AGreenLiving

MARCH 9, 2021

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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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2020

Separating recyclable materials in a local cooperative in the Glicerio neighborhood in São Paulo in 2017: The report also points to a number of encouraging ‘bottom-up’ initiatives, that are advancing circularity in certain regions of the world. billion tonnes in 2017, the latest year for which data is available.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 238

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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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Carbon-neutral North America Innovation Recycling 472

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another example is a 2017 study by the NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force that showed that African-American citizens are 75 percent more likely to live in a "fence-line" community that borders a toxic industrial facility. For example, designers made medical grade face masks for white men and many don’t fit women very well.

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Sustainability Climate change Education Recycled materials 531

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities. The designation indicates that 100 percent of the waste stream at the facility is reused, recycled or incinerated for energy. In the U.S., It has 35 of them.) .

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Packaging Waste Waste Recycling 266

Charged

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Repurposing, recycling and refining: Design safe and innovative processes for collecting, dismantling, repurposing, recycling, and refining recycled materials. This new project is part of the European Battery Alliance , which the Commission launched at the end of 2017 with certain EU members and industrial stakeholders.

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Batteries Sustainability Recycled materials Automotive 98

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study. To recycle these efficiently, they must be disassembled and the resulting waste streams separated.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Bank launches pilot project to 'eat' up recyclable credit cards that would otherwise be bound for landfill NatWest has today launched a trial of "reverse vending machines" designed to swallow unused plastic cards in a secure way so that they can be safely recycled. million batches of recycling. Moreover, more than 6.6

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 69

The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our baseline is from 2017, and that covers our entire value chain. At the time that we announced our science-based targets we also announced a bold new sustainable materials vision that by 2030, 100 percent of our top nine materials will originate from recycled, responsibly-sourced renewable or regenerative sources.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 484

Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Luggage maker promises to cut carbon emissions, source 100 per cent renewable energy, and boost durability and recyclability of its products.

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Carbon-neutral Sustainability Carbon Recycling 63

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. Launched in 2017, the awards have witnessed a dramatic and inspirational rise in the circular use of plastics through increased recycling and recyclability over the last the five years, said the organisers.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The piece is a redesign of the company’s Calatea chair, originally developed in 2017, with new, eco-friendly materials and organic aesthetics for a greener version of the classic chair. The chair’s padding is now made of recycled PET fabric, sourced from water bottles, that is both recyclable and compostable.

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Home Energy Monitoring Recycling Recycling Energy Monitor 36

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Waste Waste Policy Building Energy Monitoring 84

Grist

JANUARY 8, 2021

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. Unfortunately, in the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 53

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 56

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. I’m really glad we did.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 147

R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. Emissions associated with recycling or disposing of the batteries. At the end of life, the battery should be recycled, which imposes another GHG burden. Emissions associated with building the batteries; 2).

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Batteries Energy Monitor Carbon Building Energy Monitoring 60

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

With this in mind, sustainable shoe brand Ccilu has developed a line of waterproof boots, called XpreSole Panto, made with recycled coffee grounds and other eco-friendly materials. The material is then turned into fabric used in the lining and insole of the boots. Especially when it comes to something personal like shoes.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. Holly Secon.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

French biotech start-up Carbios is making rapid progress working with some of the world's biggest fashion brands to deliver a new approach to polyester recycling. The consortium aims to develop the industry's first large-scale fiber-to-fiber polyester recycling system, a process that could play a meaningful role in circularity in fashion.

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Fashion Recycling Recycling Plastics 69

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

These skyrocketing emissions are compounded by the fact that the fashion industry has dramatically low rates of recycling, which creates a dependence on virgin materials. The mechanical recycling processes of which Cline speaks degrade fiber quality, resulting in lower-value end uses or the need to mix recycled fibers with virgin ones.

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Fashion Recycling Recycling Investment 81

Sustainability Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

plastics, mixed paper, and other materials in 2017 , the actual products and packaging that actually gets recycled changed dramatically, and not for the better. So what happens as the overseas demand for recyclables declines and US policies continue to fluctuate? When China banned the import of U.S. for over 10 years.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 64

AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities. The designation indicates that 100 percent of the waste stream at the facility is reused, recycled or incinerated for energy. In the U.S., It has 35 of them.)

Packaging 28

Packaging Waste Waste Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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.

Carbon-neutral 28

Carbon-neutral Innovation Recycling Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another example is a 2017 study by the NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force that showed that African-American citizens are 75 percent more likely to live in a “fence-line” community that borders a toxic industrial facility. For example, designers made medical grade face masks for white men and many don’t fit women very well.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Climate change Education Recycled materials 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another example is a 2017 study by the NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force that showed that African-American citizens are 75 percent more likely to live in a “fence-line” community that borders a toxic industrial facility. For example, designers made medical grade face masks for white men and many don’t fit women very well.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Climate change Education Recycled materials 28

Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

The Directive sets recycling and recovery targets to be achieved by 2020: 50% of certain household waste should be prepared for re-use and recycling and 70% of construction and demolition waste should be re-used, recycled or recovered. disposal fees) instead of on re-use and recycling of materials.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 52

Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

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. There are three categories of sustainable packaging: recyclables, compostables, and reusables. Recyclable. Compostable.

Packaging 174

Packaging Sustainability Plastics Recycling 174

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our baseline is from 2017, and that covers our entire value chain. At the time that we announced our science-based targets we also announced a bold new sustainable materials vision that by 2030, 100 percent of our top nine materials will originate from recycled, responsibly-sourced renewable or regenerative sources.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Meanwhile, the report argues the government should ensure its proposed National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) avoids a similar fate to its effective predecessor - the Green Investment Bank - which was sold off to the private sector in 2017.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The company today also stressed that the Neue Klasse would see BMW Group increase its use of recycled materials in a move designed to promote a better framework for establishing a market for secondary materials and curb emissions from vehicle production.

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Electric vehicle Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 49

Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Embracing imperfections and repairs is part of his vision for a pair of jeans to be loved and worn for a decade until ultimately being recycled.

Recycling 58

Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 58