Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

The group believes that it will be possible to develop and scale the first biodegradable PLFs and advance circular economy infrastructure for these chemicals by 2030. Thanks to our involvement, we have established a new research partnership with York and Nottingham universities in which we’re using AI to help create biodegradable PLFs.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. By sourcing carbon-capturing, regenerative seaweed, Loliware is helping to rebuild and regenerate marine ecosystems on the Eastern Shore in the U.S. . Producing just 2.69

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbon impact of waste down 1.1 Carbon impact of Scottish household waste continues to decrease. The Scottish carbon metric measures the whole-life impact of resources. This is measured in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). The carbon impact of household waste generated and managed in 2018 was 5.7 tonnes per person.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Polymer scientists from the University of Groningen have developed a starch-based polymer that makes it possible to create a fully biodegradable soft material for sensors. Lan, Loos, and their colleagues have developed an alternative to these complex polymers: a biodegradable material that decomposes in a matter of weeks to a few months.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Through a carbon-sequestering manufacturing process, Biohm uses landfill-bound commercial and agricultural byproducts to grow mycelium for its products. The London-based startup also manufactures a biodegradable alternative to wood-based sheet materials using byproducts from food production. . Impossible Materials.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

The consumer goods giant unveiled its new Climate and Nature Fund on Monday as it set out a raft of fresh sustainability goals, which include plans to end deforestation in its supply chain and communicate the carbon footprint of every product it sells. Carbon Removal. In the end, they are the stewards of the land.". Corporate Strategy.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

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. What are bioplastics and are they truly biodegradable? Types of Bioplastic Degradability.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Contamination of waste streams, haulage costs and “compostable” materials that don’t actually biodegrade are all part of the problem. Jim Giles, Food and Carbon Analyst, GreenBiz Group . According to the most recent EPA data, less than 10 percent of food waste finds its way into composting systems. Holly Secon. Thu, 09/10/2020 - 20:34.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2025

The new system developed by UT Austin addresses these limitations by leveraging natural, biodegradable materials and reducing energy demand. Traditional sorbents, often crafted from petrochemicals, leave an ecological footprint due to their energy-intensive production and non-biodegradability.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures. As a result, it claims the container is fully biodegradeable and compostable, and can break down in the natural environmental without causing any harmful impact within 12 months.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Yet, at the same time, the pandemic has led to a surge in environmental and sustainability awareness by showing how much carbon emissions can drop, or wildlife can flourish, when the world’s economic engine slows down. . Some bio-based materials such as bio-PET are derived from biological materials, but are not biodegradable.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

New “bio” ropes made from biomaterials have the potential to replace conventional plastics of fossil origin in mussel and algae cultivation, say the groups behind their development, who claim sustainability advantages including up to 34% carbon footprint reduction compared to ropes made from conventional plastics.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 7, 2024

Over the past six months, the Greentown Go Make 2023 startup cohort has worked closely with Shell to accelerate partnerships to deploy and commercialize technologies for carbon utilization, storage, and traceability. “The Go Make 2023 program was incredibly transformational for our company,” says Caravel Bio’s CEO Emily Weinberg.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

The other side of the equation involves purchasing organic/natural, biodegradable mattresses. While there’s not a mattress available on the market today that will completely break down without a trace, there are 95 percent biodegradable mattress options. The problem of mattress disposal can be confronted from two sides.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

While you can’t determine what guests do with their leftovers once they leave, you can provide to-go boxes made from sustainable materials that are compostable, biodegradable, or made from post-consumer recycled content. Take-out packaging accounts for a fair portion of waste that can be allocated to restaurants. Restaurant Recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Soil plays a major part in the carbon capture cycle. Trees capture carbon monoxide, then transmit the carbon through to microbes in the soil, where it is held. The microbiome holds the key to soil’s carbon capture. The filmmakers clearly demonstrate soil’s central role in capturing atmospheric carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 30, 2022

Under anaerobic conditions, common microbial communities can break the ultra-strong carbon-fluorine bond. Under anaerobic conditions, a carbon-carbon double bond is crucial for the shattering the ultra-strong carbon-fluorine bond by microbial communities. Microbes capable of doing this type of defluorination are not rare.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Many popular fruits and vegetables that stay in stock year-long like blueberries and kiwi are often shipped from other countries and contribute to tons of carbon emissions. Fruits and tree nuts require less land and water, making these foods a low-carbon option. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2021

If you’re a committed green business looking for eco-friendly ways to package your product, then you’ll be delighted to know the market is growing with boxing and shipping options that are reusable, recyclable, biodegradable, and made from recycled material. Even better, all EcoEnclose boxes are 100% recyclable and biodegradable!

