Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 16, 2022

February 24, 2022. We need to consider effective end-of-life strategies to ensure clean energy components don’t end up in our waste streams and landfills. Join us as we discuss how to avoid a solar and storage waste crisis! With over 10 years of experience in the Waste and Recycling Industry, Sara is a leader in abating waste.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Waste was splattered on the floor and walls, even around the electrical panels. All that s**t is dripping down on you,” says Torbett, a 51-year-old former employee of Austin Master Services, a radioactive oilfield waste facility in Martins Ferry, Ohio. There was no discussion of the material and its radioactivity.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The restriction would hopefully prevent further groundwater and soil contamination and health risks for people and the environment. Firefighting foams containing PFASs have caused many cases of environmental contamination in the EU, both in soil and drinking water.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Summer 2022. E8, an impact investor community specializing in climate tech and cleantech, invites applications from early-stage companies to its 2022 Decarbon8-US funding round focused on technological solutions that advance regenerative agriculture and reduce its environmental impacts. Apply online by June 27 at the latest.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And the good news is that nearly 85% of dollar investment in upstream African agrifoodtech went to climate-focused startups, according to the 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. Source: 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. But at a total of just $27.2 million, it’s still clearly under-invested.

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Front And Centered

JULY 14, 2022

Without further ado, meet our 2022 Fellows: Shamso Issak, Living Well Kent Collaborative Shamso Issak is the executive director of Living Well Kent Collaborative. The post Meet Our 2022 Frontline Fellows<br>and Support Their Work! All contributions made by September 30 will go to the first round of funding for our fellows.

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Charged

MAY 17, 2022

6K will open its Battery Center of Excellence in August 2022, and is working through site selection for a 10-20 GWh cathode plant that is to begin production in early 2024. The UniMelt systems are already deployed in 24/7 high-volume production at 6K Additive’s 45-acre, ISO9001-certified facility.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. In a 2022 paper published in Nature Scientific Reports , Ciniro Costa, Jr.,

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters. A pilot plant should come online in 2022, according to Rau.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters. A pilot plant should come online in 2022, according to Rau.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Crisp company aims to ‘bring potatoes full circle’ and improve soil health by producing farm fertiliser from potato leftovers its Leicester factory. Walkers plans to significantly cut its carbon emissions by creating low carbon fertiliser for its potato farmers from leftover potato peelings.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

“Most of the research that’s been done on MPs reports the number of particles in terms of the unit adopted for the sample type, ranging from volume in the case of water, to mass when the analysis involves soil and sediment, and individuals for biota. Some 11 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The three companies will start with the deployment of a 100MWh energy storage system in the second quarter of 2022 in Rudong Jiangsu province outside Shanghai, China. Energy Vault’s energy management platform will also be integrated with the storage system to optimise the efficiency of the plant. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The report is released before representatives of 193 nations convene in Nairobi for the resumed 5th session of the UN Environment Assembly ( UNEA-5.2 ), between 28 February and 2 March, 2022. Watersheds are degraded by wildfires’ pollutants; they also can lead to soil erosion causing more problems for waterways.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

The company has created what it calls a "metagenomic database," or an alternative chemical catalog, comprised of 75,000 biomolecules derived from the DNA of soil microbes. A bio-based version of Hyaline, a roughly 50/50 blend of biomolecules and petroleum-based chemical, is expected by the middle of 2022. Sponsored Article.

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Grist

JUNE 16, 2022

PFAS began sparking health concerns after scientists found they were bioaccumulating – building up in soils, drinking water, and even livestock. A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil. These new drinking water standards rely on manufacturers to mitigate their waste streams.

