GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

I hope you’ve downloaded our latest free report, "Engaging Middle America in Recycling Solutions.". Tue, 09/22/2020 - 01:00. We also wanted to understand what could keep them engaged once they understood that they need to do things better or differently to ensure everything they chuck in the bin actually gets recycled.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Use of resources has tripled (automatic PDF download) since 1970 and could double again by 2050 if business continues as usual. For example, shifting towards recycled materials would alleviate the need to produce virgin plastics and synthetic fibers, which would significantly reduce fossil fuel use and associated emissions.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

We were just as worried about plastics in the ocean and climate change in early March as we were last summer, but that concern plummeted in May. . For instance, last summer the one environmental issue 27 percent of us felt we actually could do something about was plastic waste. This was not the case pre-pandemic.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With data illustrating how to enhance design for recycling guidance, improve design decisions and optimise sorting of flexible plastic packaging with NIR. CEFLEX worked with stakeholders from across the value chain to assemble the extensive set of packaging material samples for testing.

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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. Download it here. Join us during Climate Week at noon EDT Sept. State of the Profession.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

The fund aims to help reduce litter and increase recycling by collecting more glass, plastic bottles and cans and put these items back in the loop to be recycled. million plastic and glass bottles and cans collected and recycled. Combined, these projects saw over 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

Today, food packaging is predominantly plastic and recycling rates are relatively low. Recycling rates for plastics are also projected to grow. Download the report for more analysis of trends in sustainable food packaging.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Why every C-suite officer should care about plastic waste. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Download it here. Plastic Waste. Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:21. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:30).

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These areas installed and tested a range of bright, colourful and eye-catching bins to make it as easy as possible for people to recycle empty glass, plastic bottles, cans, and in some cases coffee cups, and therefore improve recycling rates. million plastic and glass bottles and cans were collected and recycled.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Here are some highlights from this week's precursor, which featured an interview on the viability of reusable packaging, and two panel sessions — one on the future of recycled plastics in an age of cheap oil and one on the role of repair in circular economy strategies. Download it here. Register here for the session at 1 p.m.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can download the entire report here. It is being considered more often as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging , which gives farmers another potential buyer. Aquaculture becomes a net-positive. Heather Clancy. Mon, 02/22/2021 - 00:15. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

A key element of this is reducing plastic waste; the OECD estimated that over 350 million metric tonnes of plastic waste was generated globally in 2019. Addressing plastic waste generation requires solutions from every sector, especially the plastics packaging sector, which utilizes about one-third of annual plastics production.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Download it here. Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:08).

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ (NFTs) could serve as a material passport across the plastic supply chain, by Robert Weegenaar Summary - Blockchains are proving extremely useful for tracking materials across all sorts of supply chains and creating transparent and immutable audit trails. Crypto’s are HOT at the moment. What are NFTs?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

And in 2021, more plastic waste was recycled domestically than exported, for the first time. For example, we can see that since 2011, UK domestic recycling of plastic packaging has increased steadily. In 2021, it exceeded the amount of plastic waste exported for the first time. To download the reports in full, visit: [link]

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The document – called ‘Selection and installation of plastic inspection chambers for underground drain and sewer systems’ – emphasises the importance of product choice and correct specification for operational efficiency and asset longevity.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

” Camilla Zerr, Plastics campaigner at Friends of the Earth said: “Plastic is one of the main materials sent to incinerators, creating significant quantities of climate-wrecking carbon dioxide when burnt.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

And yet craft brewers often feel they have no choice but to contaminate aluminium beverage cans with plastic labels or shrink sleeves. Here, Rob Day, CEO at Tonejet looks at beverage can decoration, the damage caused by the use of plastic labels and sleeves on cans and why alternative digital technologies are the sustainable solution.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 20, 2023

There is an urgent need to increase the availability of recyclates that meet industry requirements and boost the overall volume of recycled content in plastic products, says the report from Eunomia Research & Consulting. The full report is available for download here.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

Food waste is worse for the planet than plastic short-term in terms of carbon emissions. When food is thrown away, that wastes not only its nutritional value but also the water, soil, nutrients, work hours, energy, transport and plastic packaging involved in producing and selling it. The guide can be downloaded here.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2023

