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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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

From post-consumer recycled paper products to unique biodegradable materials, here’s a great overview of the latest options for your business shipping needs. Recyclable materials : These materials can be sent to the appropriate facilities for processing to be subsequently recycled into new raw material.

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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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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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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. The London-based startup also manufactures a biodegradable alternative to wood-based sheet materials using byproducts from food production. . New Iridium. Interested in more on the Circular Economy?

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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

APRIL 10, 2024

It’s described as the first fully recyclable paper crisp packet by The British Crisp Co., Consumers can dispose of the new crisp packet in their normal kerbside recycling collection along with their other paper recyclable items. It uses an innovative polymer, Hydropol, instead of conventional plastic.

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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. It turns out there are two types of receipts floating around out there.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2021

There are plenty of alternatives, from biodegradable and compostable pods to refillable pods, but for coffee lovers reluctant to switch to sustainable alternatives, there’s the Cup Hero.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2019

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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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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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A Brooklyn-based startup is building electric motorcycles that are made from recyclable and natural biodegradable materials. The aluminum frame is recyclable, and the battery pack is designed to be swappable. The idea was to create the motorcycle of tomorrow,” Tarform founder Taras Kravtchouk told the New York Times. “If

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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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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today. But let’s recycle it into energy” by incinerating it.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

The first is to recycle old mattresses, reusing their components to make new products. The other side of the equation involves purchasing organic/natural, biodegradable mattresses. Mattress Recycling Mattresses are a complex product with numerous recyclable components.

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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 The total amount of Scottish household waste recycled was 1.02

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

was recycled, a 0.2% The reduction in household and similar wastes comes as the waste management sector is preparing for the 2025 ban of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill. “Waste reduction and recycling are integral to Scotland’s circular economy vision, and the latest data shows we’re making great progress.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

A new adhesive derived from materials including food waste should enable 90 percent of engineered wood products, such as furniture and construction boards, to become fully recyclable and help to develop a circular economy in this sector, says the firm marketing it. The new adhesive is claimed to be sustainable and non-toxic.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. With limited global composting infrastructure, the likelihood that a theoretically biodegradable bottle will be composted in practice is low. Respectfully, I’m calling it B.S. . Featured Column.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 16, 2021

In 2019 Watson Gloves introduced Green Monkey biodegradable gloves made with a Reclaim additive that accelerates biodegradation in modern landfill conditions and enables these gloves to effectively degrade into organic matter and renewable biogas. biodegradation in 233 days). in 390 days.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

The film is compostable and biodegradable on land and sea without human intervention. The project will demonstrate the ability to decontaminate the material to a suitable level, such that it can be recycled and used in new packaging applications. The seaweed-based film is natural, and in certain applications even edible.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The problem with voluntary commitments and group initiatives is also a lack of ambition and a focus on end-of-pipe solutions, such as clean-ups, products’ recyclability or biodegradability. In 1990, for example, the company committed to having 25% recycled content in their bottles, but 30 years later they are only at 10%.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

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. Last year, the company pledged to halve its use of virgin plastic and ensure it collects and recycles more plastic packaging than it sells.

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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 materials directory launched to spur shift away from non-recyclable credit cards. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Only certain types of plastic are able to be recycled and even then, recycling used items into new material can only happen a few times before the material completely loses its durability and value. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. Keep it simple.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel is biodegradable—up to four times faster than petroleum diesel—and nontoxic. Stricter environmental norms and fossil fuel pollution call for cleaner fuels such as biodiesel.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Wild claims that its new deodorant line, which comes in a range of scents including coconut, rose, mint, and orange, is the first to be both 100 per cent compostable and biodegradable.

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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. Eco-friendly Boxes Today: The Truth About Cardboard.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

The recommendations contained within the report include revalorising plastic ‘waste’ to support green growth and incentivise the emergence of next generation plastics production and recycling technologies. Incentives for waste management bodies to recirculate plastics, fostering the growth of new production and recycling technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

Technical, environmental and economic sustainability Researchers also observed and evaluated the sustainability of the prototypes, considering technical, environmental and economic aspects.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

Waste and resource giant Viridor has today announced that it has commenced feasibility work on a new project that would allow 30,000 tonnes of previously unrecyclable thin film plastic to be processed each year using a new technology that makes such materials 'infinitely recyclable'.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2021

But national recycling rate remains well short of 50 per cent goal, as sluggish progress that dominated the past decade continues. Despite modest improvements, less than half of our domestic waste is recycled, with the rest either burned or buried," she said. per cent during the 2019 calendar year. per cent, and Scotland on 44.9

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Only certain types of plastic are able to be recycled and even then, recycling used items into new material can only happen a few times before the material completely loses its durability and value. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. Keep it simple.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and even Tupperware have signed on with governments and NGOs to do away with "unnecessary" plastics and innovate so that other plastics will be reused, recycled or composted; and kept out of natural systems. Plastics Pact by EMF, The Recycling Partnership and WWF. Chief marketing officers.

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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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