Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

packaging, and polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, the material commonly used to make water and soda bottles, among many other products. Unfortunately, it costs more to recycle used plastic than it costs to make new plastic from petroleum. Abdul-Aziz’s laboratory takes a different approach to recycling.

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Soil Plastics Waste Waste 245

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Coca-Cola's European arm has announced backing for recycling start-up CuRe Technology, with a view to establishing an innovative pilot factory to turn waste plastic bottles back into high quality packaging for food and drink via a single, on-site process. million tonnes - is mechanically recycled, according to consultancy Eunomia.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Investment 88

AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

By adding reused materials, you’ll not only make your projects cheaper (read: free), but also teach kids the value of reuse and recycling. The post Crafts Made From… Here is the original: Crafts Made From Upcycled Food Packaging.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste?

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You can complete an audit on your own ( Recycle Coach has created a guided 7 step checklist for self administered waste audits) or hire a certified third-party. Identifying areas of improvement as well as potential new revenue streams through waste recycling/upcycling opportunities. Buy supplies in bulk to reduce packaging.

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Waste Waste Plastics Packaging 147

Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Coca-Cola European Partners has announced backing for recycling start-up CuRe Technology, with a view to establishing an innovative pilot factory to turn waste plastic bottles back into high quality packaging for food and drink via a single, on-site process. million tonnes - is mechanically recycled, according to consultancy Eunomia.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Investment 64

Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Ramping up battery reuse and recycling is increasingly regarded as critical to ensuring climate goals are met in as sustainable and efficient way as possible.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Explore ideas that will take into consideration effective packaging, smart servicing and records of past events. Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. A solution is to include the goal to reduce food waste while planning the food menu. Get a brown bin.

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Waste Waste Methane Recycling 167

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

They should consider processes, materials, people, policies and projects related to energy, waste, buildings, products, packaging, supply chain, transportation, food, water, community and employee well being. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)?

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The main focus of the three-person creative design studio is the production of decorative panels and surfaces from recycled wood. The design team has also dabbled in creating other home products such as minimalist incense holders and Ondanova surfboards made of recycled wood and processed with laser-cutting machines and CNC milling.

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Upcycling Recycling Recycling Ethics 36

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

Instead of course, the sustainability scorecard might list functional areas for both environmental (energy, waste, recycling, buildings, packaging, supply chain, food) and social responsibility (diversity, inclusion, gender equality, worker wellbeing, fair wages, community support, and charity contributions). Is it hazardous?

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! 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.

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Sustainability Ethics Organic Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

The good news is that new technologies and methods have come about making it possible for the manufacturing industry to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation , alternative packaging, and smarter storage and organization (amongst other solutions). Tip #3: Use alternative and sustainable packaging solutions.

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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.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Biodegradable Energy Monitor 148

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Loop circular packaging model is fast taking shape, and the company behind it insists conventional retailers still have a huge role to play in its success. While TerraCycle may be the primary corporate face of the Loop brand, the important role of retailers in scaling any reusable packaging model should not be downplayed.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

Drinks giant Diageo announced late last week it had produced 173,000 recycled-glass whisky bottles in waste-based biofuel furnaces as part of a successful pilot project with glass manufacturer Encirc and government-backed research and development (R&D) body Glass Futures. "We Glass Futures is currently leading a £7.1m

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Waste Waste Packaging Recycling 78

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

It includes your building, operations, vehicles, supplies, products, procurement, recycling, reuse, waste, policies and procedures. Waste and Recycling – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)?

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 158

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2021

Make or improve a home recycling system. Safely recycle electronics or batteries. Find and use alternatives to tupperware or disposable take-out packaging. Upcycle – take something you don’t use and instead of throwing it find it a new purpose. For example: Plant something outside your home. Switch to efficient lights.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 2, 2021

Papermelon jewelry is constructed from upcycled paper, which is collected from friends, neighbors and well-wishers. It’s also one of the most recycled products on the planet.” The company is dedicated to a zero-waste policy, which Devi admits was easy to achieve because the product is the result of upcycling. ” Chand said.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 16, 2021

Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption. Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption.

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Upcycling Education Packaging Waste 28

Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

Green Packaging Project of the Year. Greener Packaging. Riverford Organic Farmers - Box Zero and Packaging Pledge. Seedlip - Mushroom Packaging. Switch Packaging Specialists. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc - Primary Energy Recycled Energy Project. Magical Mushroom Company - Mushroom Packaging.

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Packaging Innovation Sustainability Carbon 92

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the breakroom)? Is our packaging also safe for people and the planet? Engineering including product design, materials and end-of-life management (e.g. Is it hazardous?

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 144

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)? Products & Packaging : Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

These are: food systems, the built environment, fashion and textile, electronics, and packaging. 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.

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Africa Upcycling Fashion Organic 100

AGreenLiving

APRIL 29, 2020

Related: This jewelry is made with upcycled gold from Dell computers Sustainable practices have always been at the heart of the company. All items are packaged using eco-friendly filler that is reusable and recyclable. All items are packaged using eco-friendly filler that is reusable and recyclable.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

Over Chipotle's 2,800 locations across the US, the company was able to divert 2,071,583 cubic yards of waste including 60,519 cubic yards of compost and 1,999,224 cubic yards of recycled waste; it turned 11,840 cubic yards of waste into energy. Chipotle recycles at over 90 percent of its restaurants.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 56

Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

Despite the vast breadth of potential, and demonstrable public support for circular economy measures that go beyond plastic and packaging concerns, UK government strategies on resource efficiency have to date lacked ambition, pace and detail.

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Grist

APRIL 10, 2024

This note from Brian Hart has particularly stayed with me: “I would first point out that those of us who were forming households in the late ’60s and early ’70s, were building with tons of recycled materials. Some Grist-y swag, and a book of your choice lovingly packaged and mailed to you by Claire.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Plastics 116

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

Water is used for cleaning, cooling, and packaging the beer. Other companies are using recycled water to feed the production process. Consider implementing a dry-floor policy or using recycled water to reduce demand. Yet, for some businesses, recycling spent grains doesn’t stop at the farms.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Post Office will deliver 15 billion pieces of mail and 900 million packages between Thanksgiving and the New Year. A study from the Ellen Macarthur Foundation estimates that a truckload of textiles is wasted every second and the Council for Textile Recycling reports that the average U.S. Sustainably minded advocates urge restraint.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2024

They should consider processes, materials, people, policies and projects related to energy, waste, buildings, products, packaging, supply chain, transportation, food, water, community and employee well being. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)?

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 59

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

For the Organizers Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! Sustainable makeup brands are on the rise.

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Sustainability Ethics Organic Recycling 78

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. SPADXTECH SpadXTech is reducing emissions in packaging, textiles, transportation, filtration, and more through its core and versatile material platform technology.

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Startups Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Plastics 122

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The chair’s padding is now made of recycled PET fabric, sourced from water bottles, that is both recyclable and compostable. On the outside, the upholstery fabric is made of open-end cotton yarn that comes from 100% recycled material certified according to the Global Recycled Standard.

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Home Energy Monitoring Recycling Recycling Energy Monitor 36

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Well established with a complete supply chain in place, #Tide upcycles ocean waste into a material many businesses have discovered and incorporated into their products. The Upcycled Rope Bracelet features a simple rope design that is easily adjustable and available in six color options. of Product and Design Thomas Moran. View post:Â

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