Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

An exploded view of an EV battery: Researchers have demonstrated a method to upcycle end-of-life battery waste into materials that can be used for ‘next generation’ battery cathodes. Professor Slater of the University of Birmingham said: “The challenge is no longer about recycling.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

But what about the arguably even more concerning challenge of tackling electronic waste (or ‘e-waste’)? Recycling e-waste involves a combination of processes, including manual and mechanical dismantling, size reduction, sending hazardous waste for final disposal, and processing metal components.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Women are involved in every level of the materials recycling industry and this certainly seems to be confirmed by Axion Polymers, where they hold key roles in areas including management, finance, process engineering and laboratory research. It is a high-tech, modern industry that offers so much opportunity,” continues Caroline.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The carbon emissions associated with Scotland’s waste in 2018 dropped 11% on the previous year to reach the lowest level since official recording began, according to the Scottish Government-funded circular economy expert Zero Waste Scotland. The figure stands 30% below 2011’s baseline level, when Carbon Metric reporting began.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In rural West Virginia, largely hidden among steep hills, stands a $255 million facility designed to transform fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts. Laden with heavy metals, chemicals and other contaminants, this waste frequently exhibits levels of radioactivity hundreds of times the safe limits set by regulators.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

French biotech start-up Carbios is making rapid progress working with some of the world's biggest fashion brands to deliver a new approach to polyester recycling. The consortium aims to develop the industry's first large-scale fiber-to-fiber polyester recycling system, a process that could play a meaningful role in circularity in fashion.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. This pollution problem is made worse, experts say, by the fact that even the small share of plastic that does get recycled is destined to end up, sooner or later, in the trash heap. billion tons of plastic.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Helping menstrual cups go mainstream, redesigning children’s shoes to make them last longer, creating ‘lend and mend’ hubs in libraries and enabling polyester to be recycled again and again were the winning projects chosen by an independent Grant Fund panel of industry experts.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 1, 2020

In an industry notorious for food waste, award-winning chef Douglas McMaster has achieved the seemingly unattainable — Silo , the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. Launched in Australia in 2011, Silo was heralded as the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. Its success spurred the creation of a branch in Brighton, U.K.,

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Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Electronic waste is commonly referred to as e-waste, and is used to describe electronic products that are unwanted, obsolete, and/or aren’t working properly anymore. Many think that e-waste can be treated similarly to regular waste when it comes to recycling.

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Living Green Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

It’s important to stay up to date with local news when it comes to recycling and green living! 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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AGreenLiving

JULY 16, 2020

The electronic waste collection conundrum Heather Clancy Thu, 07/16/2020 – 01:15 The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. First, some stats.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Hotspots of plastic pollution also reflect the patterns of local deposition, waste management and accumulation,” Hardesty continued. “By Mass transit hubs, like train stations, are often hubs for single-use food and beverage packaging, but not items with recycling value. Key findings.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

The aspiration for a growing number of them is “zero waste.” The aspiration for a growing number of them is “zero waste.” More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

First, it’s zero waste. O’Grady: I lost my dad in 2011 after a 10-year battle with colon cancer. O’Grady: I have been really passionate about sustainability since high school where I first started advocating around climate change and waste, so I knew starting my own business that it had to be low-to-no waste.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Researchers have tried several different reuse approaches for addressing the growing global plastic waste stream. Waste plastics may also contain undesirable components. Pyrolysis is a different approach that involves the thermal degradation of plastic waste in the absence of oxygen to produce a liquid oil.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

That’s why Greentown and Saint-Gobain partnered to launch Go Build 2023, which specifically sought innovations to extend product life cycles, find alternative raw materials, and enable technologies for waste revalorization. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. With incubators in Somerville, Mass.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

First, it’s zero waste. O’Grady: I lost my dad in 2011 after a 10-year battle with colon cancer. O’Grady: I have been really passionate about sustainability since high school where I first started advocating around climate change and waste, so I knew starting my own business that it had to be low-to-no waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In 2011, water issues reached a critical level in the region. Textile wastewater is extremely difficult to treat and today CEPT Rayapurum meets 90% of its water needs from recycled water, while salts are also recovered and reused in the dyeing process. Project: Zero liquid discharge at Tirupur textile factory, India.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. has orchestrated collaborative initiatives targeting everything from plastics to food waste and bringing together large companies, NGOs and policymakers.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Corporate partnership accelerator program seeks innovations from startups in alternative proteins, waste plastics recycling, and prevention of food loss and waste. Greentown Labs is home to more than 100 startups and has supported more than 300 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. SOMERVILLE, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 6, 2023

The partnerships-focused accelerator is accepting applications from startups with innovations to extend product life cycles, develop alternative raw materials, and revalorize waste Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Greentown Labs is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Endeavor Composites is pioneering high-performance, low-cost, and zero-waste composites to solve difficult manufacturing problems. Endeavor Composites is pioneering high-performance, low-cost, and zero-waste composites to solve difficult manufacturing problems. Endeavor Composites (Knoxville, TN, U.S.):

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 31, 2019

According to the TED blog, only four TED Talks specifically on climate change were posted in 2010 and 2011, although speakers mentioned the phenomenon. disasters included Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and the Missouri tornadoes of 2011. Many companies started developing products made from recycled plastic. billion in damages.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has this week published its fourth annual report on its progress against the objectives set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, analysing its performance against 50 natural capital indicators spanning air, water, waste, biodiversity, and soil. per cent between 2011 and 2016.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

In 2011, Lynch visited the Geneva Motor Show to look at the model of a car of the future, which the company hoped to introduce in London. Duhare says: "We use natural materials for our packaging and ask customers to return the insulation and ice-packs to us so that together we are mindful in helping the environment and recycling.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 23, 2020

In 2019, BASF partnered with us to run the Circularity Challenge , a startup-corporate partnership accelerator program focused on breakthroughs in the plastics, energy storage, and recycling value chains to advance a circular economy. WS: As one example, we were a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Meanwhile, the environment is now a top three issue of concern for a third of people, up from just seven per cent in 2011. We've already faced extra levies on our energy bills and new rules on waste and recycling will hit consumers and businesses with extra costs.

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Living Green Technology

APRIL 1, 2016

Their various food recovery programs recover leftover concession food after games, feed them to the needy and thus reduce almost 100 tons of waste from their venues. Scarborough Research 2011 showed that NHL fans are 11 times more likely to recycle and 19 times more likely to donate to environmental causes than the average US adult.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Yet, it’s questionable whether the organizer’s efforts to recapture and recycle the helium after the event is effective. Not only that, but the location Moonachie, New Jersey was specifically chosen in 2011 and has housed the floats and supplies for the past ten years in the state-of-the-art and LEED-certified facility.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. ” Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. ” Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

FCC Environmental Services (FCC) is one of the world’s largest waste management and recycling companies, with a presence in over 35 countries, including the United States. FCC’s Houston Material Recycling Facility has been honored with the Recycling Facility of the Year 2020 award by the National Waste & Recycling Association.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Lawns were there to prove a point: I’m so rich, and I have so much land, that I’m willing to waste precious soil and labor to grow something completely and utterly useless. 2011 looked into how efficient our lawns are in fixating carbon. Not even the cattle could graze there – they’d ruin the beauty in a heartbeat.

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