GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Its framework excludes areas such as plastics in the oceanic food chain and the loss of soil fertility. Back in 2011, the company worked with Trucost to develop an environmental profit and loss (EP&L) account to help measure and manage environmental impacts across its operations and supply chain.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Organic Soil 283

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Another vivid example: plastic that has been used to wrap meat, which cannot be sent to traditional facilities without first being decontaminated. While the company is studying ways of using recycled plastics, it hasn’t been able to find a material that duplicates the shelf life it can achieve with options already available, Luxton said.

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Packaging Waste Waste Recycling 284

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership. In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society. Customized report

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Innovation 130

Greentown Labs

MARCH 18, 2021

When Greentown moved out of our original warehouse in 2011, Silverman Trykowski Associates designed our building in Boston partly pro-bono, and they’ve designed all of our locations since—including Greentown Houston!—all Late in 2011, Wolf Greenfield becomes a partner and provides members with pro bono legal services. 2013 2013.

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Startups Incubators Incubators Innovation 90

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

upcycles carbon-negative biowaste for use in reducing the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint in typical plastic products. and Houston, Texas, Greentown is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011. Hempitecture (Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.) billion in funding.

Startups 104

Startups Carbon-neutral Incubators Incubators 104

Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Long-time followers of the EV scene may remember Aptera, a startup that was founded in 2006, designed a unique three-wheeled two-seater EV, then went into liquidation in 2011. The vehicle’s body is made of resin-infused sandwich-core plastic composites, which are lighter than aluminum and “many times stronger than their steel counterparts.”

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Plastics Batteries 105

Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

In its latest sustainability report, the home appliance giant also revealed it used 20 times more recycled plastic in its products in 2019 compared to 2011, and 44 per cent less energy per manufactured product compared to 15 years ago.

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Carbon-neutral Energy Energy Recycling 59

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Reflecting on the climate crisis, the devastating rates of bio-diversity loss and the suffocating flow of plastics into the ocean, I feel a sense of overwhelm. August 22nd marked World Overshoot Day, a stark reminder that we are consuming nature at a rate which is too fast for our planet to regenerate.

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Retail Plastics Carbon-negative Sustainability 68

Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass., billion in funding.

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Startups Packaging Incubators Incubators 52

Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Water UK, which represents more than 25 water and wastewater companies across the UK, said the sector had already cut its emissions by 43 per cent since 2011 "despite a growing population and the impacts of climate change".

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Waste Waste Climate change Methane 87

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

“It is likely that the majority of microplastics come from the fragmentation of larger pieces of plastic litter in the environment,” says a 2019 report from the Royal Society,1 and the tendency of discarded litter to degrade or fragment is helped along by things like UV radiation, physical erosion and temperature changes.

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Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Additionally, the plastic bags ban is working well, seeing a 58% reduction in plastic bags being disposed of since 2011. These come as a result of a new waste transfer station, as well as a way to offset costs from its discount program for low-income residents. Overall, recycling in Seattle has gone up by 20% since 2003.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Waste 40

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Between 2011-2020, the plug-in grant cost £800m. Equally, as we saw with the introduction of plastic bag charges, it would send a clear message to consumers. Currently, the British government supports the purchasing of ZEVs through the plug-in car grant and through other measures.

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Electric vehicle Government Policy Batteries 91

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 12, 2021

HAC is a coalition of more than 50 countries that was formed in 2011 to encourage internal action on the climate crisis prior to the Paris Agreement. It was formed in Durban in 2011 and has been at the forefront of encouraging international action on the climate crisis. and Costa Rica.

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Biodiversity Global warming Africa Politics 36

AGreenLiving

MAY 20, 2020

Scientists first described the blue calamintha bee in 2011, and some feared it had already gone extinct. When he sees what he thinks is a blue bee, he tries to catch it in a net and puts the bee in a plastic bag. The bee pollinates Ashe’s calamint, a threatened perennial deciduous shrub with pale purple flowers.

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Plastics Biodiversity Solar Power 28

Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The Challenge sought out battery, plastic, and digital solutions to enable the circular economy and improve sustainability across value chains. Greentown is headquartered in Somerville, MA and has supported more than 300 startups since its founding in 2011.

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Incubators Incubators Business Energy Monitoring Startups 103

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The King has used his voice to draw attention to a wide range of environmental and climate issues for more than five decades, having given a speech warning of the dangers of plastic and chemical pollution as early as 1970 when he was just 21 years old. Following in his father's footsteps, Charles also became president of WWF in 2011.

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Law Sustainability Plastics Politics 84

Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Additionally, electronics aren’t broken down easily by nature, which means that they can sit around for years like plastic does. Most e-waste is not recycled The EPA estimated that in 2011, the US created more than 3 million tons of e-waste, but only 25% of that was recycled, while the vast majority of electronics were sent to landfills.

Waste 40

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 40

AGreenLiving

MARCH 8, 2021

Its framework excludes areas such as plastics in the oceanic food chain and the loss of soil fertility. Back in 2011, the company worked with Trucost to develop an environmental profit and loss (EP&L) account to help measure and manage environmental impacts across its operations and supply chain.

