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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

GreenBiz

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute Salubata is a Nigerian startup that creates modular shoes from recycled plastic waste. minute pitch of their technology to the audience.

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NeighborWorks America: Sustainability Improvements Help Build Larger Community Resilience

Green Business Bureau

Such practices include installing sensor-controlled lights and faucets, establishing battery recycling stations, launching organization-wide recycling programs, and reducing unnecessary waste from paper, plastic and other disposable materials.

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Sponsored content: Wind of change blows through EfW emissions

Envirotec Magazine

In 2012, there were only 24 EfW plants in England. As you start to take plastic away you can incorporate other materials which also have a high calorific value, but their combustion will produce different by-products. Pollutants and plastic. Burning a higher proportion of plastics produces more HCL and less SO2.

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Fast Fashion: The Damage It’s Caused and How to Stop It

The Environmental Blog

In 2012, they produced 840 million articles of clothing. If you find a small business that has sustainable production, it might be a better investment for you. Think of the movement for plastic straw alternatives. This dynamic is a cycle. Companies are putting out more clothing options and collections than ever.

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#Greentown10: 10 Years of Partnerships for Climate Action

Greentown Labs

Member-partner collaborations run the gamut, from a global commercial agreement between Salient Predictions and BASF , to a pilot project between Raptor Maps and Enel , to a customer deal between SteamIQ and Toray Plastics that also involved National Grid. in Boston, MA—in what was just then being dubbed the “Innovation District” in Boston.

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How steel might finally kick its coal habit

Grist

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. In 2012, he co-founded Boston Electrometallurgical (a.k.a. Meanwhile, construction companies and car makers are increasingly using lightweight aluminum, plastics, and even wood in their projects.

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Global Briefing: Greenpeace's Jennifer Morgan appointed as Germany's climate envoy

Business Green

Today at the One Ocean Summit in Brest, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and KfW acting on behalf of the German Federal Government committed to double the funding target of the Clean Oceans Initiative to €4bn by 2025. Italy embeds environmental protection in constitution.

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