Green Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In July 2017 China, which is by far the world’s largest importer and recycler of scrap metals, plastic and paper, notified the World Trade Organization that it planned to effectively ban imports of 24 types of scrap , which its environment ministry called “foreign garbage,” by the end of the year. Plastic scrap is especially problematic.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 22, 2020

This former plantation land’s modern nicknames are Cancer Alley and Death Alley because of the pollution-induced illness rife in the riverside communities. This is some of America’s most polluted air, with eight major industrial plants in 103 square miles and a new, enormous plastic project on the horizon.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

National Geographic says yes by Medilyn Manibo, 21 July 2014 ii Paper comes from Trees… by TheWorldCounts, 13 May 2014 iii Paper comes from Trees… by TheWorldCounts, 13 May 2014 iv What is the environmental impact of deforestation for paper production? And how can we rebalance our friendship with trees?)

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The report highlights the landfill tax has been successful in driving a significant drop in landfill waste in the UK, with the introduction of the levy promting a 65 per cent decrease of total waste in landfill sites between 1998 to 2014.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores. By July 2018, at least 127 countries had adopted some form of legislation regulating plastics, it adds.

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Grist

APRIL 13, 2022

The four are moving quickly to examine the tiny invertebrates, keeping them in plastic bins filled with ocean water to ease their stress. Created by Fernandes as part of his doctoral dissertation, the 3D-printed plastic holders act as temporary living quarters for dying coral. The structure is known as a “crib.”

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

Just over 800 cases were filed between 1986 and 2014, but more than 1,000 have been brought before the courts since then. Plastics, packaging and other forms of waste are also on the docket, as are companies' ESG marketing claims. Law and disorder. A confluence of factors is contributing to the surge of suits.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Since the bug was first identified in 2014, it has been devastating vineyards and orchards in the Northeast. Land use, pollution, fire history—all factor into ecology. We don’t have to use wooden pallets, said Ayres, there are many cheap alternatives like particle wood or plastic. Honeydew is a perfectly good fruit.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2020

Defra announces plan to double 5p plastic bag charge and extend levy to all retailers from next year. The 5p charge on plastic bags is being ramped up to 10p and will be extended to all retailers in England from April next year, under plans aimed at curbing waste plastic pollution that will be announced by the government today.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 18, 2022

It changes your attitude and that of your community toward land and water pollution. Public demonstration on the street against global warming and pollution. Group of multiethnic people making protest about climate change and plastic problems in the oceans. Joining conversations on social media. . ” Source: [link].

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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 . Keep Your Partners Close.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Museum of Plastic is popping up once again, this time at the EDITION Hotel during Art Basel Miami, from Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8. Lonely Whale is known for campaigns like the anti-straw Stop Sucking and the anti-single-use plastic water bottle Question How You Hydrate. Answers have been edited for length.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, 30, campaigned for Malawi to reinstate a ban on single-use plastics in 2019 and then for the government to enforce that ban. Humanitarian Enterprise of Loving People) and started learning more about the pollution problems in St. James Parish Council meeting. Credit: © Julie Dermansky. James Parish.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

The Veganuary campaign has taken the country by storm since it was launched in 2014 by husband and wife Jane Land and Matthew Glover. Ever since Sir David Attenborough presented Blue Planet 2 , and the world saw the impacts plastic straws and bags are having on marine life, demand for a dramatic reduction in plastic use has exploded.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

1’s directors for voting against two recent proposals to set greenhouse gas targets that would account for the pollution caused by the fossil fuels ExxonMobil sells, and to produce a report on low-carbon business plans. CalPERS sign during a drought in California in 2014. The report faults Engine No. Engine No. Climate Risk’ Successes.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

It is also a source of 20% of industrial water pollution from textile dyeing and treatment. . Developing countries serve as an excellent host for toxic, fast fashion factories due to cheap labor, tax breaks, and lenient pollution, operation, and labor regulations. . Eliminate single use plastics across all steps of supply chain.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 23, 2019

From animals facing extinction to pollution to global warming, the world is changing — quickly. Related: Attenborough Effect inspires people to drastically reduce single-use plastics Chasing Coral, 2017 Coral is a barometer for the health of the planet. As a measure of this health, coral is showing that the earth is sick.

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Econaur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

NEW DELHI, INDIA – SEPTEMBER 24: Uttam Banerjee, director and CEO, Ekam Eco Solutions on September 24, 2014, in New Delhi, India. Zerodor is an attempt to recover urine and faeces in pure form so that it does not pollute the soil and water and can be converted into useful fertilizer. Ekam Eco Solutions Ltd.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Pollution Health Politics Policy 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Grist

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Vasquez’s colleague, forensic field specialist Ngaio Richards, walks over and dons a plastic glove before reaching her hand into the dam to collect the sample and put it in a paper bag. She pulls Frost’s reward, a yellow ball on a rope, out of her fanny pack and chucks it into the river. Frost dives after it, ecstatic.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Joel Makower. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Although there is unlimited supply of the fossil fuels, we should go for the use of renewable energy as it is not only safe for the environment, eco-friendly but also less prone to pollutants if any. using this wind energy there is no pollution and less space occupancy and less cost effective.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Having employees working from home will lower your real estate and operational costs, increase worker productivity, and improve employee satisfaction while reducing pollution from commuting to work. On the 11th of June 2014, London grounded to a standstill. A classic win/win, a win for your business and a win for the planet.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality.

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Grist

JANUARY 30, 2020

If you want to clean up the largest pollution spill in the country, one unaltered by decades of work and billions of dollars, you need to spend a lot of time making tiny measurements. Fertilizer is a major pollutant. In 1997, the federal government formed a hypoxia task force in an effort to stem the flow of fertilizer pollution.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

All retailers in England will be forced to charge customers 10p for a single-use carrier bag from 21 May, in a bid to further drive down plastic pollution, the government confirmed today. We know we must go further to protect our natural environment and oceans, which is why we are now extending this charge to all businesses," she said.

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Retail Plastics Pollution Waste 71

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Back in 2014, Rees-Mogg said: “I would like my constituents to have cheap energy rather more than I would like them to have windmills.”. According to her website, she is committed to climate action, and mentions her support for green energy and electric cars, as well as her campaigning against plastic waste.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

We’re using more plastic. In the 1970s, 35 million tonnes of plastic was produced globally, mounting to 381 million tonnes in 2015. In 1968, the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) delivered a report titled Sources, Abundance, and Fate of Gaseous Atmospheric Polluters. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S. A Plastic Ocean.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

We’re using more plastic. In the 1970s, 35 million tonnes of plastic was produced globally, mounting to 381 million tonnes in 2015. In 1968, the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) delivered a report titled Sources, Abundance, and Fate of Gaseous Atmospheric Polluters. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S. A Plastic Ocean.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

One of Hobson’s convictions is that American’s must be "color brave," a phrase she coined in her 2014 TED Talk. Jackowski was at the center of HP’s ongoing project in Haiti to collect ocean-bound plastic waste and incorporate the material into the company’s printer cartridges and, as of May, into some of its personal computers.

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