Solar Industry

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $348 million financing package, set to support the construction and operation of a 288 MW portfolio comprised of two utility-scale solar projects in Texas. The post Lightsource bp Completes $348M Financing Package for Texas Utility-Scale Projects appeared first on Solar Industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

There are still major differences in the amount of waste generated across the world, and how it is disposed, a finding confirmed by a 2022 Global Waste Index compiled by waste management technology firm Sensoneo to mark Global Recycling Day (18 March). ” Other findings of the World Waste Index 2022: ?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Recycling Association has produced guidance on the issuance of Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) for plastics. This document helps members interpret the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year. Baled plastic bottles (image credit: Burke Museum , CC BY-NC 2.0 Anybody in any doubt should contact the EA for assistance.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia appears to show that 83% of businesses asked were NOT aware of the tax. The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions. However, challenges remain.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The chemicals, called phthalates, are typically added to plastics like food packaging, shopping bags, and shower curtains to make them more flexible. Still, the federal government lacks strong rules for phthalates in common items like food packaging, and the chemicals remain ubiquitous.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 17, 2023

At VERGE 2022, the U.S. Plastics Pact and Walmart announced the winners of the first Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award, showing exciting innovations in the areas of recyclability, compostability, refill and reuse.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But some companies are setting a trend for aiming to become net zero by the end of 2022. Crystal Doors were named Manufacturer Of The Year at the 2021 Business Green Leaders Award and Small Business of the Year at the Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021 due to their dedication to being net zero by 2022. Coffee and TV.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Reflecting the industry’s efforts to reach its 2050 goal, the World Maritime Theme for 2022 is “New technologies for greener shipping”. Still, the industry will need the help of adjacent industries, especially the shipping industry, by fully embracing sustainable practices such as the use of sustainable packaging solutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

Real-world trials were conducted in a few UK urban locations in 2022 and 2023. 7 New York City piloted noise cameras at four locations between June 2021 and June 2022, which were triggered on 2,071 occasions, but technology limitations and other problems seem to have produced a modest appraisal of its usefulness.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2023

Over the past six months, the Greentown Go Make 2022 cohort of five climatetech startups has been working closely with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”) and the M-Lab Companies to accelerate partnerships to deploy and commercialize supply-chain-decarbonization solutions. The startup is based in Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

UK sustainable packaging firm also among second tranche of winners of Prince of Wales' high profile Earthshot Prize. A ceremony staged in Boston on Sunday night saw Notpla, a company working to create packaging from seaweed, became the first UK winner of the prestigious prize, after winning the category focused on waste reduction.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Research and consultancy organisation Delta-EE anticipates 2022 as the tipping point year that policy support will create a viable business case for green hydrogen. In the EU the RED II delegated act and Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package are expected to be key policy drivers.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 6, 2022

Last year was a reckoning for companies racing the clock to meet their 2025 sustainable packaging goals. See the original post here: The 6 sustainable packaging trends we’ll be watching in 2022.

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Charged

MARCH 3, 2023

The market share of plug-in vehicles rose from 65 percent in 2021 to 80 percent in 2022. The Norwegian success story is down to a substantial package of government incentives. Private cars, taxis, buses, ferries, airport ground equipment— they’re all plugging in. The trend of steady electrification continued last year.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Seventeen startups joined our community in the final months of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a smart nanocoating to keep products fresh, an autonomous waste-sorting system, and drinking water drawn from air’s humidity. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Date/Time: January 18, 2022 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Companies are innovating at an unprecedented speed to offer products that are more sustainable and provide greater value to customers. For businesses to be truly sustainable, they must look beyond the immediate use of products and understand the full lifecycle of their impact.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Originally posted here, co-authored by Sila Akat The year 2022 starts with the preparation of some changes in the law. On the one hand, the federal government wants to adopt a legislative package to achieve the expansion paths for renewable energies, on the other hand, the EU taxonomy is currently being discussed.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

and Houston, Texas, May 24, 2022 — Decarbonizing supply chains is critical to reducing emissions from the manufacturing sector and beyond. From production to packaging and distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation. Applications for Go Make 2022 are due by Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The graph below shows the amount of packaging placed on the UK market reported by registered packaging producers since the early days of the packaging waste regulation. Figure 1: Packaging placed on the market. The government has decided to keep packaging waste recycling targets for 2023 at the same level as 2022.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

