Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Biodegradable straws are one of the alternatives available that fit these criteria. Biodegradable materials such as paper, on the other hand, can break down in a matter of months – or even weeks. In this article, we want to share some of the real environmental benefits that biodegradable straws promise.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Google prides itself on having been carbon-neutral since 2007, with data centers that use 50% less energy than is typical. And the company is the world’s largest buyer of renewable energy. Where do companies like Google get all that renewable energy? Another entertaining speaker was Sara Carroll of Swinerton Renewable Energy.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

This is because composting facilities optimize the organic breakdown of food to reduce the amount of methane emitted. Tip #14 – Switch to biodegradable, and other alternative forms of eco-friendly packaging : Do your research and make the switch to use packaging materials that cause less harm to the environment. Hazardous waste.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

The selection features three startups within each clean economy market we focus on at our annual VERGE event — carbon removal, energy, food systems, infrastructure (new this year) and mobility. Speirs and her team at Solstice are on a mission to bring affordable renewable energy to the 80 percent of Americans who cannot install rooftop solar.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. For each material type, we’ve indicated how much waste ended up in a landfill, was recycled, composted, or combusted for energy (measured by weight generated in 1,000 U.S. Combustion with energy generated. Waste contamination : Controlled storage.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Hotels require a vast amount of energy and resources in order to run, and with this comes an equally vast amount of waste generated. Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. Having strategies in place to manage, reduce or eliminate waste is essential.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

(Once the pandemic shut down campus activity, SCU pivoted and developed citizen science pursuits such as tree tracking and energy insights programs, encouraging students to engage in their local urban forest and community's renewable energy goals.) Student interns manage and control one of the microgrids.)

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

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