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How to Reduce Your Business Waste In 2021: Top Tips

The Environmental Blog

If you want to make your business more sustainable in 2021 and bounce back from the current economic crisis, reducing your business waste is a great place to start. Even if you believe you already have an effective waste reduction strategy in place, taking a closer look will help you find ways to make additional improvement.

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Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network

Business Green

Veolia has this week started delivering low carbon heat through a new district heating scheme powered by unrecyclable waste in Leeds. 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.

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Petroleum Association and Controversial Waste Management Firm Sponsoring Events at Flagship Environmental Journalism Conference

DeSmogBlog

A trade association representing petroleum companies and a controversy-ridden waste management firm are sponsoring dinners at this year’s Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference, DeSmog can reveal. Veolia is a French company that operates in 58 countries worldwide, primarily in the water, waste, and energy sectors.

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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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ASOS revamps environmental targets in support of net zero pledge

Business Green

The fresh targets from ASOS come in the same week as rival fashion retailer Primark unveiled a new sustainability strategy , pledging to halve its carbon footprint to introduce more "durable" clothing that will last longer and prevent clothing going to waste.

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

Grist

With 11,000 tons of blades expected to be decommissioned across Ireland by 2025, there should be no shortage of material to work with. What I’d love to do is turn it into a blade waste brokerage business,” Nagle said. Since 2016, Re-Wind, a collaboration among researchers in the U.S., Unfortunately, in the U.S.

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The Return on Investment (ROI) of Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

All of these disciplines can be improved via sustainable business practices, and can result in higher efficiency, less waste, and lower costs. Engineering, including product design, materials, and end-of-life management (e.g. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste.