Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Disposable plastics are posing serious problems for our planet. Across Europe, a single-use plastic ban will come into effect from 2021, targeting straws, cotton buds, and disposable cutlery, among other products. Biodegradable straws are one of the alternatives available that fit these criteria. What are Biodegradable Straws?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Unilever also has committed to step up its efforts to preserve water, with plans to make all its "product formulations" biodegradable in order to minimize their impact on aquatic ecosystems. Jope concluded that the suite of new initiatives would complement the company's ongoing mission to curb its reliance on virgin plastic.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

Bioplastics As An Alternative to Petroleum-Based Plastics. The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

This article exposes the flawed system of waste management within hotels and provides practical solutions for reducing three prominent hotel wastes: food, water and plastic waste. Implement the 4-R’s for Plastic Waste Reduction. Replace plastic straws with reusable alternatives like steel and glass. Minimize Food Waste.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s time to be more eco-friendly and introduce plastic straws alternatives, especially if you’re a restaurant owner. There are some great plastic straw alternatives that we’ve organized, described and found suppliers for. Restaurants Move to Eliminate Plastic Straws. Plastic Straw Alternatives for Eco-Friendly Businesses.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Are you struggling to reduce plastic use in your home? In this first instalment from Ethical.net, we learn why we should be aiming to reduce our plastic use, why recycling isn’t enough and how to get stated reducing food-related plastic waste. The problem of plastic is one of the major global challenges facing us today.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To learn more about sustainable sourcing, read our article Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agricultural Industries. Use less plastic, in all forms. Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. A lot of attention has focused on phasing out single-use plastics , which create visible plastic pollution and release microplastics when they break down. The bits of plastic shed from synthetic textiles have their own term: microfibers.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Eco friendly bags for retail to remove sinlge-use plastic waste Eco friendly bags for retail address the damaging environmental impact of the common, single-use plastic (polyethylene) bag. These plastic bags aren’t biodegradable, meaning they reside in the environment and take up to 1000 years to break down.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Microplastics are plastic particles which are less than five millimetres in length and can be as small as the thickness of a single hair, even a bit smaller. This is most likely due to plastic fragments filling their stomach and giving them the feeling of satiety. Plastic item disintegrating on a beach.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To learn more about sustainable sourcing, read our article Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agricultural Industries. Use less plastic, in all forms. Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ (NFTs) could serve as a material passport across the plastic supply chain, by Robert Weegenaar Summary - Blockchains are proving extremely useful for tracking materials across all sorts of supply chains and creating transparent and immutable audit trails. But what if we use the NFT principle on plastic?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

This article includes several eco-friendly office products and supplies that will lower your carbon footprint. The eco-friendly office products mentioned in this article are divided into five common areas of a workplace: Office, Breakroom, Bathroom, Lobby and Outdoors. And let’s not forget about the seemingly harmless pen!

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

The green movement is here and we’re eliminating plastic bags and straws as part of that. It’s time to eliminate plastic packing tape as well. Green Business Bureau has previously discussed the many options for eco-friendly boxes and packaging materials to replace things like plastic bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we present six top tips on how to implement a sustainable bakery design. To meet food health and safety regulations, bakeries turn to single-use disposable items like plastic gloves and paper towels. Latex gloves for instance will take up to 5 years to biodegrade.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we present eight ways you, as a fashion manufacturer, can work to be more sustainable. Synthetic fabrics such as polyester – which accounted for 52% of global fiber production in 2018 – take hundreds of years to biodegrade. Sustainable fashion definition.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact. Are you utilizing post-consumer materials ?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

With this in mind, you can use this Green Business Bureau article as your checklist guide for supply chain sustainability. We’ll then explain how you can build on the tips given in this article with a more comprehensive sustainability guide and green business certification. Work with sustainable and ethical suppliers.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

