Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. They can blow away from landfills, trash piles and garbage trucks to pollute the environment and become a serious danger to wildlife since many animals end up swallowing or choking on the plastic. Stop the pollution of our land and water.

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Retail Plastics Sustainability Fashion 111

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Linoleum has been largely replaced by PVC, but this material is unsustainable as it is made from petroleum and is not biodegradable. These chemicals can have adverse effects on humans and are pollutants of waterways. Solar power is the most practical way for a home or business to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and help the planet.

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Construction Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 78

Grist

APRIL 19, 2023

As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. Their first target: the humble washing machine, which environmentalists say represents a major way microfiber pollution reaches the environment. This year U.S. Lest anyone forget about washing machines, there’s R&D going after them, too.

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Microplastics Plastics Pollution Policy 103

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Linoleum has been largely replaced by PVC, but this material is unsustainable as it is made from petroleum and is not biodegradable. These chemicals can have adverse effects on humans and are pollutants of waterways. Solar power is the most practical way for a home or business to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and help the planet.

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Construction Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

Tip #7: Switch to non-toxic biodegradable detergents and cleaning supplies. Many commercial chemical cleaning products pollute our environment with harmful, fossil-fuel-derived chemicals that can wash into water courses. Sustainability and eco-friendly event planning guide. Look for certified bio-based cleaning products.

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Sustainability Waste Waste Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. And unlike wood and PVC, Tangent Materials structural lumber doesn’t need to be chemically treated, avoiding the release of harmful pollutants into the air, water and ground. in one hour.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Biodegradable straws are one of the alternatives available that fit these criteria. Biodegradable materials such as paper, on the other hand, can break down in a matter of months – or even weeks. In this article, we want to share some of the real environmental benefits that biodegradable straws promise.

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Biodegradable Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 122

Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Everyone has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution in the oceans. Photo credit: The Ocean Cleanup Slat came up with the idea of passively collecting garbage using a floating boom that would rely on the ocean currents instead of fossil fuels to power the system.

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Plastics Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Talking Trash critically analysed voluntary commitments from the ten biggest plastic polluters (Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mars Incorporated, Mondel?z The Coca-Cola Company is the biggest plastic polluter in the world, with a plastic footprint of 2.9 The failure of voluntary commitments. Case study: Coca-Cola.

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Plastics Pollution Recycling Recycling 321

AGreenLiving

JUNE 3, 2021

Robinson acknowledged the typically wasteful and polluting aspects of the fashion industry. Where many fashion manufacturers pollute with dyes, MOMMA uses options that are non-toxic and OEKO-TEX certified. For shipping, the company wraps swimsuits in biodegradable plastic. The tissue and even the stickers are recyclable.

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Sustainability Fashion Recycling Recycling 28

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste. Not to mention petroleum-based plastics are only draining our finite supply of fossil fuels.

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Organic Biodegradable Plastics Packaging 195

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Due to extensive land, water and resource requirements and the resulting emissions and pollutants, meat and dairy products easily take the cake for foods with the largest carbon footprints. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. It’s a win-win situation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Additionally, some of the nitrogen is washed away, where it pollutes waterways and causes algae blooms. This water has not been properly filtered by plant life and therefore contains large amounts of pollutants which then poison fish and wildlife. The last problem with hardscape is that it prevents plant growth. Conserve Water.

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Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Sustainability 78

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

In recent years obviously false or egregiously overstated environmental claims have become a relatively rare occurrence, as companies and their advertising agencies have responded to the reputational damage that results from trying to rebrand demonstrably polluting activities as environmentally-friendly. We all need to help each other.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Packaging 58

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Due to extensive land, water and resource requirements and the resulting emissions and pollutants, meat and dairy products easily take the cake for foods with the largest carbon footprints. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. It’s a win-win situation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Degradable / Biodegradable. If not, or if the item will ultimately pile up in a landfill, burn in an incinerator or be recycled, then avoid the term and its siblings, such as 'oxo-biodegradable'. A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says.

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Recycling Recycling Ozone Building Energy Monitoring 36

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“The plastics industry has ‘sold’ plastic recycling to the American public to sell plastic,” according to the report by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a nonprofit organization that advocates for legal action to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable. As a result, waste could “just sit there.” Problem solved.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 141

AGreenLiving

MARCH 15, 2021

The Australian federal government has launched the National Plastic Plan , which seeks to deal with plastic pollution in various areas. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the plan is that the government intends to bring biodegradable plastic to an end. It is also often called bioplastic. It is also often called bioplastic.

