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Reduce, reuse, recycle, register?

GreenBiz

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials. Tue, 03/09/2021 - 00:05.

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A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging

GreenBiz

Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Companies have more goals for designing for recycling and recovery, and increasing recycled content than other packaging issues. Seeing the forest for the trees.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle, register?

AGreenLiving

Reduce, reuse, recycle, register? Ash Earl Tue, 03/09/2021 – 00:05 Consumer interest in the use of recycled materials, so-called recyclates, is on the rise. Patagonia, for example, recently declared that 68 percent of its offerings use recycled materials.

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Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Typically, Apple signs contracts (including virtual power-purchase agreements) with renewables developers like Avangrid and sPower, although it occasionally buys projects outright or makes equity investments. After peaking in 2015, Apple’s comprehensive carbon emissions had fallen 35 percent by 2019, to around 25.1

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Can a global plastics treaty help tackle the pollution crisis?

Business Green

The Paris Agreement on climate change, signed into life in 2015, may not be perfect. Yet in the six years since its birth, the Paris Agreement has undoubtedly transformed policy, investment, and economic thinking. If designed well and properly adhered to, global treaties have a lot going for them.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 After the contentious exit of David Crane , who was leaning hard into the disruptive power of renewables, COO Gutierrez became CEO overnight in 2015. million in Neighborhood Grants. Mauricio Gutierrez, CEO, NRG; Houston.

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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

million tonnes of waste by the end of 2019 against a 2015 baseline, it said, including 624,000 tonnes that would not have been prevented if the agreement did not exist. For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 per cent and 13.4

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