GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Circular Electronics: Designing Out Waste. . Can waste be designed out of consumer electronics? Remco Kouwenhoven, Social Innovation Lead, Fairphone. Hold the phone! This discussion explores deeper nuances of the circular economy approaches to recycling electronics. Jordan Tse, Sustainability Program Manager, Facebook.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 389

Jim Conca

JUNE 7, 2020

During a virtual meeting held by Southern California Edison's Community Engagement Panel, experts considered a number of Doomsday Scenarios that could threaten the nuclear waste stored at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant. But things got weird with fear of things like short-range missiles.

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Waste Waste Nuclear Power Innovation 487

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Fighting Food Waste: Lessons from COVID. . What emerging strategies have been employed to tackle food waste during the pandemic, and how can we scale these strategies in the future? But the food system sprang into action — adapting operations, overcoming barriers and scaling promising innovations to reduce the amount of waste.

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Waste Waste Resilience Innovation 332

GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. What we're saying is, ‘Look, we're gonna take all of this waste, whether it's a gas or a solid, we're going to convert it to ethanol," Holmgren said. Innovation. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 07/26/2021 - 02:00. . In 2018, every ton of steel produced emitted about 1.85

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Waste Waste Carbon Fashion 435

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations. A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. Elsa Wenzel.

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Innovation Recycling Recycling Packaging 425

Jim Conca

MAY 31, 2021

The Finnish waste management company, Posiva Oy, announced the start of excavation on their deep geologic nuclear waste repository for their spent nuclear fuel. Operation of the repository is expected to begin in 2023. The total cost estimate is about €2.6 billion ($3.4 billion).

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Waste Waste Innovation Energy 432

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel that improves insulation and reduces plastic waste has been developed by Newcastle University researchers. The team hopes this new building material could reduce heating and cooling bills while being environmentally friendly.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Recycl8’s expertise in repurposing industrial waste into valuable construction materials ensures that the concrete is both environmentally sound and meets the rigorous performance demands of modern infrastructure projects. We continuously seek innovative ways to repurpose IBAA, a by-product of the Energy from Waste process.

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Innovation Construction Recycling Recycling 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Compact Syngas Solutions, a pioneer in waste-to-hydrogen technology, is set to supply 200kg of hydrogen to power a groundbreaking 40-day sea trial. The vessel will be equipped with a 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine designed by Carnot, a notable British clean technology innovator.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.

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Jim Conca

APRIL 27, 2021

The form of nuclear waste makes a difference in repository performance since heat loading and density determine waste spacing and repository size. But nuclear waste takes up such a small volume that these should have little effect on the issue as a whole and we’ll only need a single repository.

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Waste Waste Innovation Energy 385

GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2023

A relatively new entrant among those selling home gadgets for food waste, Mill keeps food in the system by feeding animals.

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Waste Waste Innovation 260

GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2022

Here's how innovators at Circularity 22 are dealing with the scourge of plastic waste mismanagement.

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Plastics Waste Waste Innovation 329

GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2022

Over 90 percent of ocean plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers. But innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions to stop them.

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Plastics Innovation Pollution Waste 336

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 11, 2025

Hyundai’s Hydrogen Innovations in Georgia Hyundai Motor Group is setting a new standard in clean energy with its progressive hydrogen technologies at the Georgia Metaplant. Turning Waste into Clean Energy At the heart of Hyundais innovations is a pioneering waste-to-hydrogen initiative focused on repurposing food scraps.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2. Of the three innovations presented, Project Vesta comes in at the lowest estimated price point. Charm Industrial: Turning biomass waste into CO2-dense bio-oil. Innovation. Tali Zuckerman. Tue, 11/10/2020 - 01:00. The Charm Industrial team. Pull Quote.

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Innovation Solar Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 489

GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2022

Over 90% of ocean plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers. But innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions to stop them.