UK-based cereals company is set to reach 100 per cent recyclable packaging well ahead of 2025 deadline. The parent company behind Weetabix has announced that 99 per cent of its packaging will be widely recyclable by next summer, while it works towards reaching a 100 per cent target ahead of the 2025 deadline proposed by the UK Plastics Pact.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Coca-Cola Company has today unveiled a new reusable packaging target, announcing that it is aiming for at last a quarter of all beverages sold across its portfolio of brands to be sold in refillable and returnable bottles or refillable containers by 2030. Want to help celebrate and showcase the best of the green economy?

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altenergymag

MAY 9, 2022

Featuring next-generation, high-efficiency modules, intelligent storage solutions, and an enticing package of cost-saving electricity tariffs for the end customer, Qcells – resplendent in its new brand and emboldened by its new vision – anticipates an era-defining exhibition in Munich.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

But FERC needs to do more in 2022. The top issue for 2022 – interregional transmission There is an issue brewing in PJM with its queue reform process. A session about transmission reform will be presented at DISTRIBUTECH Connect, set for Dallas, Texas January 25, 2022. Connect is free for qualified utilities!

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. The company said it will trial new packaging from this year, piloting a renewable plastic for its Lay's range in France and recyclable Walkers crisps' packets in the UK.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2023

Greentown Go Move 2022 brought BASF and Magna together with five climatetech startups to advance solutions that decarbonize the automotive industry’s life-cycle impact. BASF, the Leading Partner on Go Move 2022, is a global leader in chemicals and the number one chemical supplier to the automotive industry.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Avocados, oranges, and lemons set to be covered in Apeel covering in push to extend shelf life and reduce the need for plastic packaging, supermarkets say. You can now enter the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2022 and be in with a chance of joining us at the UK's largest and most prestigious green business awards this summer.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Reusable packaging can reduce companies’ reliance on risky supply chains and fluctuating commodity prices, writes Corplex’s Lucas van der Shalk. 2022 has been a year of economic highs - high commodity prices, record energy prices, and rocketing inflation. The more times packaging is reused, the lower carbon it gets.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

This challenging backdrop created an energy supply deficit equal to seven per cent of Europe's total power demand in 2022, but a combination of lower electricity demand, mild weather, and record growth in wind and solar power helped avoid a major return to coal power generation, the report revealed. Any fears of a coal rebound are now dead."

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report found a shortfall in the required capacity at reprocessing facilities. These looked at benchmarks set by both the UK Plastic Packaging Tax and the situation where the UK’s material export markets were no longer an option.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP has published its 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report, which reported that there is a clear bottleneck in the UK’s recycling infrastructure for plastic recycling. The UK currently relies heavily on these to achieve its recycling targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The ban applies to the following single-use categories: Plates, bowls and trays unless you are supplying them to another business or the items are packaging (pre-filled or filled at the point of sale). All of these have the ‘polluter pays’ concept at their core but is it enough?

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

20, 2022 — Greentown Labs and Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”), today announce five startup participants for Greentown Go Make 2022 , a Greentown Go program designed to accelerate startup-corporate partnerships to decarbonize points across traditional industrial supply chains. Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Oct.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

The post 2022 Legislative Priorities appeared first on Front and Centered. When Front and Centered asked our members for their transportation priorities , communities of color across the state could not be more clear: better public transit, cleaner air, and safer streets. Check back for more information.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Renewable electricity generation from hydropower, wind and solar PV is expected to grow strongly around the world over the next two years with output increasing by around eight per cent in 2021 and six per cent in 2022. per cent in 2022. per cent in 2022. per cent this year and by 2.5 per cent this year and by 2.5

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It returns for the 2022 model year with significant package changes. This Premium Plus package I tested continues to offer the available Black optic package. It’s an Audi just all electric folks. It’s really the brand’s first fully electric SUV. Yet now it adds a new 21-inch sport wheel design.

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