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Nina+Co sustainably furnishes a zero-waste London restaurant

Inhabitat - Innovation

Locally sourced and recycled materials by Nina+Co decorate the London location of Silo, a zero-waste restaurant focused on sustainability. Launched in Australia in 2011, Silo was heralded.

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SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced landfill use

Envirotec Magazine

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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Nina+Co sustainably furnishes a zero-waste London restaurant

AGreenLiving

For Silo’s second outpost in London, local interior design studio Nina+Co teamed up with McMaster to craft an interior that reinforces the restaurant’s sustainable ethos with locally sourced natural materials and innovative design aimed at minimizing environmental impact. Its success spurred the creation of a branch in Brighton, U.K.,

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

GreenBiz

"The one thing that is difficult — and it’s difficult for all companies but especially, I think, in the protein industry — there’s just certain materials you can’t recycle or reuse," said Steve Levitsky, vice president of sustainability for well-known chicken purveyor Perdue Farms. sales for the company.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Inaugural Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

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. 23, 2023 at Greentown’s Boston location.

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

AGreenLiving

. “The one thing that is difficult — and it’s difficult for all companies but especially, I think, in the protein industry — there’s just certain materials you can’t recycle or reuse,” said Steve Levitsky, vice president of sustainability for well-known chicken purveyor Perdue Farms. sales for the company.

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Bio-recycling gets fashionable with enzymes that will eat your shoes

Business Green

"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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