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Plastics Pollution Government Biodegradable 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The crux of the ruling was that the bank was promoting its investments in tree planting and the net zero transition while omitting any mention of the tens of billions of pounds it continues to invest facilitating oil and exploration and other polluting activities.

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Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

There is a significant amount of waste and pollution related to toxic fashion pre-production. Though incineration at a waste-to-energy facility may recover some of the wasted energy of the deadstock that would otherwise be sitting wasted in a warehouse, it also generates more GHG emissions and air pollution. Pre-Production.

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Fashion Waste Waste Retail 183

Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

After death, we don’t want our corporeal form to leave a damaging legacy – but, many current practices surrounding both burial and cremation mean people often do leave a negative legacy of environmental pollution behind them for future generations. Allow poisonous substances to enter our ecosystems and pollute the environment.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Ethics Biodegradable 78

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? You will likely uncover opportunities for alternative clean energy (non-fossil fuel energy sources and processes). Pollution Prevention & Water Stewardship. Companies all pollute at some level, whether it is pollution in the air, water or soil.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 128

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution? Yet the most common waste types here are industrial non-hazardous waste and fossil fuel combustion waste.

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2021

Landfill pollution – Plastic shrink-wrap, bottles, packaging and materials are not being properly recycled and disposed of. Water pollution – Garbage, wood waste, fuels and other non-biodegradable products are being dumped into waterways for convenience polluting our water systems and oceans.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Waste 148

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Ani Rouskova of EOS Capital Advisors believes that solar has the greatest potential to take us off fossil fuels, which many think we must do by 2050. Here’s a cool one: Molly Morse of Mango Materials shared how her company uses methane gas to make biodegradable plastic. She called on us all to ask, What can I do?

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Law Fossil fuels Methane Plastics 40

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

There is a significant amount of waste and pollution related to toxic fashion pre-production. Though incineration at a waste-to-energy facility may recover some of the wasted energy of the deadstock that would otherwise be sitting wasted in a warehouse, it also generates more GHG emissions and air pollution. Pre-Production.

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Fashion Waste Waste Retail 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

These solutions reduce waste, business emissions, and pollution, ultimately reducing the ecological footprint of an entity. Latex gloves for instance will take up to 5 years to biodegrade. A vital change on your road to sustainability would be to use recyclable or biodegradable materials to package your baked goods and beverages.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 143

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At-home delivery is contributing to growing demand for freight movement , which is driving increased consumption of fossil fuels, especially diesel, and worsening air pollution. For example, during manufacturing, rain forests might have been cleared, or air or water could have been polluted. The answer isn’t so simple.

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Health Retail Packaging Biodegradable 57

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

pollution or on managing regulations and compliance. They typically define programs, products, processes and policies that reduce energy consumption, conserve water, minimize waste, encourage reuse of materials and reduce pollution output. In some instances, air quality engineers may design or modify pollution-control equipment.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 148

Low Impact

OCTOBER 21, 2020

At source, plastic takes a lot of energy to create, and is derived from finite and polluting fossil fuels. Read more about biodegradable plastic. Why reduce household plastic use? The life cycle of plastic makes clear why we should reduce its use in our homes. Main image by Jasmin Sessler on Unsplash.

Plastics 105

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 105

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

It is also a source of 20% of industrial water pollution from textile dyeing and treatment. . Developing countries serve as an excellent host for toxic, fast fashion factories due to cheap labor, tax breaks, and lenient pollution, operation, and labor regulations. . Avoid fabrics that are made from fossil fuels.

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Fashion Sustainability Ethics Waste 109

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

pollution or on managing regulations and compliance. They typically define programs, products, processes and policies that reduce energy consumption, conserve water, minimize waste, encourage reuse of materials and reduce pollution output. In some instances, air quality engineers may design or modify pollution-control equipment.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Business Green

APRIL 3, 2020

While algae have received attention for their potential to displace fossil fuels as an energy source, their applications in packaging and other products are beginning to gain momentum. We are] transforming air and water pollution (ammonia, phosphates and CO2) into plant biomass rich in proteins.

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Carbon-negative Plastics Packaging Agriculture 69

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. Pollution : Uncontrolled disposal. Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Unsustainable

JUNE 11, 2020

Not surprisingly, it’s already adding significantly to ocean plastic pollution. Citizens are rightfully angry about more cancer-causing air pollution from these crackers in their neighborhoods, and speaking up about it. Consequently, local or state jurisdictions are seeking to pass laws banning public protests of fossil fuel projects.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Fossil fuels 52

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. After what is often a single use, these non-biodegradable products can clog waterways; drift on ocean currents, entangling marine mammals and birds; and accumulate in landfills.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 96

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Zack Angelini, 29.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 524