Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The bigger picture The single-use plastics ban follows the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, which are expected to be extended, and the introduction of the Plastic Packaging Tax in April 2022. All of these have the ‘polluter pays’ concept at their core but is it enough?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, the deadline for submission under the existing Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 remains unchanged (7 April), adding an extra layer of complexity to the dual-reporting transitional phase of the EPR rollout. Producers can then expect to see first estimates by the end of 2023/early 2024.

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Living Green Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As the months go by, more progress is being made in electronics recycling. American Recycler: Sony Promotes Take Back Recycling Plan According to American Recycler, Sony is working harder to promote its wildly successful Take Back Recycling program. population.

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2020

Water, specifically, stopped being an afterthought for Bush Brothers after the 2007 drought in Chestnut Hill. According to Will Sarni, CEO of the Water Foundry, a hyperlocal water recycling plant such as this is still a rare project for U.S. This was the wake-up call the executives needed to replace that pipe with something better. .

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

Diageo has this week published a review of its sustainability performance over the past five years, confirming it met a goal to halve greenhouse gas emissions from its operations against 2007 levels, but narrowly missed targets relating to wastewater, water efficiency, and packaging. Meanwhile, the company delivered a 46.3

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In 2007, I started Greenability as a bi-monthly, print magazine with a mission of telling the environmental stories of people, causes and efforts that make Kansas City greener and more sustainable.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Additionally, check with local scrap yards or metal recyclers, as thieves may try to sell stolen converters there. Engrave your vehicle identification number (VIN) or license plate number onto the catalytic converter to make it easier to identify if stolen. Report the theft immediately to the police.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 13, 2020

Equipment recycling. Green House Data has been on the forefront of green data centers since 2007 and provides a great article on how they maintain a sustainable data center. Equipment Recycling. In 2015, Apple collected over 2000 pounds of gold from recycled electronics. Where to recycle equipment and electronics.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

He stressed that "significant progress is being made", noting that the UK has cut its food waste by 27 per cent since 2007 while hundreds of companies are doing their part. Beyond food waste, WRAP this week also published the results of its latest annual survey of UK households attitudes to recycling. The WRAP report and Champions 12.3

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

816 Bike Collective 816 Bike Collective is a community bicycle repair and rescue shop that opened in 2007. Its Hope Cycles program is a bike recycling shop designed to take donated bikes, rebuild them, and provide reliable transportation to its guests. . – 2 p.m. at BikeWalkKC, 1106 E. G, Kansas City, MO. Kansas City, MO.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2020

Other ways that Best Cleaners has greened their business are by switching to LED lighting in their facilities and creating a hanger recycling program. Best Cleaners has been consistently recognized on local and regional “best of” lists, ranked in the top 30 cleaners nationwide since 2007, and was named to the Inc.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This is the reason why cell phone recycling is so important. If you decide to get a new one, see with your supplier how to recycle the one you already have, they may have a program available. You can also search for a cell phone recycling location in your community. In 2007 only 10% of mobile phones were recycled.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2022

As well as green service changes to Google Maps, Flights and Hotels, a new upgrade to Google Business Profiles enables firms to promote the recycling facilities they offer, explains Google's EMEA president Matt Brittin. Across the world, people are voting with their feet for sustainable choices.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Since the competition began in 2007, it has rewarded a variety of businesses, including bio-bean, a British company that recycles coffee for consumer and industrial markets, which won the top prize in 2014. The deadline for this year's competition closes at midday on 1st April.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As a company, Google claims to be carbon neutral since 2007 and has set a goal to be carbon-free by 2030. Carpet made from recycled materials and energy-efficient lighting illuminate the focus on eco-friendly interior design. Green Building Council.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A leading UK and European recycling company was fined £20,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on 16 November after Scotland’s environmental regulator, SEPA, uncovered what it described as the largest single illegal export of household waste from Scotland. It was loaded inside 51 forty-foot shipping containers destined for recycling in China.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In previous campaigns, the bulk of teachers and students who received the materials threw them out or put them in the recycling bin.” The last of the big oil companies mostly gave up on funding extreme climate denial groups like Heartland around 2007, said Brulle.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Research reveals that just 19 policies have been introduced to tackle negative impacts of fast fashion since 2007 - compared to 689 to try and tackle obesity. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) was considering a request for comment at the time of going to press.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

The municipality, which is home to roughly 75,000 residents, was among the earliest adopters of a climate target, pledging to achieve carbon neutrality way back in 2007 - long before climate targets were fashionable, and well before Paris Agreement triggered a deluge of net zero goals from governments and companies around the world.

