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Biodegradable Luminescent Polymers for Reducing Electronic Waste: A Bright Idea for a Greener Future

GreenTech Gazette

Enter biodegradable luminescent polymersa dazzling innovation that promises to light up our lives while leaving a lighter footprint on the planet. The rest ends up in landfills or is illegally shipped to developing countries, where informal recycling practices expose workers to dangerous toxins. Clearly, we need a better way.

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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging

Green Business Bureau

Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging.

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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging

Green Business Bureau

Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging.

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Eco friendly Plastic Bag Alternatives for Sustainable Retail Businesses

Green Business Bureau

These plastic bags aren’t biodegradable, meaning they reside in the environment and take up to 1000 years to break down. And even then, the bags only break down to remain as microplastics that accumulate within the food chain. Microplastics enter food chains, transferring from one species to another.

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'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan

Business Green

It focuses on ensuring products placed on the EU market are designed to last longer, are easier to reuse, repair, and recycle, and incorporate as much recycled material as possible rather than being made from primary raw materials, the Commission explained.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Smart Gravel is three times lighter than mineral stone, has ten times better thermal and acoustic insulation properties, is long-lasting and proven to not break down into toxic leachate or microplastic particles. BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED INSULATION. Arqlite provides their leachate and toxicology reports online. CARPETING AND FLOORING.

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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too

The Verge: Energy

Bridgestone’s goal is also 2050 but is introducing models now with an increased focus on sustainability, like the Turanza EV , made of 50 percent renewable and recycled materials. Dunlop is promising 40 percent of its tires will be renewable by the end of this decade and 100 percent by 2050. When it rains, it is carried away.