Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Simpler Recycling initiative brings clarity on what kinds of waste will be collected and how often (image credit: Peter_Fleming / Shutterstock.com). The Simpler Recycling initiative – previously known as Consistent Collection – was generally welcomed by waste and environmental observers.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sustainability professionals can take meaningful action to push companies to align their policy goals and climate objectives.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Opening Panel: The Human Dimension of Waste Collection. But they play an essential role but ensuring that plastics are collected and reused before they enter waste streams. Who are the humans that are managing our waste? The informal waste economy is an often overlooked part of our global plastic supply chain.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.

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Waste Waste Energy Monitor Innovation 321

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Britain’s hard-working refuse collection crews do a fantastic job of collecting our household waste – but logistics issues are leading to more than 745,000 bin collections being missed, say the authors of a recent study. missed collections per 1000 households, and Braintree council with 0.00679%, 6.79

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Waste Waste Logistics Technology 237

Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Designed to give nature-lovers a relaxing, creative outlet, LEGO's Botanical Collection features flower and bonsai tree models made from plant-based plastic.

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Plastics 279

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A new cost-benefit study makes the case for increasing the scale at which local authorities handle non-household plastic waste, such as polyethene terephthalate (PET) trays and low-density polyethene (LDPE) wrapping film – and that recycling such material would become economic if more of it was collected. industrial activities (e.g.,

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 147

GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2022

What's at stake is not the competitiveness of one or another individual company; it is the legitimacy and viability of capitalism in the societies where it operates.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

The absorbed REEs can afterwards be washed from the biomass and collected for reuse. Here we optimized the conditions of REE uptake by the cyanobacterial biomass, and characterized the most important chemical mechanisms for binding them.

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Biotechnology Recycling Recycling Demand 246

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2022

When you look at Roca's new sustainable Ona bathroom fixture collection, think the Mediterranean: the sea, great food, soft shapes and geometric lines. Ona means "wave" in Catalan, and the collection from Roca can outfit your entire bathroom, including sink basins, faucets, bathtubs, toilets and bidets.

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Sustainability 153

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

Researchers from across the world are using this unique opportunity to take measurements, collect data, and publish studies. At the same time, says the group, this collection of data allows scientifically substantiated predictions to be made about the pollution levels of future mobility scenarios.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its new debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by light living.

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Biodegradable Fashion 249

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

California-based NOMA Collective, the brainchild of interior designer and creative director Rebecca Haskins, partners with craftspeople from places like Guatemala, Mexico, India and Sub-Saharan Africa to connect lesser-known global artisans with conscious consumers.

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Africa 189

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 30, 2021

Luckily, organizations like Appalachian Beekeeping Collective are here to help. Bees are in trouble.

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Organic 239

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

An attempt to digitalize, or automate, battery collection for recycling is underway in Belgium. When it comes to the collection and recycling of batteries, Belgium is said to be a leader. Automatically collecting information from the moment of storage onwards, can further improve the logistic process.

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IoT Batteries Energy Monitor Recycling 130

GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2023

Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance snaps up certificates for nearly 850,000 gallons of SAF in joint procurement process.

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Aviation Sustainability 439

Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

Adidas launches its SS22 Tennis Collection, a high-performance tennis apparel line featuring graphics inspired by Paris’ botanical gardens and green spaces, garments in the collection were made either in part with Parley Ocean Plastic or in part with recycled content.

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 145

Green Living Guy

MAY 20, 2022

Belfast-based brand American Madness has unveiled a collection of upcycled Patagonia fleeces. The collection represents a way to create something […]. The collection represents a way to create something […]. This is in celebration of the brand’s sustainability heritage.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

Implementing separate food waste collections – lunch hosted by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) on 15 June at the NEC Birmingham. Defra’s guidelines on implementing separate food waste collections”. Cleaning up – the positive returns on investment from separate food waste collections”.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The move marks another step forward for LanzaTech's ambitious plans to deploy its carbon capture and conversion technologies across a host of industries.

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Carbon Recycling Recycling Technology 410

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This effort shows, with 85% of the pieces in the latest Nike ACG apparel collection containing more than 90% recycled content. With its newest release, Nike focuses on respecting the outdoors from start to finish.

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Recycling Recycling 192

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2023

Filters at thousands of ambient air quality monitoring stations around the world have been inadvertently collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) for decades, concealing an untapped bonanza for research into all kinds of species. The study was reported in Current Biology on 5 June by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory. “One

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions.

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Fashion Retail 202

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 12, 2024

The post Henry Elkus, Helena: Harnessing collective intelligence appeared first on ImpactAlpha. As a sophomore at Yale, Henry Elkus scored a meeting with Ray Chambers, the private equity investor and global health philanthropist. Elkus wanted.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2019

After years of trials that left its engineers scratching their heads over design challenges, the nonprofit’s newest prototype device has consistently collected plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Plastics Waste Waste 278

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Innovative design firms Layer and RÆBURN have teamed up again to create the Canopy Collection, a series of chairs and screens made out of former military parachutes.

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Innovation 218

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 23, 2021

Blowfish Malibu's new shoe collection combines Southern California style with recycled plastic bottles and a commitment to ocean preservation.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling 161

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

But until now, an opt out meant that virtually all retailers could avoid their legal obligation to provide instore collection. The removal of that opt out at the end of this year should do much to increase WEEE and lamp collections.” ” How the new WEEE takeback system will work.

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Retail Waste Waste Electricity 147

Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Dot Collection is made from linoleum and oak that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.

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Waste Waste 234

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

While supporting the overall principles of EPR, and the idea that producers of waste should fund the collection and recycling of materials as proposed under the consultation, The Recycling Association said it is hugely concerned about what the business waste proposals will mean for many of its members. “Why should we transfer £1.5

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Recycling Recycling Government Waste 147

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Circular economy models offer solutions for tackling emissions tied to extraction, processing, manufacturing and landfilling of goods.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Since July 2020, the 200 skips that collect Toulouse inhabitants’ waste from the 13 waste disposal centers managed by Suez have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence. Digitalization of waste collection with low power Edge AI technology. Digitalization of waste collection with low power Edge AI technology.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

The Environmental Blog

JULY 8, 2020

Initial HOA Collection Demand Letter. If after the first late notice the resident still has not paid, there is then the possibility of sending out an initial HOA collection demand letter. In this formal demand letter, the HOA needs to meet the requirements of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

The post Real-time collection of particle data first appeared on Envirotec. The rinsing air function, which protects the illumination and detection optics in the optical cell, increases the reliability and long-term stability of the system. The entire sample volume flow of 1.2

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Technology 130

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Well over half of all household material sent for recycling over the three months to June this year was composted, according to the quarterly Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Management statistics produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Of all household waste, 29.3%

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Organic Waste Waste Recycling 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Its latest line, the Endangered Colors collection, has consumers all abuzz with interest, given that one euro of each package sold will be donated to protect endangered species. Headquartered in the Finnish city of Vantaa, Tikkurila has been producing paints since 1862.

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Packaging 215

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2023

A sustainable graphic design business with a higher purpose The Beacon Design Collective Inc. The Beacon Design Collective’s entire business model revolves around sustainability, from the brand’s offering to operations, communications, and employee engagement. is saving the world with graphic design one project at a time.

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