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Green Tech Challenge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

While the US remains the top producer of e-Waste, more than China, EU nations also have trouble in recycling digital items. A separate report in 2015 said that only a third of Europe’s e-Waste is recycled. In fact, their ‘O2 Recycle’ program has recycled more than 2 million devices to date.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2020

The report analyses food waste levels since 2007, finding that 1.4 million tonnes of food have been saved from going to waste each year from UK households since 2007. The annual total saved is enough to fill 150,000 food collection trucks which, placed nose to tail, would stretch from London to Prague, the report calculates. "But

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Firms are also now collectively aiming to halve food waste per capita by the end of the decade compared to 2007 levels, which WRAP estimated would see 800,000 fewer tonnes of food going to waste in 2030 compared to 2025, saving food worth £2.4bn a year in the process that is equivalent to 1.9 billion meals.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Roughly $447m of the net proceeds had been allocated by the end of 2019, the US food and drinks giant said, with roughly $200m being earmarked for sourcing recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plastic for the company's North American operations.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 21, 2020

They rankings are based on a comparative assessment of 25 data points that include renewable energy, recycling and conservation programs, availability of environmental studies, and career guidance for green jobs. In 2007, it became the first carbon-neutral college in the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 20, 2020

Water, specifically, stopped being an afterthought for Bush Brothers after the 2007 drought in Chestnut Hill. According to Will Sarni, CEO of the Water Foundry, a hyperlocal water recycling plant such as this is still a rare project for U.S. businesses. Up to 20 percent of the water Bush Brothers uses is from its reuse system.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

New research commissioned by Hubbub and released this week reveals that since 2007, only 19 policies have been published to tackle the environmental damage and human rights abuses of the fashion industry. textile choice, production and lack of recycling.? Only one policy contained any detail of cost or timeframes. There are also?broader

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2022

A 2018 pledge by ministers to eliminate waste crime is in doubt as organised crime groups enjoy rising returns from tax avoidance, fly-tipping and other waste-related crimes, at the same time as waste prosecutions conducted by the Environment Agency have fallen from a peak of 800 in 2007/08 to just 50 per year in the period up to the pandemic.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 9, 2021

Such practices include installing sensor-controlled lights and faucets, battery recycling stations, organization-wide recycling programs, and reducing unnecessary waste whenever possible. . Credissimo is a leading European FinTech group that was founded in 2007. Credissimo.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2021

In order for a marina to become sustainable they must consider: Recycling shrink wrap. Prioritizing recycling . Landfill pollution – Plastic shrink-wrap, bottles, packaging and materials are not being properly recycled and disposed of. Prioritize Recycling . Boaters will not recycle if it is not convenient to them.

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Unsustainable

JUNE 17, 2020

Regardless of its use, banana products are recyclable and bio-degradable. November 23, 2007. These qualities make it perfect for use as money. The Japanese use banana paper for their yen notes. Banana paper is also used to make sturdy boxes and wallets. Their processing and manufacture is also nearly carbon neutral. December 20, 2018.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

They need to be retired, recycled and retrofitted," Griffith said. Griffith, an MIT-trained engineer, holds multiple patents, launched a site that later became Instructables and was lauded by the MacArthur Foundation in 2007 for being "a prodigy of invention in service of the world community.". Now picture "7.1

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

In 2007, authorities in the Netherlands and the UK deemed a Shell ad campaign “misleading” for claiming it was “recycling” carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to heat greenhouses, complete with images of flowers flowing from smokestacks. Shell remains a notorious greenwasher. refinery.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

Early last year, a Swedish company called Renewcell opened the world’s first commercial-scale textile-recycling facility, the BBC reports. As The Japan Times reports, it began in 2007 with efforts to engineer spider silk, which has long been admired for its strength, durability, and lightness.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

HP: (+65) 8222 1741 Crystal Tan Ruder Finn Asia HP: (+65) 8128 8268 About Eco Action Day Eco Action Day is a national public awareness campaign organised by Ricoh since 2007, in partnership with key NGO, government, and private sector partners in Singapore. Ruder Finn Asia. Every year, participants, young and old, organise many events.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

But, rather than continuing to inflict damage to the planet, what if the millions of tonnes of plastics used to make bottles, food packaging, carrier bags, clothes, carpets, and much more every year, were actually made from a sustainable, plant-based, fossil fuel-free polymer that was both fully recyclable and degradable?

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