Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. A boom is filled with plastic, and yet was only able to collect small amounts of it due to much of the debris passing it by. km2 to 0.77km2.

Plastics 112

Plastics Energy Monitor Microplastics Building Energy Monitoring 112

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

That’s equivalent to roughly 10 years’ worth of China’s annual emissions as of 2014 — an amount that far surpasses the 90 billion ton avoidance potential of Drawdown’s top-ranked solution, refrigerant management. By empowering women and girls globally, Project Drawdown calculated that we could avoid 120 billion tons of emissions by 2050.

Startups 541

Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper. Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand .

Fashion 148

Fashion Organic Sustainability Recycling 148

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

.” Gelatex Technologies from Estonia has won the Green Alley Award 2019 – an annual prize recognising startups in the circular economy, which has been running since 2014. The textile is seemingly produced without the use of toxins and is “organic and biodegradable.”

Startups 178

Startups Waste Waste Plastics 178

Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Everyone has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution in the oceans. The plan is to find a way to recycle the recovered plastics so that the project begins to pay for itself. A sea anchor creates a drag so that it moves slower than the floating garbage.

Plastics 52

Plastics Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Eliminate single use plastics across all steps of supply chain. Patagonia was one of the early adopters of sustainable fashion with organic cotton, recycled materials, fair trade, product repair, and secondhand Worn Wear collection. Wash clothing with cold water to prevent release of microfibers and plastic into waterways.

Fashion 109

Fashion Sustainability Ethics Waste 109