Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Manufacturers, retailers and recyclers urged to join the collaboration. Fund designed to drive progress towards household collection of flexible plastic for recycling. This will in turn increase the supply of recycled plastic enabling industry to become more ‘circular’ and meet the forthcoming UK plastic packaging tax obligations.

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Plastics Retail Recycling Recycling 147

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.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

. | Photo: Getty Images California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about plastic recycling. The Golden State filed suit against the oil giant this week, alleging that it has misled consumers for years by marketing recycling as a way to prevent plastic pollution. And that’s exactly what’s happened.

Plastics 115

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fossil fuels 115

Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Online ethical grocer Fresh-range announces it is to expand its operations to cover England, Wales, and most of Scotland. There has been widespread coverage of the outsize environmental impact of eating lamb and beef in recent years, but now a new range of products is aiming to try and make red meat ethical again.

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Ethics Biodiversity Packaging Waste 88

Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Primark has launched a nationwide recycling scheme to enable shoppers to recycle clothes of any brand at the fashion retailer's stores, in an effort to slow the flow of garments ending up in landfill every year. High street fashion retailer rolls out collection boxes for shoppers to ditch old clothes at all 190 of its UK stores.

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Recycling Recycling Retail Fashion 99

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

EVO Recycled® is an environmentally friendly Spill Control range that performs better than the norm, is sustainable and more cost-effective. The EVO spill products provide a unique solution for companies pursuing higher ethical and environmental standards without compromising performance and value. EVO Recycled® Spill.

Recycling 130

Recycling Recycling Ethics Recycled materials 130

GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

Yet as a consumer, I’ve found it too daunting to evaluate whether the seafood at my restaurants or supermarkets are truly sustainable and ethical. . They come in handy cans to avoid food waste — a particular problem with quickly spoiling seafood — and are easily recycled. Fresh oysters are another great option.

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Seafood Sustainability Startups Carbon 480

Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2019

Company says the Fairphone 3 is produced using responsibly-sourced, conflict-free, recyclable, and Fairtrade materials.

Ethics 71

Ethics Recycling Recycling 71

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Vegan luxury brand, Sambar , specializes in handbags made from sustainable, cruelty-free textiles including organic cotton and post-consumer recycled polyester yarn. Their line of handbags proves that it’s possible to achieve high fashion aesthetics without compromising ethics and values. Luxury with a Conscience”.

Fashion 148

Fashion Sustainability Plastics Carbon-neutral 148

Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

They also cut financial corners by ignoring ethical working conditions standards. Designing and manufacturing sustainable clothing involves using sustainable materials that are obtained from environmentally friendly and ethically responsible sources. Use Recycled Materials. Offer Garment Recycling and Repair.

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Fashion Sustainability Waste Waste 205

GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, blockchain platform Provenance helps trace and certify supply chains to enable ethical procurement decisions. Lenzing Group, producer of Tencel, also uses a closed-loop production process and sustainable dyeing technology in which solvents needed to make the fiber are recycled over and over again to produce new fibers.

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Technology Sustainability Fashion Energy Monitor 352

Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 5, 2021

another ethical? Evian and Virgil Abloh have conceived? water bottle design with the idea that sustainable? design can be an inclusive process for future Black Designers.

Ethics 84

Ethics Sustainability Recycling Recycling 84

TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 30, 2023

Ethical electronics startup, Fairphone, has taken the recycled wrapping off a new flagship smartphone, the Fairphone 5, which will start shipping to buyers in Europe next month.

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Ethics Startups Recycling Recycling 94

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The underlying issue is that so far there’s been little or no incentive (financial or legislative) for manufacturers or their customers to facilitate asset reuse or recycling in a more sustainable way. Furthermore, all concerned must pursue ethical and sustainable product end of life recycling practices.

Business Energy Monitoring 130

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Recycling 130

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tip #3: Choose materials that do not include toxins : Even materials that are biodegradable and recyclable can negatively impact the environment. Tip #4: Purchase products and materials that are recyclable : In 2018 over 292 million tons of waste was produced in the US, and only 69 million tons of that was recycled.

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Sustainability Recycling Biodegradable Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

MAY 10, 2022

CEO DeeDee Baze created Alphemita Financial Services , a comprehensive financial service provider that’s dedicated to supporting women while also operating in alignment with DeeDee’s strong values and ethics. Building a business using strong ethics and values. DeeDee has ensured that workspaces take full advantage of natural light.

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Sustainability Investment Ethics Waste 148

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Onyx and Green , another eco-friendly office supply brand, manufactures a diversity of products made from sustainable and recycled materials such as sugarcane paper notebooks, recycled rubber erasers, refillable coffee bean ballpoint pens and much more. For the Entrepreneurs. But remember! For the Fashionistas. For the Sweet Tooths.

