Envirotec Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers say they have found a potential bright side to this seemingly unequal trade: plastic waste may provide an economic boon for the lower-income countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2023

Hungry on energy, materials and manpower, vehicle manufacturing presents a formidable appetite for new ideas that will reduce waste, and winners in the ‘transportation’ category showcased some of the latest thinking along these lines.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. . A year for reckoning — and opportunity.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Railways, the most climate-friendly mode of transport bar long-distance buses, are bound to play an important role in the fight for net zero. The total emissions of railway travel are currently 31 grams of CO2 equivalents (CO2e) per passenger kilometer, half the amount as for the most economical electrical vehicles.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Called "Ricicli + Viaggi" (or the “Recycle + Travel program”), consumers who recycle empty plastic bottles earn credits toward free public transportation travel tickets.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Scottish Government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is warning that the current focus on plastics is distracting from the real issue of ending the disposable throwaway culture and urges Scots to take a stand against unwanted extra materials in their daily lives. Ian Gulland of Zero Waste Scotland.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Scottish Government-funded circular economy advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is warning that the current focus on plastics is distracting from the real issue of ending the disposable throwaway culture and urges Scots to take a stand against unwanted extra materials in their daily lives. Ian Gulland of Zero Waste Scotland.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I have seen significant progress to this end — both in my company and the industry at large — from iterating on packaging needs to rethinking how to sustainably control temperature during transport. our teams have continued to minimize overall packaging and plastic. In the U.S., The bottom line.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

One company hoping to capitalize is Ways2H , which has a thermal process to convert municipal solid waste, medical waste, plastics and sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen. It will start by making transportation fuel from wastewater sludge, then add plastics, according to the company. . locations in 2021.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 11, 2025

Designed for inbound operations, these heavy-duty Class 8 trucks efficiently transport parts from suppliers to the plant. Jim Park, Hyundais Senior Vice President for Hydrogen Business Development in North America, highlights the value of this advancement in addressing range anxiety, a critical concern in long-haul transport.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

“First study of its kind” to track how plastic bottle pollution moves through the open ocean. Scientific monitoring devices were launched into the ocean on 8 June, World Ocean Day, in a bid to increase understanding about how plastic pollution behaves in the ocean.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A new initiative from North London Waste Authority (NLWA) – working in partnership with the seven north London boroughs – aims to reduce the amount of single-use plastic appearing on the high street. Shoppers are voting with their feet and choosing businesses that are taking action.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The plan is realistic about the past, acknowledging San José’s sprawling 180-square-mile spread, its car-oriented layout and its inequitable history of transportation decisions, which continue to shape people’s lives. More safe, healthy, affordable transportation options are needed, and soon. Transportation & Mobility.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Jope concluded that the suite of new initiatives would complement the company's ongoing mission to curb its reliance on virgin plastic. Last year, the company pledged to halve its use of virgin plastic and ensure it collects and recycles more plastic packaging than it sells.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Do the parmesan shavings really need their own plastic container?) The packaging is indeed an issue, but meal kits lead to less waste and this more than cancels out the greenhouse gases associated with the extra plastic. This can seem counterintuitive, as meal kits are often criticized for excessive packaging. (Do

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Technology and recycling equipment firm TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur, the Norwegian Producer Responsibility Organisation for recycling plastic packaging. The companies will pair up to create a plastic packaging sorting plant located in Norway. Amland, SVP TOMRA Feedstock. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The last decade has seen some progress with studying plastic pollution, but there are still significant challenges, such as a lack of comparability of reported results, especially when it comes to microplastic particles. River landscape in Pantanal, Brazil. We measure particle size in all samples.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Dame Ellen MacArthur, founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which has been instrumental in catalyzing collective corporate action to address key circular economy issues such as plastics and food waste, kicked off the conference. This outtake feature her thoughts on systems change and the link between climate change and circularity.

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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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Green Living Guy

JUNE 7, 2022

The post Microplastics Can Transport Parasites to Oceans, Impacting Wildlife and Humans appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada. It found […].

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics. The official Earth Day organization has been assigning yearly themes since at least 1980, and Planet vs. Plastics is hitting in the year when U.N. members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

International group of scientists call for new plastics non-proliferation treaty that binds governments to ambitious target to phase out virgin plastic. Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2023

At a first glance the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have a positive impact on the environment, with significant decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, and transport-related noise, air and light pollution. Microplastics are particles less than 5 millimetres long that break off from larger plastics, often consumer products or industrial waste.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

New aluminium packaging means pods are now fully recyclable and will help to save over 10 million pieces of plastic each year. Sainsbury's has announced it is ditching the plastic from its home brand coffee pod range and switching to aluminium pods so customers can recycle using standard recycling services.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Synthetic and natural microfibres from plastic pollution, the textile industry and fishing activities have increased dramatically in the environment, becoming the most common type of particles in the ocean. The study also raises the question of the environmental risk of microfibres.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The 6 mm fine inlet screens at Carbarns WwTW were failing regularly as the screen panels were plastic and very prone to breaking, particularly following storm events when flows were higher than usual and contained more debris. Along with the inlet works, the site has primary and secondary treatment and phosphorous removal. The solution.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Surface cracks and biofilms on plastic particles might help spread pollution Concerns about microplastic pollution arise not only because of the particles themselves, but also from whatever cargo they might be carrying. Much research is underway on what sorts of toxins they might help transport, and how.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Why every C-suite officer should care about plastic waste. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Plastic Waste. Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:21. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:30). UL and HP Inc. Contributors.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

While shocking images have highlighted the problem of plastic waste in oceans, the issue of microplastics in inland waters has gone relatively unnoticed. However, signiificant quantities of plastic particles that are 5mm or less in size are now commonplace in lakes and rivers.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Visitors will experience cleaner air and quieter streets as hydrogen-fueled transportation systems roll out. SGH2 has partnered with entities in Korea to use hydrogen derived from plastic waste for next-generation fuel cell power plants. Equally important are the economic benefits.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Because of this, dolphins are exposed to various harmful chemicals found in the environment, including plastic, which is everywhere. Plastic is made of many chemicals, including some that can be harmful to humans. We were most interested by the types of plastics we found because that can give us clues about where they came from.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

A key element of this is reducing plastic waste; the OECD estimated that over 350 million metric tonnes of plastic waste was generated globally in 2019. Addressing plastic waste generation requires solutions from every sector, especially the plastics packaging sector, which utilizes about one-third of annual plastics production.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For example, the Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that approximately 4% of meat and 9% of fish are lost for reasons including being damaged during transportation or thrown away by the retailer when unsold and out of date. A second major cause of the problem is losses in the distribution and retail chain. New FlexICs from PragmatIC.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

These startups are engaged in different areas (water treatment, green building, sustainable transport, renewable energies and platform solutions) but all seemingly satisfy the eligibility criteria of having a “giga-impact,” with the potential to avoid emissions of the order of billions of tons.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

A series of adverts that claimed plastic grass is "eco-friendly" and can "purify" the air have today been branded as "misleading", "unsubstantiated", and guilty of making exaggerated environmental claims by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

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