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Plastics Innovation Pollution Waste 329

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 15, 2025

Redefining Waste: Converting Cow Manure into Hydrogen Modern advancements in renewable energy are showing us how waste can be a resource. One innovative area of focus is turning cow manure into hydrogen fuel, an approach that combines waste management with clean energy production.

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Waste Waste Hydrogen Methane 117

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 23, 2020

In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be useful in reducing world pollution problems.

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Plastics Waste Waste Pollution 354

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At the University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), scientists' innovative research to turn Kentucky waste coal into high-value carbon products has been published in the journal Carbon.

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Waste Waste Carbon Innovation 271

Jim Conca

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The effects may be profound, from a loss of $8 billion in NWFund revenues to the orphaning of their nuclear waste. Since 2012, 12 commercial reactors have shut down in the U.S., with 27 more planned by 2026, a loss of at least 37,000 MW of capacity and about 5 trillion kWhs from their expected life.

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Waste Waste Innovation Energy 366

Jim Conca

MAY 10, 2021

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board just put out six overarching recommendations for the DOE’s nuclear waste program. Hopefully they won’t be ignored like the last set from the Blue Ribbon Commission that were similar.

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Waste Waste Innovation Energy 354

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.

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Waste Waste Climate change Innovation 299

GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems. Agricultural waste from food crops either is traditionally left to rot or is burned, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. This is more than just a better way to produce fiber from food crop waste. Food Waste. Nicole Pamani.

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Fashion Innovation Recycling Recycling 356

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A US group is developing a technology combining AI and spectroscopy, to analyze municipal solid waste in-situ and in real-time – a cost- and time-effective approach that they say could pave the way to increased waste-to-bioenergy production. closer to a waste-processing approach that is sustainable.

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Waste Waste Energy Energy 299

GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The link between net zero and supply chain innovation. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Is "net zero" much ado about nothing?

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Waste Waste Transportation Carbon 352

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Innovate UK has committed an additional 4.7 Regulatory frameworks play a key role in shaping innovation, providing confidence to businesses and investors while ensuring consumer protection. In that phase, seven projects received up to 1 million each to accelerate the development of new treatments and medical innovations.

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Innovation Biodegradable Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about. For nearly two decades, Flowers, a recent awardee of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant ," has been bringing attention to failing water and waste sanitation infrastructure in rural areas. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 01:30. Read an excerpt here.).

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Waste Waste Climate change Organic 404

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2025

Disposable cups make up 30%4 of the drinks waste in Glasgows on-street bins so we are delighted to partner with over 50 locations including some major brands and hope this trial will shift habits and help to make reusable cups the norm.

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Waste Waste Retail Recycling 130

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life. In late 2020, the company is finding early commercial success in its mission to decrease food waste through its innovative packaging. And decrease food waste. . Jesse Klein. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 01:30. Department of Agriculture. Much less dry.

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Innovation Retail Waste Waste 362

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. Category 2 – Incipient Systems includes countries with basic waste regulations but limited collection and end-of-life treatment infrastructure. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 290

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Recycling and resource management firm Viridor has unveiled its “Vision for Zero” – a plan to reduce (to zero) the amount of plastic waste exported from the UK. If five state-of-the-art plastic recycling plants, similar to the Avonmouth plant, were built, plastic waste exports from the UK could end. An estimated c.1.3[i]

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2024

One of the partners in the initiative, Nafici Environmental Research (NER), based in West Sussex, has created a process to transform agricultural waste into paper-making pulp with strengthening properties.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences. In the U.S.,

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Packaging Waste Waste Retail 543

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is developing up to 12 AD plants over the next five years, on urban industrial sites, which together could process over 700,000 tonnes of organic waste per year and power up to 80,000 homes with green gas. AD offers an environmental-friendly alternative to landfill and energy-from-waste incineration, so cutting CO and methane emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In an apparent first of its kind within the UK, a pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Northumberland has been equipped with an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to recycle waste solvents into low carbon gas, which is being injected into the national gas grid. It will also produce enough energy to power an equivalent of 6,000 homes.

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Waste Waste Carbon-neutral Carbon 276