GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20. recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. Plastics Pact.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced on 23 June at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. The seven winners are: • Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product: Sustainable modular headliner for vehicle interiors and downstream recycling solutions by Grupo Antolin.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

The company said it would also use recycled materials "wherever possible" to combat landfill waste, and step up its focus on improving the durability, reuse, and recyclability of its travel bags and suitcases, while improving access to repair services for consumers.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

The aspiration for a growing number of them is “zero waste.” The aspiration for a growing number of them is “zero waste.” Another vivid example: plastic that has been used to wrap meat, which cannot be sent to traditional facilities without first being decontaminated.

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Grist

JANUARY 8, 2021

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. And the tough, fiber-reinforced plastics blades are made of don’t break down easily once they’re in the ground.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

Waste Management: Why we should not only focus on zero waste, but also on how to handle the waste we do produce. By Susanne van Gendt While going zero waste is becoming more and more popular, the trash-avoiding movement leaves behind a majority of the population that is less preoccupied with their waste.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Northvolt is aiming for 50% recycled material in new cells by 2030. The reason to start recycling in Norway is due to the fact that the country remains years ahead of others in terms of EV adoption, which also means that she will be the first country to experience significant volumes of EV batteries reaching end-of-life.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Northvolt is aiming for 50% recycled material in new cells by 2030. The reason to start recycling in Norway is due to the fact that the country remains years ahead of others in terms of EV adoption, which also means that she will be the first country to experience significant volumes of EV batteries reaching end-of-life.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

Footwear is a major source of post-consumer waste. Another daily-use product, coffee, also contributes to environmental waste to the tune of around 25 billion kilograms annually. The technology developed by the company results in a patented, high-tech footwear material that is used to make the certified vegan boots.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

And with an increase of carryout from restaurants, comes an increase of plastics that will most likely end up in the garbage. Almost half of Americans say that it is difficult to recycle properly , so this means most of the plastic containers from take-out orders are actually being sent to a landfill.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

The National Hard Hat Recycling Scheme recently celebrated three years in operation. It was introduced in November 2017, with the intention of providing a user-friendly method for old hard hats to bypass traditional waste disposal routes, thereby ensuring end-of-life hats could go directly into reprocessing.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world's fastest-growing waste stream. It feels like we’ve moved to this throwaway society.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation. Responses to the plastic crisis.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

The brands "can use plastics to make fibers, but they don't have a solution for fiber-to-fiber recycling at scale," Emmanuel Ladent, Carbios CEO, said in an interview. The company expects the facility, which will recycle local plastic waste, to begin operations in 2025. A 'truly circular' solution.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Often when products claim to be made from recycled materials , companies are only talking about the bulk of the item. Most of the backpack, such as the outer shell, side panels and webbing, is made from recycled PET bottles, but the rest comes from recycled textiles like nylon, fleece and felt. View original here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20 Holly Secon Wed, 09/02/2020 – 00:45 The U.S. recycling system had been a mess for far longer — seeing as the country never fully developed the infrastructure to recycle anywhere near the amount of plastic waste it produces.

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Sustainability Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With the spread of Covid-19, the use of single-use plastics is up and is compounded by the use of personal protection equipment (latex gloves, disposable masks, plastic eyewear) which spell bad news for the environment. Sure, the recycling crisis is part and parcel of the recent trade disputes between the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

For textile waste generated in Europe, for example, an average of only 5-10 per cent was suitable for reuse within the continent, according to Swedish research institute Mistra Future Fashion. In order to stem the global flow of textile waste, an alternative to reuse must exist. Welcome to the lab.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world's fastest-growing waste stream. The rest get separated and sent around the planet for handling.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

Now part of cosmetics group Natura&Co following its 2017 acquisition, the certified B-Corp has reached an "interesting tipping point" on its net zero journey and is seeking to ramp up its focus on circularity across its 3,000 locations, according to global sustainability and activism director, Chris Davis.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that’s virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world’s fastest-growing waste stream. It feels like we’ve moved to this throwaway society.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that’s virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world’s fastest-growing waste stream. It feels like we’ve moved to this throwaway society.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aditya Mukarji , is from New Delhi India, In March 2018 he began waging war on plastic straws. Within just five months, he had already helped replace more than 500,000 plastic straws at restaurants and hotels in New Delhi. Here is a brief introduction to 50 young activists that fighting for the health of our planet and our communities.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 13, 2019

words Ashita Parekh The issue of waste disposal and contamination has become a fast growing global epidemic that threatens the lives of humans as well as millions of species of flora and fauna around the world. Global annual waste generation is expected to rise to 3.4 billion tonnes, from 2.01 billion tonnes , over the next 30 years.

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