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How to Reduce Your Business Waste In 2021: Top Tips

The Environmental Blog

“Businesses have a big impact on how well recycling in the UK is shown so it is important for them to set the trend and reduce and improve their waste and recycling in the most efficient and eco-friendly way possible,” says recycling experts QCR Recycling Equipment. Optimise your recycling habits.

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How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy

GreenBiz

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities. Goals that are specific, yet ambitious.

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Whirlpool Corporation refreshes climate ambition with 2030 net zero target

Business Green

The new goals are a significant step up for the domestic appliance maker, which just last summer pledged to halve emissions from its plants and operations by 2030 against a 2016 baseline. Whirlpool has also pledged to enhance its environmental footprint by curbing plastic pollution and extending the life of its products.

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Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network

Business Green

The Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF), operated by Veolia on behalf of Leeds City Council, was opened in 2016 in support of the city's zero waste goals. The facility removes recyclable materials from waste collections for processing, while remaining black bag waste is used to generate electricity for the local grid.

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ASOS revamps environmental targets in support of net zero pledge

Business Green

Under its People pillar, ASOS said it was working to become more transparent and diverse, committing to publishing a new human rights strategy and annual progress updates from 2023, while also aiming for 50 per cent female representation and over 15 per cent ethnic minority representation at leadership levels by 2030.

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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges

Grist

Meanwhile, General Electric recently announced it has begun turning decommissioned wind turbine blades into cement, while scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are cooking up new materials that could make the blades of the future far more recyclable than today’s state of the art. Bank’s team is betting we can.

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Aluminum cans vs plastic bottles: which is best for the environment?

AGreenLiving

Related: This rechargeable camping headlamp is made out of sustainable wood and recycled aluminum Today, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 80% of the marine debris found in our oceans originated as land-based trash that was not recycled. In 2018, the recycling rate for plastic bottles was just over 29%.