From recyclable plastics to biodegradable containers, there’s seemingly no end to the options available for the environmentally conscious business. In this Green Business Bureau article we present 10 greener packaging alternatives your business should consider: 1. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. Similar U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This article discusses measures the seafood industry can take in order to limit their negative impact on our world’s oceans. Prevent ocean waste from plastic netting. Prevent Ocean Waste From Plastic Netting. Made from natural materials, these ropes can decompose, offering a promising alternative to petroleum-based plastic.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Reduce Single-Use Plastics. As we all probably know by now, plastic waste is a huge global problem. Help combat the millions of tons of plastic waste that enter landfills, oceans and our own backyards by finding ways to reduce single-use plastics in your business.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2021

This article discusses the major green initiatives a marina can implement to become more sustainable. Landfill pollution – Plastic shrink-wrap, bottles, packaging and materials are not being properly recycled and disposed of. In order for a marina to become sustainable they must consider: Recycling shrink wrap.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This article outlines 20 sustainable business practices your company can implement to make your offices more sustainable (ordered from low cost, high impact to high cost, low impact). While your office is likely recycling its paper and plastics, you can take recycling to the next level by expanding your program to include glass and metals.

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Unsustainable

JUNE 11, 2020

Single-use plastic is undergoing a resurgence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, it’s already adding significantly to ocean plastic pollution. Here are 5 ways to protect yourself from Covid-19 while staying plastic-free. Of course, the plastics industry wants us to believe this. To them, it’s life-saving.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

RECYCLED PLASTIC. Recycled plastic used in construction offers a building material that has a lower carbon footprint and is stronger than brick, all while tackling our plastic waste problem ( 367 million metric tons produced globally in 2020). Recycled plastic. Recycled-plastic roofing shingles. Recycled steel.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

With this in mind, this Green Business Bureau article has been created to act as your quick guide to address some of the main sustainability issues the manufacturing industry faces. bubble wrap and plastic sheets). For instance, cardboard can be replaced with eco-friendly plastics such as those made from cornstarch.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

With this in mind, we’ve created this Green Business Bureau article to act as your starter coffee shop sustainability guide, giving you 5 top tips to kick-start your sustainability program. The creation of a sustainable coffee shop will go beyond the top tips given in this article. Tip #5: Work to eliminate single-use plastics.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

To divert waste items away from landfills and to meet the demands of a circular economy, you’ll need an effective waste management system, which is comprised of the following key elements: Waste recycling : Waste items such as plastic, glass, aluminum, and food can be recycled. Today, the company is almost entirely paperless.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Such waste items include dunnage , shoring, pallets, lining, transit and packing materials, plywood, paper, cardboard, wire, plastic wrapping, and steel strapping. Tip #2 – Reduce the use of plastic : Eliminate plastic bottles and bags; use reusable bags, and introduce water dispensers throughout the office.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 3, 2020

Related: PANGAIA presents FLWRDWN, a down alternative made from biodegradable wildflowers According to the company, 100 billion articles of clothing and 500 billion plastic bottles are produced annually, with half ending up in landfills. Read more here: These recycled plastic tracksuits are naturally dyed with plants.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

All 10 steps below were summarized in the first article, The Executive Guide for Becoming a Sustainable Business : Step 1: Define your vision, mission and values. Today’s article will cover Step 5, a blueprint for a sustainability plan. Do we use plastic bottles for water? Reduce packaging that is non-biodegradable.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

This article aims to guide you through hosting an unforgettable yet eco-conscious event from start to finish. Rethink your approach by using items that can be re-purposed or are biodegradable. Consideration of materials beforehand can greatly reduce the actual waste produced, so avoid disposables and single-use plastics.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There are no ‘silver bullet’ solutions to plastics Lauren Phipps Mon, 12/07/2020 – 01:30 Every so often, a corporate announcement gets under my skin. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2020

One example is Loliware , the seaweed-based straw company that received some attention amid the 2018 wave of activism against single-use plastic straws. It allows us to really mimic plastic at a very high degree.". This article is adapted from GreenBiz's weekly newsletter, Circular Weekly, running Fridays. Subscribe here.

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Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

In this article, we will explore the range of options available for sustainable funerals – from what happens with the body, to wakes and house clearances. The body becomes brittle and breaks up into small particles which are freeze dried and placed into a biodegradable container for burial. Biodegradable urns.

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