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Cool collaboration? Firms showcase SIM card made from recycled refrigerators

Envirotec Magazine

Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The polymer plastic found in high concentrations in waste electrical and electronic equipment is processed at Veolia’s recycling plant in France.

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Used coffee pods can be recycled to produce filaments for 3D printing

Envirotec Magazine

The plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, according to British and Brazilian researchers who claim to have successfully tested a process to do so. The extruded material is then cooled and spooled to produce the filament of interest,” he explained.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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5 companies that are using nature to redefine good design

GreenBiz

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. This week, 10 nature-inspired designers were announced as finalists for the Ray of Hope Prize, created to honor the legacy of sustainability visionary and Interface founder Ray C. Infinite Cooling.

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Building Sustainability Checklist: 28 Tips to Make Your Building More Eco-Friendly

Green Business Bureau

Building Sustainability Checklist: 28 Tips to Make Your Building More Eco-Friendly. Becoming a more sustainable business starts with having green buildings and infrastructure. A building is considered sustainable/green because of its design, construction, and operational characteristics.

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Building better: Making the transition from operational carbon to embodied carbon measurement

Envirotec Magazine

When thinking about the construction sector and emissions, the first thing that may spring to mind is the CO2 created when heating, cooling and lighting the structure. Historically, building regulators have looked to “operational carbon” in buildings as an indication of sustainability.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

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.