Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

A provider of AI-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, AMP Robotics is using its technology to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from municipal solid waste (MSW) for further processing at a facility owned by Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS) of Virginia (in the US).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I’ll let Bond describe the purpose of this new organization, pulling from his moving and passionate presentation at GreenBiz 21. I believe that in light of the empathy that exists at the core of our work, we as sustainability professionals must continue to be linked arm-in-arm with BIPOC communities.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

To accelerate the shift to safer alternatives, the TCO Certified Accepted Substance List presents substances proven to be a better choice, a move which the group behind it suggests as ground-breaking. When it comes to chemicals used in the manufacture of IT products, very few have been studied for their impact on humans and the environment.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

One that feels relevant to this newsletter is to insist that people of color are always present during critical discussions about the future of food. The National Black Food and Justice Alliance organizes for black food and land by promoting black leadership and influence in food systems and land stewardship.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

The company recently launched an updated version of its publicly available smart water navigator , which helps organizations assess their water risks and come up with a plan and goals to address them. . Part of the purpose of the navigator is to close the gap between organizations’ water reduction targets and their results.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

International research team say they have identified more than 120 organic micropollutants and investigated their role in damaging aquatic organisms Tonnes of dead fish, mussels and snails were seen floating on the River Oder (Germany) in early August 2022.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Currently, five golf organizations have joined: the United States Golf Association (USGA); Waste Management Phoenix Open; The International Golf Federation; World Minigolf Federation; and Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Nonprofit organizations such as the National Links Trust , recent bid winners to take over operations of Washington, D.C.’s

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

How can companies leverage one circular product initiative into an organization-wide, circular transformation? From Product to Practice: Circular Innovation from the Ground Up. Rather than tackling circularity at scale, some companies are finding early success in starting small.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Carbon capture might be such a solution with the potential to play a key role in this transition, and this feasibility study presents a unique opportunity for us to work with some of our key customers to understand and assess the technical and economic challenges involved in making carbon capture work onboard vessels," he said. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

To understand economic crises of the recent past, present and future, there may be no finer teacher than Michael Lewis. Thankfully, a timely new report from Ceres, a Boston-based sustainability organization, has eliminated some of that hard work. This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk. Ravi Varghese.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A new report – “Improving the loops of plastics in electronics” – shares the conclusions from a recent workshop on Waste of Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) plastics, organized by BSEF, the International Bromine Council, during the International Electronics recycling conference (IERC 2022).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

At Circularity 20, GreenBiz’s online circular economy event, five startups presented their potentially world-altering ideas during the Accelerate competition. In order of presentation, here's what the contenders had to offer. This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

About 77 percent of ESG funds that existed 10 years ago are presently available, whereas only 46 percent of traditional investment vehicles maintain that survivorship. No longer is it necessary for nuns organized through the Sisters of St. Morningstar also found that ESG funds have greater longevity than non-ESG portfolios.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

Artist Maarten Vanden Eynde discusses microplastics and nanoplastics, and the challenge they present with ocean pollution, at a 2017 event, Biotalk (image credit: FotoMediamatic , CC BY-NC 2.0 The plastic particles do glom onto natural organic material that is ubiquitous in natural aquatic environment but only temporarily. .

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The nonprofit organization plans to do this by accelerating Earth’s carbonate-silicate cycle, in which volcanic rock is weathered by rain and creates a chemical reaction that sequesters CO2 from the air. Of the three innovations presented, Project Vesta comes in at the lowest estimated price point. So far, Project Vesta has raised $2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Finding both nylon and polyester negatively affected the growth and repair of airway tissue, researchers – from Groningen University, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory – said the microfibres could make it more difficult for those with COVID-19 to mend their lungs.

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Microplastics Plastics Health Organic 363

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Strategist: This role is all about creating the sustainability vision and mission by defining the organization’s "why" when it comes to sustainability, whether that’s about growing profits, reducing risk, enhancing reputation, accelerating innovation, crystalizing the firm’s growth plan or something else.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Hewlett focuses solely on road transportation (passenger and freight movement) because it represents nearly 80 percent of transportation emissions, which theoretically presents the greatest opportunity for success using philanthropic funding. How can $210 million per year, spread amongst various organizations, really make an impact ?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

Ionic liquids have gained interest as green alternatives for organic solvents in different processes. Ionic liquids are salts that can be melted below 100oC and have unique properties including low vapour pressure, high thermal stability, and high dissolving capability of different organic and inorganic substances.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

In fact, organizations can make real, actualized progress towards zero simply by reducing the carbon associated with the design and construction of their buildings. For companies on a journey to net-zero, examining the carbon footprint of buildings is a relatively easy first step.

