Grist

JANUARY 8, 2021

On December 16, three 40 foot-long wind turbine blades were delivered via truck from a wind farm in Belfast to the Cork Institute of Technology in southern Ireland. If you are talking about a sustainable, renewable fuel source, it’s not appropriate to then pollute the environment with materials that are decommissioned,” Bank said.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

More demand for EVs means more demand for batteries, which, in turn, means higher demand for raw battery materials, stressing a global infrastructure already stretched to the limit. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling. Former Tesla CTO and co-founder JB Straubel launched Redwood in 2017.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola is also working towards a fresh set of goals specific to packaging, with a plan to ensure that all the materials it sells, including cans, bottles, and wraps, contain at least 50 per cent recycled material by the end of the decade.

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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 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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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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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. The main issue is how the credits from recycled materials are added (sometimes accidentally twice) or not included at all in the modelling for the production.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers' well-being. A Wellthread denim jacket in the line, for example, uses four technologies to incorporate recovered, chemically recycled and mechanically recycled cotton in the buttons, exterior denim and lining.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Best known for its butter — and the Native American logo it retired last year — Land O’Lakes is also a 21st-century force in technology. H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Chancellor is set to deliver the Budget on 3 March, and the EAC urged Rishi Sunak to grasp the opportunity to bring forward a raft of proposals to encourage green behaviour change and drive investment in low carbon technologies and nature-recovery efforts.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

Enter a new technology: chemical garment-to-garment recycling. Most of the recycled materials you encounter in fashion today are recycled not from textiles but from things like plastic bottles or nylon fishing nets," said Harald Cavalli-Björkman, head of communications for Re:newcell. Welcome to the lab.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to Chapter 15 of the in 2017 published book Sustainable Asia , Sustainable Societies and Municipal Solid Waste in Southeast Asia by C. pounds/day of municipal waste were generated per capita in the US in 2017, which converts to 747 kg based on the whole year. The study focuses on the different mercury (i.e. In Australia, 13.8

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

This is what made the program work and what got them awarded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WasteWise Regional Award in 2017. And when your customers do ask for these, keep your sustainable image going with napkins made from recycled materials and compostable utensils.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

The French startup, which has developed an enzymatic process to break down polyethylene terephthalate (commonly known as PET), recently signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon meant to accelerate the commercialization of its bio-recycling technology for textiles.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But some solutions are more financially and technologically viable than others. It is this unique combination of factors which will set the operating context for the success or failure of technologies billed as tackling the plastic crisis. In fact, a concerning level of attention is still being paid to unproven solutions.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers' well-being. A Wellthread denim jacket in the line, for example, uses four technologies to incorporate recovered, chemically recycled and mechanically recycled cotton in the buttons, exterior denim and lining.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers’ well-being. A Wellthread denim jacket in the line, for example, uses four technologies to incorporate recovered, chemically recycled and mechanically recycled cotton in the buttons, exterior denim and lining.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

The company rebuilt blue jeans for recyclability, also slashing the use of water and being mindful of workers’ well-being. A Wellthread denim jacket in the line, for example, uses four technologies to incorporate recovered, chemically recycled and mechanically recycled cotton in the buttons, exterior denim and lining.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Beth Ford; President & CEO; Land O’Lakes; Arden Hills, Minnesota LinkedIn | Company profile Best known for its butter — and the Native American logo it retired last year — Land O’Lakes is also a 21st-century force in technology. ” Ulf Mark Schneider, CEO since 2017, likes to boost markets in areas he’d like to accelerate.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

On April 13, 2017, she addressed a large crowd at the "Stand Up to Trump" rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., This business plan along with his VR projects allowed him to win the World Series of Entrepreneurship competition in 2017. Obama eventually authorized $100 million to fix the crisis.

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