Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Landscape Team Manager for Agrovista Amenity, Ed Smith, said: “Although they play a vital role in establishing young saplings, there has also been some negativity surrounding tree guards and their impact on the environment. Flat packed and easy to install, says the firm, the guards are secured with a cane, negating the need for plastic ties.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Dame Ellen MacArthur, founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which has been instrumental in catalyzing collective corporate action to address key circular economy issues such as plastics and food waste, kicked off the conference. Today's carbon-negative fuel. Join the webcast at 1 p.m. ESG values and a sustainable future.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But pleather and vegan leather bring their own problems as well, as these alternatives are usually made from plastics. Plastic pollution is part of what pushed Lina M. The end-product is carbon-negative, González explains, because the microbes upcycle carbon and SpadXTech exclusively plans to use renewable energy for its processes.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

But as sterile as those labs may appear, they have a dirty secret: immense carbon footprints. Labs also send massive amounts of water down the drain and discard possibly billions of pounds of single-use plastics every year. In many cases, product developments in support of sustainability also reduce laboratory risk.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Hailing from KAUST and Aarhus University, the co-authors outline a prospectus for the cultivation and use of seaweed as a carbon capture technology, a job and tax revenue generator, and a food source. Our research consolidates seaweed farming as an underpinning of a sustainable future,” said lead author Professor Carlos Duarte. “It

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If we're going to make sure that we're using more recycled content, if we're going to ensure that we're going to reduce carbon emissions, then we need to be tracking that. Its broader sustainability targets include getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. . said Anna Marciano, head of U.S. legal sustainability at Nestlé USA. "If

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GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2020

services sector posted its biggest contraction in more than a decade and the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history. Dunkin' switches to plastic-free cups and plans to double number of green restaurants. Pernod Ricard moves up ban on single-use plastics to 2021. When the U.S. More than 300 companies push U.S.

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FuelCellsWorks

MAY 30, 2024

An innovative Gloucestershire-based energy company is paving the way to achieving net zero by turning wood, plants and even plastic waste into carbon-negative hydrogen. And if it takes off, it.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Today's carbon-negative fuel. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. UL and HP Inc.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards. Now, it captures industrial waste gasses, such as CO2 and CO, and recycles them into the chemicals used to make everything from plastics to medical supplies to fabric for Lululemon.

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Grist

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and policymakers have proposed solutions like installing renewable energy, replacing gasoline-powered cars with electric ones, and developing technology to suck carbon out of the air. A forest of quiver trees in Namibias biodiverse southern region.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. Plastic pollution is a problem greatly impacting the health of NYC waterways. While leading Park Over Plastic, we have faced innovation gaps or times when there isn’t a viable replacement for some single-use plastics.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester appears to show. Macroplastics – or plastic litter more than 5mm in size – travel much slower through river systems than previously believed, at an average speed of less than 0.01

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards. Now, it captures industrial waste gasses, such as CO2 and CO, and recycles them into the chemicals used to make everything from plastics to medical supplies to fabric for Lululemon.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

A series of adverts that claimed plastic grass is "eco-friendly" and can "purify" the air have today been branded as "misleading", "unsubstantiated", and guilty of making exaggerated environmental claims by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). But the ASA upheld the complaints on all counts.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like. So could such a treaty ever work in the same way for another, interconnected, cross-border environmental crisis facing the planet: plastic pollution?

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2022

From carbon emissions via the shipping, manufacturing, and order fulfillment processes, to excess packaging on the consumer end. When it comes to eCommerce waste generation, plastic packaging is one of the industry’s most glaring issues. For emissions that can’t be reduced, look to purchase carbon offsets.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

We see customers demanding action on carbon emissions, investment firms structuring new green products and governments developing regulations to support the transition to a sustainable future. Its framework excludes areas such as plastics in the oceanic food chain and the loss of soil fertility. Richard Mattison.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Now is the time for real action to ensure societies stop wasting resources with all the related negative consequences. They maximize captures of high quality, high carbon-intensity material while reducing litter. As of 2021, the IVAR IKS ranks 1st in Norway in post-consumer plastic packaging collection rates.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Another advantage is greener engineering, including low energy requirements since the system has an efficient design and a small carbon footprint. It operates on demand, and incorporates failover systems that reduce any possible negative environmental impact. It is built with 316 stainless steel and minimal plastic.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Carbon-free “green” hydrogen is produced using electrolyzers to split water molecules to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen. This is where grid operators shut down access to the grid or adopt pricing mechanisms to generate negative pricing to reduce production. Making hydrogen competitive. The result is curtailment.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This article discusses measures the seafood industry can take in order to limit their negative impact on our world’s oceans. Prevent ocean waste from plastic netting. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 6, 2023

None of the climate solutions are perfect – I know electric cars don’t fix congestion, require mining of minerals and have their own substantial carbon footprint, but they are most definitely better than ICE cars. Every kilo of carbon avoided makes climate change the teensiest bit less bad, so there is never an excuse to do nothing.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2021

Without the proper procedures and policies, marinas and boatyards have a major negative impact on the environment, hurting their reputation, their business and the planet. Landfill pollution – Plastic shrink-wrap, bottles, packaging and materials are not being properly recycled and disposed of. The Case for Marina Sustainability.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And reduce plastic waste, while we’re at it? Across these applications, MettleWood could replace significant portions of the steel, concrete, and hard plastics used in buildings today, leading to meaningful decarbonization. What, then, if we could turbocharge wood to replace these emissions-heavy materials?

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Rinexii

OCTOBER 23, 2020

While no one liked messages about self sacrifice for the planet, conservatives responded most negatively. Unfortunately, even if you were able to completely eliminate your carbon footprint, it wouldn’t make a noticeable dent in current carbon emissions. Picking up litter doesn’t stop the problem of plastic.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies are being adopted too slowly to achieve even the IPCC’s 2.0° But it could be a potential feedstock for everything from cement and building aggregates to polyurethane foams and plastics. upper limit for global warming, according to a new McKinsey study.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Could the planet-littering plastic bag be on the way out? The plastic bag has become a nemesis of the environmental movement. About four trillion single-use plastic bags are used across the globe each year. Sway replaces traditional plastic with a seaweed-derived material. Reuse and refill. Enabling technology.

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

Clad in knee-high rain boots and carrying two shallow plastic crates, we approached the shoreline. You have to take care not to disturb the sediment,” Nichols warned, setting down a plastic crate on the wet sand. Standing in the crates helps distribute weight, so we wouldn’t leave scars in the sediment as we walked across the sand.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Ultracapacitors complement batteries in the grid-scale use of renewable energy, and by supporting locally farmed hemp, the startup says it’s both sequestering carbon in hemp and “sequestering wealth” in the farmers’ communities. gigatons of carbon by 2050 (through supporting the use of renewables) and can sequester 2.2

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 15, 2021

Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Reducing the carbon footprint of their data centers was a top priority for the WHC team, so the company powers all its servers and systems using renewable energy from their Canadian hydroelectric grid.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Renew CO 2 offers cost-competitive, carbon-negative monoethylene glycol. Sustonable mixes post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, recycled glass, and natural stone to create a circular, high-quality surface material that can be used for kitchen tops, wall panels, and furniture.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30.

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