GreenBiz
JUNE 17, 2020
How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2020
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from 2011. Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. The 2019 metric shows a continued downward trajectory since 2011 in Scotland’s household waste carbon impact. million from 2011. achieved in 2011.
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AGreenLiving
JUNE 17, 2020
” But meat companies that raise animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle and other livestock for protein also must take into account something else few widget, gadget or electronics makers need to worry about — how to manage water and materials contaminated by organic, biological waste. For this particular facility, that translated into 8.3
Greentown Labs
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
DrinKicks (Houston, Texas) is a sneaker-themed consumer-products company that is focused on repurposing food waste and recycled materials into sustainable goods such as shoes, sports equipment, and clothing, all while educating consumers on the power of the circular economy. Its co-founders are Shivam Bhakta and Richard Swartwout.
GreenBiz
MAY 27, 2020
I’ve been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting," Boyd said. "I Dell already has plucked some of the low-hanging fruit of closed-loop materials, such as by using reclaimed ocean plastics.
Grist
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Although scientists have known about the existence of plastic-eating enzymes for years — and Marty says Carbios has been working on enzymatic recycling technology since its founding in 2011 — a discovery made six years ago outside a bottle-recycling factory in Sakai, Japan helped to energize the field.
Business Green
AUGUST 12, 2022
"In the traditional recycling world, the solutions are not circular. You can recycle materials one, two, three times, and then it's over. With our technology, it's almost infinite," said Ladent, who joined Carbios late last year, replacing co-founder and CEO Jean-Claude Lumaret, who'd led the company since its founding in 2011.
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