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Sustainability Ethics Organic Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Source from sustainable and ethical food providers. Businesses have an obligation to source both ethically and sustainably. 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.

Packaging 148

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Low Impact

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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. Why recycling plastic is not enough. Recycling plastics is one partial answer to the problem – but isn’t a complete solution.

Plastics 105

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 105

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Helping menstrual cups go mainstream, redesigning children’s shoes to make them last longer, creating ‘lend and mend’ hubs in libraries and enabling polyester to be recycled again and again were the winning projects chosen by an independent Grant Fund panel of industry experts.

Recycling 130

Recycling Recycling Upcycling Innovation 130

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper. Their next challenge is to find an eco-friendly alternative to the poly plastic bags used to protect clothing during shipments. But every improvement and small adjustment counts!

Fashion 148

Fashion Organic Sustainability Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Source from sustainable and ethical food providers. Businesses have an obligation to source both ethically and sustainably. 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.

Packaging 133

Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? In other words, how can the use of everyday materials in the office be substituted with more sustainable, recycled, and reused materials? You need to identify instances where this is happening.

Waste 148

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

You can also find bumper plates made from crumb rubber recycled from used car and truck tires. These components have been proven to disrupt both ecological and human health and even worse, PVC cannot be recycled back into useful material. However, it is hard to determine the true recyclability of synthetic blends.

Sustainability 145

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Upcycling 145

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

Reduce Waste and Recycle. Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material. Perhaps organize an onsite composting program where guests can donate their food scraps.

Sustainability 135

Sustainability Waste Waste Recycling 135

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Yet the annual sales event can also have a negative impact on the environment, says Christian McBride, founder and CEO of recycling firm GSUK. There is a more ethical way of recovering value from returned consumer tech products that is a win/win for the environment and for the retailer. New life for old tech.

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Retail Waste Waste Ethics 100

Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

Fairphone 3 Plus designed to increase the longevity of the ethical modular smartphone. Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise that builds modular ethical smartphones, has announced a new version of its current Fairphone3 (FP3) model. The standard version also comes with Android 10 installed rather than Android 9.

Ethics 83

Ethics Plastics Recycling Recycling 83

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program. 100% of HP’s original ink cartridges contain 5% – 45% post-consumer or post-industrial recycled plastic. Inside Weather offers a variety of decor items as well.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Biodegradable Energy Monitor 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 6, 2022

To mitigate this issue, check in with your panel manufacturers to ensure their panels use resources that are ethically sourced, and who share your concerns around the carbon footprint of the manufacturing process. Tip #2: Recycle panels. To combat this, solar recycling is a good option.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Waste 147

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 28, 2021

Use rechargeable batteries whenever possible and recycle non-reusable batteries properly. If donating isn’t an option in your area, research to locate an electronic recycling program to avoid tossing your old camera or microphone in the landfill. Other organizations specialize in textile recycling and reclaimed metal and wood.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 148

Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The iameco D4R uses recycled, modular, non-toxic components.

Ethics 43

Ethics Recycling Recycling 43

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Resource management company Veolia has unveiled plans to build a new recycling plant in the West Midlands that it claims will be capable of processing a fifth of the UK's end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries in 2024.

Recycling 52

Recycling Recycling Batteries Recycled materials 52

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This concentration of energy and resources is then lost into landfills, with a textile recycling rate of 14.7% With this in mind, brands such as Reformation , Zady , Petite Lucette , and United By Blue are taking steps to minimize the industry’s carbon footprint and implement ethical practices too, without compromising style.

Fashion 147

Fashion Sustainability Recycling Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is especially true with the growing number of young consumers, most of whom prefer doing business with ethical, green companies. In terms of the three R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – reduce is the first and most important of the three for a reason. Waste Reduction.

Business Energy Monitoring 147

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Recycling 147

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Battery developers are actively and effectively working to replace challenging raw materials such as cobalt in batteries while simultaneously working to improve the safety and business ethics of the supply chain. Once a battery has done all it can do, minerals and valuable components can be recovered and recycled.

Batteries 106

Batteries Natural gas Fossil fuels Lithium 106

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The survey also reveals a majority of Britons want clearer on-label information about how clothes can be recycled and more investment in skills and research to help the industry reduce its impact on the environment. Creating a sustainable and ethical future for the fashion industry?is?an

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Fashion Government Ethics Sustainability 84

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Further, the practices and policies of food industry corporations are not always transparent to the common consumer so buying locally is a far more trustworthy approach to purchasing ethical, sustainable food choices for your business. If you must use single-use food packaging, then collect these items in designated recycling receptacles.

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Policy Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Packaging 148