Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The findings are released as Gillette launches a packaging redesign which ditches plastic and embraces recyclable cardboard packaging across its range of refillable razors. Across Europe, it will eliminate 30 million water bottles worth of plastic, it added. million water bottles. million water bottles.

Packaging 94

Packaging Sustainability Plastics Recycling 94

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 148

GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. We’ve all seen the viral images of turtles with straws stuck up their noses, or whales washed up with bellies full of plastic bags. And one of the biggest contributors to this plastic crisis is the space we operate in: the cosmetics industry.

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Retail Packaging Waste Waste 519

Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Transporting people and things around the world sustainably and managing the world's waste are some of today's most complicated and pressing challenges. So, too, is the scale of the waste problem - globally, we are creating 2.01 billion metric tons of municipal solid waste annually.

Aviation 44

Aviation Waste Waste Demand 44

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 12, 2021

It does not cover all the other dimensions of being a sustainable business including waste management, pollution, recycling, reuse, plastics, vehicles, commuting, delivery, manufacturing, etc. LEED is an excellent certification for your buildings, but that’s it.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Plastics Organic Government 148

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste. Company profile.

Sustainability 523

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 523

Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Moreover, even before the coronavirus hit recycling collection processes, a shortage of available recycled plastic has presented a major challenge for the growing number of companies looking to ditch virgin plastic - and in particular food and drink companies, which require a higher grade of recycled plastic.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Carbon-neutral 56

Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

The IMO aims to reduce total shipping emissions by at least 50 percent from 2008 levels by 2050, and to completely decarbonize ships by the end of this century. OH, is primarily used to make chemicals for plastics, paints, and cosmetics. The policy is accelerating efforts to test, pilot, and scale up more sustainable fuels. “A

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Natural gas Fossil fuels 126

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 3, 2021

It does not cover all the other dimensions of being a sustainable business including waste management, pollution, recycling, reuse, plastics, vehicles, commuting, delivery, manufacturing, etc. LEED is an excellent certification for your buildings, but that’s it.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Plastics Recycling Recycling 148

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

In 2018, the issue of single-use plastics came to the forefront and captured the world’s attention. But what about the arguably even more concerning challenge of tackling electronic waste (or ‘e-waste’)? The world currently produces up to 50 million tons of e-waste a year (and only 20% of this is formally recycled).

Waste 130

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

Green Roof Technology

APRIL 13, 2019

After this growing season the Mineral Wool (often combined with plastic) ends up on landfills. In 2008 it was around 200,000 tons of hazard waste in Netherland alone. Engineers are not horticulturalists. Mineral Wool is widely used in nurseries for one-season vegetables. Mineral Wool is: From hero to zero!

Soil 52

Soil Recycling Recycling North America 52

Green Roof Technology

APRIL 13, 2019

After this growing season the Mineral Wool (often combined with plastic) ends up on landfills. In 2008 it was around 200,000 tons of hazard waste in Netherland alone. Engineers are not horticulturalists. Mineral Wool is widely used in nurseries for one-season vegetables.

Soil 40

Soil North America Construction Plastics 40

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented. Plastics are now in our food, our drink, the air we breathe, and almost every product we buy.

Plastics 36

Plastics Europe Recycling Recycling 36

EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A large portion of the heat previously wasted can be utilized to produce district heating. Decarbonizing packaging Since the 1950s, the world has produced over 9 billion tons (bt) of plastics. Of these plastics, around 36% are used in packaging. of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Packaging 44

Packaging Carbon-neutral Plastics Recycling 44

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The examples she gave of incubator graduates was mind-boggling: An irrigation system based on the structure of a giraffe’s neck, a way to eliminate pharmaceuticals in water, crystal nanotubes that reduce EV charging time to a couple minutes, plastics made from methane. The plastic forks we use just in the U.S. The problem?

Incubators 40

Incubators Incubators Climate change Plastics 40

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Food and Drinks Federation report firms have more than halved emissions since 1990, while also cutting down on waste. per cent since 2008, while making further progress towards tackling food waste and single-use plastics after its members signed up to wider retail industry initiatives such as the Courtauld Commitment and Plastics Pact.

Plastics 54

Plastics Waste Waste Retail 54

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Back in 2008/9, I was appointed to a panel to look at how the economy of the North East of England could recover from the banking crash. Most local authorities now collect all plastic pots, tubs and trays except for black ones which cannot easily be sorted by optical sensors.

Sustainability 45

Sustainability Politics Plastics Climate change 45

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

Respondents' chief concern was about the lasting damage caused by the return of single-use plastics that have been deemed necessary to help reduce the spread of infection. per cent of its emissions. Single-use cutlery and single-use mugs were really on the way out, we were doing well on that challenge," Buckler reflects. "In

Health 94

Health Sustainability Climate change Plastics 94

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

They require little water and attention to grow and can survive perfectly fine on waste. Imagine tomatoes that can survive in the barren wastes of the Sahara. Even more so, they transform waste into useful resources for the food and chemical industry. What is the potential of GMO?

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They are reimagining ways of working on sustainability, rather than plastics, pollution and waste. Now that unfortunately happened amidst the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, just a year after hundreds of IPCC contributors were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now businesses are also stepping up.

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COP Politics Climate change Innovation 49

Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We must move away from a 'take, make, waste' mentality to drastically reduce the amount of material we consume, argues Environmental Justice Foundation CEO Steve Trent. The use of plastics has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years if no intervention is taken.

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Plastics Microplastics Waste Waste 64

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents. As the global demand for plastics has grown, Texas also has become a hub for the petrochemical industry, which uses benzene in its production processes.

Energy Monitor 86

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 86

Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Tim Crosland, Director of Plan B, said: "In 2008 the CCC advised the Government that 4C was the threshold of "extreme danger", to be avoided at all costs. Today it is advising the Government to consider preparing for a 4C world.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Government Policy 86

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. Thanks to new regulatory incentives and technologies, the carbontech market is now taking off.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Sustainability Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The last decline in CO2 emissions was during the 2008 recession. In addition, during his time in the Senate, Biden co-sponsored the Ocean-Dumping Ban Act of 1988 , which prohibited dumping sewage, sludge and industrial waste. The decrease is due to the COVID-19 pandemic which shut down the US economy for several months.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Methane Pollution 52