There are many changes to what plastics can now be recycled. Under the old guidelines, plastics with the chasing arrow resin codes 1-7 could be recycled. Now, fewer plastics are able to be recycled. Here is an overview on what you can and can’t recycle, including tips on how to recycle plastic.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Download EDF's Circularity Report “Circular Economy Crucial for Paris Climate Goals,” United Nations Climate Change, 2019 How did we get here? Download EDF's Circularity Report Circularity requires rethinking traditional linear models of production and consumption and instead adopting a more sustainable, closed-loop system.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 24, 2022

Download Now. Eliminate plastic. Download Now. Topics include Laying the Foundation, Launching the Program, Environmental Initiatives, Social Responsibility Initiatives, Embracing Accountability, Celebrating Success, Completing a Certification, and Creating a Marketing Plan. Make a big deal with a company wide launch meeting.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

At DuPont, we’re developing adhesive and plastic solutions that help automakers worldwide produce EVs that perform better than ever. Here are four ways DuPont adhesives and plastics are moving EVs forward. Please download the complete VW/BETAMATE 2090 case study below.]. Safer, cooler, and longer-lasting batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women. Download the presentation on the report. Download the full report. These engagements were formally submitted to be part of the WCEF+Climate Action Statement.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

However, the new research – carried out by plastic pollution campaign group City to Sea – appeared to reveal that: Consumer demand is high. Sales have outperformed their forecast and some products such as the citrus washing-up liquid have even beaten sales of the single-use plastic-packaged equivalent in one of the pilot stores.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

Hubbub's Trewin Restorick asks the burning question on plastic waste. The animated video and audio track by Huey Morgan can be downloaded from here. Every year, three billion hot drink cups are used in the UK and it's estimated that less than five per cent are sold to people bringing a reusable cup.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

The Fairphone3 Plus (FP3+) retains the same design as the existing model but features improved front and rear camera and audio modules with a larger proportion of post-consumer recycled plastics used in its manufacture. The camera upgrades gave us that opportunity, especially around the plastics.

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Ethics Plastics Recycling Recycling 83

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We are determined to tackle plastic waste and one of the ways we can help is by improving reuse options available to customers. For the in-store trial, customers will be asked to return empty containers to the store and download the 'Loop deposit' app to scan the containers and receive their deposits.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 1, 2020

How hard would it be to say no to single-use plastics for an entire month? People who sign up for Plastic Free July are about to find out. The global movement is asking people around the world to be part of the plastic pollution solution. Plastic Free July started back in 2011.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2023

Download Now How the Green Business Certification Program will work Leveraging the Green Business Bureau sustainability program is all online and easy. How Our Certification Works GREEN BUSINESS BUREAU CERTIFICATION GUIDE This guides explains how our online certification program works.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

When you recycle disposable razors, blade cartridge units and razor plastic packaging, TerraCycle will help build a playground from recycled materials for a military medical center. It will be awarded to a local Fisher House Foundation location for military children. The challenge deadline is August 31.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

Examples include synthetic polymers (plastics) like polyethylenes (#2), polyethylene terephthalate (#1), polyvinyl chloride (#5), and polystyrene (#6). For instance, polyethylene plastic bags will decompose over 20 years to produce microplastics that remain in the environment. Download Now. Decomposition definition.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 4, 2020

You can help scientists track plastic pollution and air quality as part of Earth Challenge 2020 by making simple observations from your home and recording them on a phone app. To participate, go to Earth Challenge 2020 to download the app. Then start tracking plastic pollution and air quality data from your window or front porch.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

In the two years since the pandemic struck, the company has been carefully tracking consumer attitudes towards the sustainability-themed images it licenses through its Visual GPS platform, which combines insights from a trove of search and download data with extensive image testing and surveys in more than two dozen countries.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Drip line refers to rigid, structural piping while drip tape is thin-walled plastic tubing most commonly used in drip irrigation applications due to its adaptability to various topography and soil conditions. Drip systems are made up of plastic tubing and several plastic components that weather overtime against the outdoor elements.

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