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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

GreenBiz

In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 LimeLoop partners directly with retail companies and provides them with a set of reusable packages made from upcycled billboard vinyl and lined with recycled cotton. million tons (29.9 Pushing the goalposts.

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The Lancet: Few countries prepared to tackle worsening climate-related health risks

Business Green

Other findings suggest that nearly 570 million people could face risks of increased flooding, bigger storms, and soil and water salinification that could result in them being permanently forced to leave their homes. billion more days of heatwave exposure in 2020 compared to the baseline average between 1986 and 2005.

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

AGreenLiving

’ In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 How to meet people where they are LimeLoop partners directly with retail companies and provides them with a set of reusable packages made from upcycled billboard vinyl and lined with recycled cotton. million tons (29.9

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Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration

Business Green

The world's largest emitting country had been on course to meet its target to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45 per cent between 2005 and 2020 as part of its Paris Agreement commitments this year, but damage wrought by the global pandemic may now makes that goal far harder to meet, according to analysts.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Coffee beans have been grown in East Timor for more than 400 years. "To Environmental Protection Agency.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

From 2005 to 2015, dairy’s gaseous output increased by 18 percent. In these systems, dairy herds cover wide areas, eating as they go and leaving their waste on the ground where it fertilises the soil. percent of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. That’s a larger share of global emissions than aviation.

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

AGreenLiving

Banana leaves as packaging If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit a southern Indian restaurant in Asia, you may have been served dinner on a banana leaf instead of a plate. Way to cut down on plastic packaging! This cactus plastic begins breaking down in a month when placed in soil and only a few days in water.