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Many popular fruits and vegetables that stay in stock year-long like blueberries and kiwi are often shipped from other countries and contribute to tons of carbon emissions. Fruits and tree nuts require less land and water, making these foods a low-carbon option. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Swiss firm bolsters its science-based targets with plans to become carbon neutral, and then carbon positive by 2030. But yesterday the firm announced plans to go further, by offsetting its residual direct business emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, before becoming 'carbon positive' by 2030.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 12, 2021

Green Team leaders, Adam and Christopher, are diligent in their research of their suppliers to ensure that the materials they source are coming from like minded organizations that put an emphasis on environmental health, giving back and carbon emission reduction. ” A Green Culture With Engaged Employees.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 4, 2022

Operating across the San Francisco Bay and Minneapolis metropolitan areas, Mulberrys Garment Care is a luxury dry cleaner that prides itself on its carbon neutral and eco-friendly practices. They even wrap customers’ clothing in recyclable, biodegradable packaging. Net-Zero Champions. Policy Makes The Difference.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Seagrass meadows play a crucial role in maintaining healthy marine environments, fostering biodiversity, and mitigating climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. of the seafloor [source: Duarte et al., 2005b; Kennedy et al.,

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

This breaks apart the chemical bonds in the lignocellulosic material, improving biodegradability and allowing the organisms responsible for anaerobic digestion to act on a greater surface area of material (therefore allowing higher loading rates or shorter retention times).

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 11, 2024

Hydrogen can play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of the UK economy, especially where that hydrogen is “green” with zero carbon emissions. As methane is 28 times more potent a greenhouse gas compared to carbon dioxide, each molecule of methane captured is a significant gain in steps to reduce global warming.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Oskar Modin and fellow researchers measured the concentration of virus particles that were released from four different wastewater treatment plants in Sweden and compared this with how much organic carbon was released at the same time. Organic carbon in the water affects the efficiency of these processes.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. Synthetic fabrics such as polyester – which accounted for 52% of global fiber production in 2018 – take hundreds of years to biodegrade. To ensure all aspects of your brand is sustainable, switch to biodegradable packagings like paper, cellulose, hemp, and other plant materials.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals. The firm expects its new programme to reduce the carbon footprint of its product formulations by a fifth.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tip #2: Seek goods and materials that are biodegradable and compostable : Products that are made from 100% biodegradable and compostable materials contribute less waste to landfills. Tip #3: Choose materials that do not include toxins : Even materials that are biodegradable and recyclable can negatively impact the environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

The researchers’ starting sorbent materials of choice will be optimized and chemically tailored biochar and clay, which will be functionalized by the addition of metal oxides and biodegradable polymers. The nutrient-loaded biochar will then be used for agricultural applications in Maui, for which there is high demand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

BusinessGreen rounds up all the crucial findings in the Climate Change Committee's mammoth 450 page report on how to meet the UK's carbon targets. Whether the UK's carbon budgets for 2023-27 and 2028-32 need amending to reflect this, however, will be for the government to decide, the CCC says. Buildings and heating.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

For example, facilities that adopt cleaning products in powder or concentrate, in reusable containers, could shrink their shipping costs and carbon footprint while increasing profit margins. But they will find plenty of low-hanging fruit that can reduce operating and capital costs. Chief marketing officers.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

“It can facilitate the mineralisation of a large range of organic pollutants, like azo dyes , into water and carbon dioxide molecules with a high degradation efficiency.” A wide range of chemical industries, including dye manufacture, textile and cosmetics production, release toxic and non-biodegradable dyes into the environment.

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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. gluten-free) and carbon neutral shipping on all deliveries. Green Paper Products offers a variety of biodegradable and compostable plates, cups and cutlery as well as party ware for your Employee of the Month celebration.

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