GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Beer brand said it now recovers more plastic from the environment than it produces, as Waitrose announces expansion of its refillable food range. The milestone comes after the firm commissioned climate solutions provider South Pole to run an extensive audit of the plastic usage of its products and distribution logistics processes.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

If not, you were probably born during the plastics-era, which began about 50 years ago. Today, plastic has taken over. In 2018, 40 percent of the 360 million tonnes of plastics produced globally were converted to packaging. Remember the time when milk was delivered to your door in reusable glass bottles?

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Flying cars, microwave plasma technology for battery production and additive manufacturing, and a platform that converts plastic and other municipal waste into value-added. The post Recent Deals – 10 September 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. We’ve all seen the viral images of turtles with straws stuck up their noses, or whales washed up with bellies full of plastic bags. And one of the biggest contributors to this plastic crisis is the space we operate in: the cosmetics industry.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

At Incheon International Airport, the Group is set to enhance hydrogen refueling stations and adopt hydrogen energy systems for logistics operations. These processes transform organic waste and non-recyclable plastics into valuable hydrogen, reducing waste and promoting sustainability.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

Research agency unveils winners of sustainable packaging competition, which it says aim to 'alter the UK's relationship with plastic'. A flurry of green packaging innovations and plastic waste management projects have won a share of £30m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It’s estimated that UK consumers drink their way through a staggering 14 billion plastic drinks bottles, 9 billion drinks cans and 5 billion glass bottles each year. Over the course of the past few years, the approach to recycling and in particular, single use plastic, has drastically changed.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

You also know the solution: In addition to recyclable and compostable alternatives, reuse models are quickly emerging as a fundamentally better alternative to single-use ones, not to mention that converting 20 percent of the world’s disposable plastic packaging into reusables is a $10 billion opportunity. . So…now what? .

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Curtailing the unnecessary use of plastic is crucial, but sweeping policies in this area have the potential to be counterproductive and damaging, writes Professor Umit Bititci. One of the prevailing narratives around sustainability and protecting the environment is that we have to eradicate, or at least massively reduce, the use of plastics.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We’ve all heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the continuing flow of oceanbound plastic. But what if something could intercept that plastic before it made it into the oceans? That’s the plan of SeaChange, a new organization that claims to have devised the technology to save our oceans from the plastic pollution crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

The research was funded by Bunzl plc and involved in-depth interviews with 40 organisations and individuals in the sphere of reusable food and drink packaging, from start-ups and small-scale trials to big brands and events, as well as people in the fields of policy, academia and logistics, including Tesco, DEFRA, Just Eat and Abel & Cole.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

When it comes to recycling, beverage cartons – for example those used for fruit juice or milk – currently pose an infrastructural challenge as they have to be split into three materials: paper, plastic and aluminium. Using all three separated streams of paper, plastic and aluminium for further recycling is unique.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VIBES is a partnership between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and NatureScot. It has also reused waste materials to landscape and create community spaces.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

turned a sharp eye on the issue of plastic waste, the growing problem of electronic waste remains underappreciated. E-waste is defined as anything with a plug, electric cord, or battery — basically all of the proliferating devices that power our modern lives. million tons of e-waste generated globally in 2019, only 17.3%

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The logistics behind product passport use might seem complicated at first glance but are, in fact, straightforward: all a consumer needs to do is scan the product QR code with their phone to access DPP information.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

We’re excited to be partnering with the Bring it Back Fund to explore how we can make it really simple for customers to return packaging by trialling a new logistic service that will collect directly from customers’ doors. This forms part of our long-term goal to reduce waste and become a resource positive company.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

While the core function of the metals recycling process has remained constant over thousands of years, the industry has undergone significant changes as the volume of waste metals we treat has grown. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000. How much is used worldwide? Advances in recovery technology.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Amazon customers in the UK will no longer receive items shipped from its fulfilment centres that contain plastic air pillows, the company has announced, in the latest move designed to curb the tech and retail giant's waste footprint. times lower greenhouse gas emissions than stationary retail, including the returns process.

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Can innovation in circularity help to deliver the transformation we’re all looking for? Watch Jules Besnainou, Director; Chris Sworder, Lead Analyst, Agriculture &

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. Just like you recycle cardboard, and you recycle glass or plastics.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Momentum Technologies, a Dallas-based materials science company focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed a process developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent Li-ion batteries. Our technology contributes to a circular economy.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

From waste to protein and micronutrient-rich animal feed. Loopworm grows insects on food waste and processes them into value-added products for the animal feed industry. The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Like any industry, the solar industry has unique machinery and equipment; specifically, its photovoltaic (PV) cells have silicon, metal, glass and plastic components that are melded together in order to create a functioning solar panel. But these cells have a limited lifespan of about 25-30 years.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Even in states that previously had instituted bans on single-use items such as plastic bags ( temporarily lifted with new bans on their reusable counterparts ), there has been a swap to disposables, thought to be more sanitary than durable products and packaging intended to be used many times, sometimes by many people.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2024

The AI-enabled system uses water as a refrigerant and taps into a building’s existing waste-heat sources, leading to significant cost savings for customers. Greentown Boston) Monaire ’s tech-enabled HVAC- and refrigeration-management service reduces HVAC energy use and repair costs while preventing downtime and food waste.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We all know that giving waste a second life is more carbon-efficient than incinerating it, but reaching a definition on what makes an item 'recyclable' is one of the most complex challenges policymakers currently face. Moreover, policymakers must also recognise that plastics value chains bear significant circularity potential.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. Freight Farms repurposes old shipping rig containers into mobile greenhouses to better utilize space and keep these containers from going to waste. Compost and Food Waste Recycling.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Greentown teamed up with BASF and Stanley Black & Decker to find the top startups from across the world that are capable of disrupting the recycling industry and plastics and energy storage value chains. Corumat, based in California, micro-engineers bioplastics to reduce plastic waste. At the Feb. Read more here.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Jack 'Tato' Bigio reveals how UBQ Materials is taking household waste and turning it into an alternative to plastic. These efforts have produced marginal results, but roughly 80 per cent of the country's municipal waste still ends up in landfills. You start by sorting out the metals and glass, correct?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2024

A holistic and well organized sustainability plan will include several key components: Part 1: Sustainability Drivers – This section summarizes the aspects of your business that use scarce natural resources, contribute to climate change, cause environmental harm or produce useless waste. How much do we waste? Is it hazardous?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

A holistic and well organized sustainability plan will include several key components: Part 1: Sustainability Drivers – This section summarizes the aspects of your business that use scarce natural resources, contribute to climate change, cause environmental harm or produce useless waste. How much do we waste? Is it hazardous?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items. Our food supply chain wastes food and resources. In the U.S., Check out this guide by the U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

A growing number of consumer-facing venues, such as coffee chains, sports stadiums, and pubs, have explored how to switch from single use plastic glasses and other forms of packaging in recent years. Matt Kennedy, founder and CEO of Again, said: "Reusable packaging is the future but today it's prohibitively expensive for brands.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A large portion of the heat previously wasted can be utilized to produce district heating. Decarbonizing packaging Since the 1950s, the world has produced over 9 billion tons (bt) of plastics. Of these plastics, around 36% are used in packaging. of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Manufacturing including production, sourcing, fulfillment, distribution and logistics. Waste team – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. How much do we waste? Is it hazardous?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tip #2: Seek goods and materials that are biodegradable and compostable : Products that are made from 100% biodegradable and compostable materials contribute less waste to landfills. Where possible, make the switch to recyclable products and materials to reduce waste generated in your business and support a circular economy.

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