Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
What Scotland is recycling – plastic and textiles up, glass and construction & soils down The largest material category recycled or reused in 2022 was paper and cardboard (181,000 tonnes, 27.6%). million tonnes (66.4%) since 2005, and is the lowest annual amount on record of waste landfilled since then.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. Back in 2005, MOM’s banned single-use plastic bags in its stores to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 11/06/2020 - 01:15.
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Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
million tonnes (62.9%) from 2005. Part of the reduction was largely due to less soils landfilled, which decreased by 340,000 tonnes (29.0%) from 2019. The amount of Scottish household waste landfilled in 2020 was 660,000 tonnes, a reduction of 98,000 tonnes (13.0%) from 2019, and a reduction 794,000 tonnes (54.6%) from 2011.
Front And Centered
JULY 14, 2022
He seeks to build a food economy for his community that places the resources and power in the hands of the folks who handle food, work the soil, and harvest the produce that comes from their toil. He is the co-founder of Food Oasis, a food hub located in South Seattle.
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy Deonna Anderson Fri, 11/06/2020 – 01:15 In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. That wasn’t ideal.
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 26, 2019
Way to cut down on plastic packaging! Cactus plastic developed in Mexico Research professor Sandra Pascoe Ortiz and other scientists at the University of Valle de Atemajac in Zapopan, Mexico used prickly pear juice to craft a new biodegradable plastic. Unlike traditional plastics, no crude oil is required, according to Forbes.
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2021
Pantys’ products cut down on plastic waste — one person uses up to 15,000 pads and tampons over a lifetime, most of which wind up in landfills, estimates show. His interest in environmental resilience was born in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, after accompanying his father to the region to help with reconstruction. .
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