sustainable palm oil sourcing programs on the Kraft side whereas on the Heinz side there was a really strong focus on agricultural and sustainable agriculture commitments stemming from ketchup and our use of tomatoes.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Global Recycling Day – March 18th. Even if you’re a complete novice when it comes to sustainability, you probably have a good understanding of how recycling works and why it’s important. Global Recycling Day aims to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling along with how to do it properly.

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2020

According to Will Sarni, CEO of the Water Foundry, a hyperlocal water recycling plant such as this is still a rare project for U.S. Evoqua’s strategy when it comes to designing the recycle/reuse facility of an operating plant is to be extremely flexible and quickly adjustable, according to Aulick. Food & Agriculture. businesses.

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CleanTech Group

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tokamak fusion systems, reusable modular orbital vehicles, and an AI-powered platform that optimizes protein development: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food. The post Recent Deals – 3 December appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The same week that PepsiCo announced its new ambition, the company’s foundation extended the terms of its 14-year-long relationship with the Inter-American Development Bank — with initiatives including a fund meant to promote the inclusion of women in regenerative, sustainable agricultural models in Latin America.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

In the agriculture and food industry, sustainable business practices are intended to protect the environment, reduce waste production, increase productivity, and reduce operating costs. Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agriculture Sector. What are Sustainable Business Practices?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 5, 2020

This would deliver a 6% reduction in total UK greenhouse gases emissions, specifically within the hard-to-decarbonise sectors of heat, transport, waste management and agriculture, and 30% of the reduction needed by 2030 to meet our legally binding carbon budget. million homes, by 2030, according to a new report from the industry group ADBA.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Abdul-Aziz, however, cautioned that more work needs to be done to substantiate the utility of such char in agriculture. Unfortunately, it costs more to recycle used plastic than it costs to make new plastic from petroleum. Abdul-Aziz’s laboratory takes a different approach to recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

The first is to recycle old mattresses, reusing their components to make new products. For those in the hotel industry, understanding how to make smarter mattress purchase and recycling decisions can help positively impact green programs your organization may be undertaking. Not all recycling facilities offer mattress recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

Yuanhui Zhang with a model of a biowaste recycling project (image credit: College of ACES). In a new paper , they outline the method and apply it to two case studies – a corn/soybean farming operation and the entire US food and agriculture system. food and agriculture system, focusing on energy use. 2024.107821 ].

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Some commitments are simply to ‘increase recycling’ with no target or plan for implementing it. But simply recycling will not be enough to achieve net zero. Commitments were also made in construction, agriculture and tourism, depending on the priorities of the country and where it could make the biggest difference.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

“The newly unveiled Design for Recyclability Playbook, Design for Reuse Playbook, and Design for Compostability Playbook provide detailed guidelines to ensure that plastic packaging is continuously reused, recycled, or composted, thereby reducing plastic waste and its environmental impact”, says the group.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

. “By strengthening the methane production path of direct interspecies electron transfer, the recycling of CO2 is realized and the carbon emission in the reaction process is reduced,” said author Dr Zhang Yanhui.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Turning waste-wood into skyscrapers; mycoprotein for fish farming; saving landfill-bound products from the hangman’s noose– Recent deals worth looking at: Agriculture & Food. The post Recent Deals – 5 November 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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CleanTech Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Laser-powered weeding devices, long-duration iron-air batteries, and carbon negative construction materials derived from captured CO2: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food. The post Recent Deals – 22 October 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Recycled plastic: There’s market demand, but where’s the supply? Nonprofit Carbon180 has plenty of ideas for how the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture can collaborate to cultivate new economic opportunities centered on carbon removal. Recycling's makeover, courtesy of AI and robotics. Sign up here.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

In most parts of the world, the economic and social inclusion of farmers and smallholders in sustainable agricultural production is the single most important driver of change for halting deforestation, restoring forests and helping regenerate nature. In the end, they are the stewards of the land.". "We

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

They come in handy cans to avoid food waste — a particular problem with quickly spoiling seafood — and are easily recycled. Food & Agriculture. Patagonia Provisions stocks its online shop with sustainably sourced anchovies, mackerels and mussels. Fresh oysters are another great option. Pull Quote. Oceans & Fisheries. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2021

Soon — just as the plastic milk gallon in the dairy aisle and the beer can in the alcohol section have the three arrows signaling the packaging is recyclable — food products at grocery stores will have a new label to indicate the product is made with upcycled ingredients. . Food & Agriculture. Wed, 06/16/2021 - 03:45. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Pioneering companies, NGOs and policymakers will discuss tracking technologies, regenerative agriculture projects and new collaborations that could make food systems more sustainable. We'll debate "Reusable Packaging in the Age of Contagion," "Can Recycled Plastic Survive Low Oil Prices" and "Repair, Resilience and Customer Engagement."

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