AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ocean-based sequestration heats ups Jim Giles Mon, 02/01/2021 – 00:30 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. ” Once it goes down below 1,000 meters, it’s not coming back up, because the pressures are so great. You can download the entire report here.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 00:40. Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex. Finally, early 2021 will see the launch of Loliware’s 2.0 Producing just 2.69

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Common constraints include the high costs of building and powering processing facilities, the purchase of expensive chemicals, and the challenge of reliably sourcing materials uncontaminated with food scraps, dyes, or other types of plastic or garbage. Whether some of the newer chemical recycling proposals will actually succeed is a question.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 24, 2022

For instance, a 2021 Mercer study found that 70% of companies were planning to use a hybrid working model, and many companies have already made this switch, including corporate giants Salesforce, Spotify, and Twitter. These will not only reduce your overall environmental impact, but will also lower your energy bill.

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Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

But there is a growing awareness that cremation (as currently carried out) is not a sustainable option: Energy use and emissions. A huge amount of energy is required to cremate a human body: temperatures of 760-1150 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes. Biodegradable urns. Globally, cremation emits over 6.8

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

A team of volunteers and restoration workers hauled 40,000 pounds of Pacific oyster shells in biodegradable bags made of coconut husk onto the shore, to create a structure in which the larvae of native oysters could settle. In 2017, Coastkeeper set out to put the idea of living shorelines to the test in Upper Newport Bay.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In 2021, Americans alone discarded 51 million tons of wrappers, bottles, and bags. Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. For each material type, we’ve indicated how much waste ended up in a landfill, was recycled, composted, or combusted for energy (measured by weight generated in 1,000 U.S.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Clean energy for Native American communities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. I've always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place. GreenBiz Editors.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Retail business sustainability trend #1: Rising fossil fuel prices call for energy-efficient retail. The average price of fossil fuel energy – oil, natural gas, and coal – has increased since 1976 , with a very recent surge in gasoline prices hitting record highs in 2022. Retail business sustainability.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies Suz Okie Fri, 02/19/2021 – 00:40 Creating human-made materials from living or biological sources is by no means a new development, yet newly invented bio-based materials are garnering significant hype as of late. Finally, early 2021 will see the launch of Loliware’s 2.0

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail Heather Putnam Thu, 03/25/2021 – 01:30 Authors’ note: Ratio Institute taps Presidio Graduate School ’s students and alumni for sustainability research in the food industry. While many countries have enacted plastic bag bans, the U.S. still has not moved to do so.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Clean energy for Native American communities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Planet-healing fast food.

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