Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

Biodegradable vs compostable: Addressing the confusion. Biodegradable vs compostable: Which material would you choose ? As the bio-based industry grows, we’re witnessing an increasing number of biodegradable and compostable claims. As such, this Green Business Bureau article defines biodegradable and compostable.

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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. Despite their ubiquity and usefulness, most PLFs are not currently recyclable and are made using fossil-based petrochemical sources.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. If it’s going to be sorted anyway, it doesn’t hurt.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. From post-consumer recycled paper products to unique biodegradable materials, here’s a great overview of the latest options for your business shipping needs.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. In the Loop.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics. 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. Only five years ago, few corporate leaders had plastic pollution on their official radar.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We know you’re conscientious about water consumption by turning off the faucet while you brush, but there’s that seldom discussed issue of toothbrush waste, mostly plastic, that equates to around 1,000,000,000 toothbrushes heading to the landfill annually, and that’s just in the United States.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Delivering on their corporate mission and promise to create a deliver environmentally friendly bottles and packaging, Chlorophyll Water has announced that they have achieved a major step in their commitment to limit and ultimately cease their contribution to the world’s plastic epidemic.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2021

We’ve written about the problems with single-use coffee pods before — a majority of these little capsules end up in landfills and contribute to the world’s growing plastic pollution issues.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

percentage point increase in recycling levels on the previous year. tonnes recycled, 0.11 was recycled, a 0.3 The recycling figure includes recycling and reuse (657,000 tonnes) and composting (355,000 tonnes).  Waste recycled and diverted from landfill The 2022 recycling rate was 43.3%, up 0.3

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A Brooklyn-based startup is building electric motorcycles that are made from recyclable and natural biodegradable materials. The side panels are made from flax seed rather than plastic, and the pigments that color the bodywork are derived from natural algae. Electric, but also with the least harm to our environment.”.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. .

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

Company inks memorandum of understanding with Plastic Energy to explore feasibility of new facility capable of processing previously unrecyclable plastic film. The plan would see a new Plastic Energy chemical recycling plant co-located with one of Viridor's waste-to-energy plants.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. A 2015 study by the UK waste and recycling advisory body Wrap estimated that of the 7.3 tonnes was actually edible.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

is aiding the world in the fight against single-use plastic waste by offering a variety of biodegradable organic bamboo products for personal use, homes and businesses. From disposable utensils to dental and hair care, EcoLuxe has an array of eco-friendly alternatives to help you reduce your plastic footprint.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2019

The beer giant is promising to cut emissions by 50 percent and ensure all packaging is reusable, recyclable, compostable or biodegradeable by 2025.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. tonnes recycled, 0.14 This is the eighth consecutive decrease in household waste landfilled since 2011 – and for the third consecutive year there was more Scottish waste recycled (1.1

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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

AUGUST 2, 2022

WRAP’s first International Grants competition, The International Circular Plastics Flagship Competition – developed and delivered in partnership with UKRI – has awarded funding of £1.2 million to six UK based innovators to work with international partners to tackle plastic related issues in India, Chile, South Africa and Kenya.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Environmental arguments are continuing to be made both for and against the inclusion of compostable plastics in the government's planned plastics tax.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Bioplastics, biodegradable plastics, … The post Bioplastics, Biodegradable Plastics, & Compostable Plastics: What’s the Difference? View post: Bioplastics, Biodegradable Plastics, & Compostable Plastics: What’s the Difference? appeared first on Earth 911.

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GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

There are several new and emerging technologies for recycling that are being developed and implemented around the world. Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Initiative aims to encourage banks to adopt credit and debit cards made from recycled, chlorine-free, biodegradable and ocean plastics. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

percentage point reduction in household recycling rates from 2019 to 42%. Household waste recycled and landfilled decreases. Scotland’s overall household waste recycling rate reduced from 44.9% The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02 Household waste generated increased 0.3% million tonnes.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 25, 2021

But what if those pesky toothpaste tubes were made of something biodegradable ? But this sustainable toothpaste from Rocc Naturals is aiming to help manage this ever-growing plastic crisis. It’s packaged in biodegradable tubes, which can be a big step toward lessening the plastics nightmare the Earth currently finds itself in.

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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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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. Plastic is absolutely everywhere.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. A boom is filled with plastic, and yet was only able to collect small amounts of it due to much of the debris passing it by. km2 to 0.77km2.

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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. Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 14, 2020

Just in time to celebrate National Forest Week from July 13 to July 19, fashion brand Solo New York is planting one tree per purchase for its line of affordable bags made from recycled plastic bottles. The first run of the company’s Re:cycled Collection recycled over 90,000 bottles, and this is just the beginning.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives.

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Green Living Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Four students from the University of Arkansas have launched a startup company around technology developed by U of M biochemist Simo Sarkanen, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, that would manufacture biodegradable plastic shopping bags. According to Cao, one million plastic bags are used globally every minute.

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