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Sustainable Packaging: Biodegradable and Eco-Friendly Options For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Customers expect it and the health of our planet demands it. From post-consumer recycled paper products to unique biodegradable materials, here’s a great overview of the latest options for your business shipping needs. It is biodegradable and recyclable, and can often be used for renewable energy.

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How Big a Difference Can Biodegradable Straws Make to the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

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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GBB Member, Chlorophyll Water, Launches Landfill Biodegradable Bottles

Green Business Bureau

According to the press release , “Chlorophyll Water has integrated a proprietary organic additive into the bottle mold of their 100% recyclable, BPA-free and non-toxic 20 fluid ounce bottle that accelerates the natural biodegradation of their bottle in biologically active landfills and anaerobic digesters.

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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. These chemicals have had unforeseen adverse effects, largely because of their non-biodegradability.

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5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021

GreenBiz

Some bio-based materials such as bio-PET are derived from biological materials, but are not biodegradable. Meanwhile, other bio-based materials such as PLA, (polylactic acid), a natural polymer made from corn starch or sugar cane, is biodegradable, although not in the way a consumer might assume it to be. .

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Unilever unveils climate and nature fund worth more than $1 billion

GreenBiz

It also outlined its intention to work with other businesses and organizations to standardize emissions data collection, sharing, and communication. 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.

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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

Practical alternatives to non-biodegradable plastics that are the scourge of the oceans are under development. Climate change scientists, soil experts and agri-manufacturers need to understand the role of micro-organisms and their interactions both in relation to each other and with the active ingredients of agri-chemicals.

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