Climate change 36

Climate change Carbon-negative Organic Soil 36

Grist

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

” Last January, as a sophomore, she started the Menlo-Atherton Reusables Club — a student group focused on policy changes that target plastic waste in San Mateo County, California. ” Jenni Vanos and David Hondula first met at the 2011 International Congress of Biometeorology in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Education Climate change Logistics Policy 116

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

They are metals and plastics or whatever. That would include plastics that are recyclable. Teaching a group of sixth graders about systems design, 2011. The idea that these inanimate objects have a life is a bit odd when you think about it. They are not biological items. And that is what I call the technosphere.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Sustainability Recycling 524

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Pollution Fossil fuels Aviation Carbon 74

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

companies are publishing a sustainability report, up from 86% in 2018, and 20% in 2011. · And as a growing number of companies commit to recycled plastics targets and circular plastics aspirations, there is an opportunity and necessity in partnering with these communities. S&P Global Trucost found that: · 90 percent of U.S.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise 59

AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

Another vivid example: plastic that has been used to wrap meat, which cannot be sent to traditional facilities without first being decontaminated. While the company is studying ways of using recycled plastics, it hasn’t been able to find a material that duplicates the shelf life it can achieve with options already available, Luxton said.

Packaging 28

Packaging Waste Waste Recycling 28

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Hotspots of plastic pollution also reflect the patterns of local deposition, waste management and accumulation,” Hardesty continued. “By By identifying these locations using real data, local decision makers can assess opportunities on where and how to implement effective policies to reduce plastic in the environment.”. Key findings.

Pollution 130

Pollution Plastics Packaging Policy 130

Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

and founded in 2011, Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America , operating a 100,000 sq. We have already made significant progress and continue to expand our ambition – most recently committing to ensure 100% of our plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Startups 52

Startups Incubators Incubators North America 52

Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

and founded in 2011, Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America , operating a 100,000 sq. We have already made significant progress and continue to expand our ambition – most recently committing to ensure 100% of our plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Startups 52

Startups Incubators Incubators North America 52

Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

As such the supermarket plans to start off with what it knows it can do, including switching all stores to LED lighting by 2022, improving the energy efficiency of its fridges, switching to a zero emission fleet, and halving the amount of plastic packaging it produces by 2025.

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Carbon-neutral Retail Carbon Plastics 41

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

They include Daniel Feffer, the billionaire vice chairman of Suzano Papel e Celulose, a Brazilian pulp and paper company; Adriano Pires, chief executive of the Centro Brasileiro de Infraestrutura, a lobbying firm for the oil and gas sector; William Ling, who owns logging, plastics, and aluminium companies; and Jorge Gerdau, a steel magnate.

Climate change 91

Climate change Politics Logging Policy 91

Greentown Labs

JULY 12, 2022

has a patented bacteria-based technology that converts organic waste into Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolymer that can be used to replace a wide range of oil-based plastic applications. Full Cycle Bioplastics (San Jose, U.S.) Lydian (Somerville, U.S.) Molecule Works (Richland, U.S.) With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass.

Startups 52

Startups Carbon Carbon-neutral Incubators 52

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He launched the Save the Duck brand in 2011 to address people that are sensitive to environmental issues and sustainable living. Its roots go back more than a hundred years, to when tailor-turned soldier Foresto Bargi started experimenting with a water-repellent material he learned about during his time in the First World War.

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Recycling Recycling Sustainability Fashion 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Independent directors can hold companies' feet to the fire on plastics - they owe it to their shareholders as well as the planet, argues Planet Tracker's John Willis. In light of this, it is crucial that the key players within the plastics industry make an urgent commitment to changing their practices. A problem on the rise.

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Plastics Fossil fuels Pollution Recycling 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We are working with CO2, but for other companies it could be other types of pollution, such as plastic waste.". For example, in the UK two semi-detached demonstration homes co-developed by Velux in Northamptonshire in 2011 were among the first in the country to meet the government's Zero Carbon Standard for Homes.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Sustainability Europe 77

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Morris was president, chief executive officer, and chairman of American Electric Power (AEP) from 2004 to November 2011 and continued as AEP’s chairman until 2013. .” Elana Sulakshana, senior energy finance campaigner at Rainforest Action Network. And The Hartford director Michael G. Links to Lobbying.

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Pollution Fossil fuels Climate change Aviation 98

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

The brands "can use plastics to make fibers, but they don't have a solution for fiber-to-fiber recycling at scale," Emmanuel Ladent, Carbios CEO, said in an interview. The company expects the facility, which will recycle local plastic waste, to begin operations in 2025. Hungry, hungry enzymes.

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Fashion Recycling Recycling Plastics 69

Elemental Excelerator

MAY 11, 2022

Back in 2011, Breakthrough Institute published a report articulating something that the climate tech sector long knew: climate tech companies face more hurdles on the way to success than other types of tech companies. Ultimately, they need to become market leaders supplanting fossil fuels, plastic, and other extractive practices.

Startups 52

Startups Technology Climate change Government 52

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

O’Grady: I lost my dad in 2011 after a 10-year battle with colon cancer. All of our products, packaging and shipping materials are totally plastic-free and made with either recyclable, compostable, or plantable materials. I searched through many, many designers to find someone special who could deliver that!

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 36