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Real Estate Carbon Sustainability Organic 225

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Some of the speakers at Aqua Enviro’s European Biosolids and Bioresources Conference, in late November, presented findings from a project aiming to understand the levels of this contaminant in compost and AD digestate. Gaps in the evidence base are a striking feature of the topic at present. But should we be worried?

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Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Two years ago, Lyft launched a program to buy carbon offsets for all of the rides organized on its network. COVID-19 presented us with a choice to 'hunker down or 'grow back better' by accelerating the transition to EVs. Lyft followed that up by launching "green mode" on its app.

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Electric vehicle Policy Electricity Scooters 539

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In a document released during a breakout session at last week’s VERGE 20 event, REBA laid out key principles to organize extant and new wholesale markets. It's going to be really important that a broad cross-section of customer voices are present in these markets." . Energy buyers can and want to have a seat at the table.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2021

I looked at over 70 of the top schools, corporations and organizations in hopes of finding shorter but equally comprehensive definitions. Although comprehensive, this definition is too long, even for sustainability professionals to try to recite. Unfortunately, some definitions were too complex; others, not comprehensive enough.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Many boardrooms around the world are presented with net-zero goals. No wonder that the World Health Organization has declared mental health issues a pandemic alongside COVID-19. Goals, targets and commitments are worthless without accountability and enforcement — and that goes for countries as well as companies. Sunset, not sell.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

The effluent is actually perfect organic fertilizer, and we take it back to the farms to build soil fertility and further sequester carbon — just like the sheep does. Their moisture management will meet or exceed the performance of the Adidas Climate Cool or Nike Dri Fit with no chemical finishing and all recycled and organic inputs.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Nature’s building material One of the most abundant organic polymers in the world, lignin is present in all vascular plants. But instead of a metal-based anode, Northwestern’s bio-anode comprises exoelectrogens — a type of bacteria that naturally generate electrical energy by eating organic matter.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Unfortunately, these chemicals are often still present in wastewater, even in trace levels, when they are discharged into the environment, which has been proven to cause lasting damage. Rather than dosing wastewater with chemicals, the water percolates through a carbon-based media which the organic pollutants ‘stick’ to.

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Fashion Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 304

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

After less than a year in his job, a Scottish Water apprentice has clinched both Scottish and UK top awards for his innovative work and presentation on using the natural flow of water to generate electricity. Zac presented confidently with interactive elements to engage the audience. It was excellent and a worthy winner.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

They are touched by many people, and the independent organizations setting the standards and monitoring respective microbial limits vary. Brands and retailers working towards plans for circularity can gain tangible returns even (or especially) now by reaching people through continued investment in their present and future.

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Packaging Retail Plastics Health 485

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The presentation also featured emerging hydrogen technologies from the UK and Australia. “We UK-based Organics operates globally and is focused on renewable energy, ammonia recovery and anaerobic digestion.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Dr Dania Albini (Department of Biology, University of Oxford), lead author of the study, said: “Our study highlights the disproportionate impact that sewage discharge has on river quality, presenting an urgent need for a comprehensive action plan targeting the sewage discharge problem.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

These were presented in an October 2020 report , Stemming the Tide 2020: The reality of the Fukushima radioactive water crisis. An issue that concerns environmentalists is the confusion around tritium, and the failure of data and modelling to explain the impact of organically bound tritium (OBT).

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Energy Monitor Seafood Building Energy Monitoring Government 264

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

It focuses on the following air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, ammonia, sulfur dioxide, black carbon, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and carbon monoxide. The website also invites scientists to present data from their new studies and to thus become part of the reference system.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans. trillion, equivalent to 6.1

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Health 213

GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. One organization that is near and dear to my heart is Ideas For Us , a U.N.-accredited Chris Castro.

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