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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created. In 2001, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) detected 12,635 cases of certification forgery.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created. In 2001, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) detected 12,635 cases of certification forgery.

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Is the mining sector ready and able to deliver net zero?

Business Green

Dhawan is speaking to BusinessGreen to mark the 20th anniversary of the ICMM, which was set up by more than two dozen major miners in 2001 to help establish best environmental practices for the mining sector. "And where there are resources, numbers two and three will help companies extract them well.".

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits. Students also launched the Edible Campus Initiative, through which a coalition works with grounds management to maximize edible, foragable plants on the urban campus.

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