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Grist

MAY 16, 2022

Drought Monitor using data on soil moisture, streamflow, and precipitation to categorize droughts by their severity. Ohio residents fight to get radioactive oil and gas waste off their roads. As the air warms, it can lead to more evaporation and dry out the soil. Jeffrey Basara. What overturning Roe v.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The phrases laid out below will also be in the back pockets of lobbyists, who doubled in number year on year in 2022 as an analysis by DeSmog revealed , and are expected to show up in force in 2023. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2021

California state law (SB 1383) takes effect January 1, 2022, requiring the majority of homes and businesses in the area to recycle all food and yard waste in their yard debris carts. It promises to churn 100 tons of yard and food waste from Chula Vista and nearby San Diego communities into nutrient-rich compost.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The strategy foregrounds the importance of "regenerative agriculture" practices, which prioritise improving soil health and maintaining and restoring diverse ecosystems, aiming to counter the habitat destruction caused by deforestation and other damaging practices frequently linked to global agricultural supply chains.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Vodafone has unveiled plans for a suite of services designed to enable customers to trade in, repair, and recycle their mobile phones, as part of a drive to minimise electronic waste and reduce the emissions generated by its products. Want to help celebrate and showcase the best of the green economy?

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

Specifically, the programme will help businesses meet a 2030 target for the adoption of sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources within the built environment, achieving zero waste to landfill targets, and working towards a built environment with net zero whole life resource depletion. But that can and must change. "To

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The company said it had purchased the biochar credits through carbon removal platform Supercritical in order to cover 100 per cent of its 2022 emissions. The move is also designed to support Tide's pledges to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 and help its own growing network of SME partners to hit their climate targets.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Inorganic fertilizers also tend to lower soil pH making it more acidic, this causes the microorganisms in the soil to die, which leads to unhealthy soil and as a result unhealthy plants in the long run. Wasteful Use of Water. To prevent this homeowners water their grass more often and waste more water than is needed. .

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

His job in the kitchen led to his connection with KC Can Compost, which pursues a dual mission of diverting food and other organic waste from landfills while providing jobs for people who face barriers for employment. Examples of green jobs include installing solar panels, working on wind farms, working with food waste and recycling. “A

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

billion tonnes of waste is dumped globally, with devastating effects on our air, oceans and soil. However, the waste industry is struggling to meet this demand because of the complexity behind sorting recycled materials such as plastic, compounding a missed $133 billion opportunity. Each year, 2.12

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

Microsoft is also building a cloud tool for managing and tracking sustainability metrics like emissions, sourcing suppliers and waste. In 2022, Microsoft received 67 applicants with about 106 projects in 35 countries. The biochar is created as a byproduct of this process.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. Questions WRAP wanted to ask the market included: Is it better to capture food waste in compostable or non-compostable caddy liners? 5% seems to be where L.A.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

More frequent and more intense storms create land runoff that can overwhelm water treatment facilities, contaminating drinking water with hazardous waste or soils with intestinal parasites. Furthermore, elevated CO 2 concentrations can result in greater uptake and concentration of soil toxins (such as arsenic or cadmium) in rice.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2024

5G-connected drones and sensors can help farmers manage their crops and livestock more efficiently by monitoring soil, fertilisers, feed and water conditions to help maximise yields and significantly reduce wastage produced on farms. 5G has a role to play in every step of the supply chain, from agriculture to manufacturing and logistics.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Plans to open the world's largest insect farm in 2022 have taken a major step forward, after ag-tech start-up Ÿnsect secured $372m investment in its latest fundraising round to help build the 'carbon negative' project in France.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

The startup works with farmers to permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere and enhance crop yields by spreading basalt dust - waste created when quarries crush basalt rock for other uses - onto farmlands. The waste dust is what we're upcycling. Clouse: How do you convince farmers to use your technology?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Event organiser BlueTech Research has announced the first “innovation showcase” companies who will appear at the BlueTech Forum event in Vancouver, Canada, on 7-8 June 2022. They have created a dream lineup of innovations to be showcased at BlueTech Forum 2022. “I Tomorrow Water (US) – circular economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

They have created a dream lineup of innovations to be showcased at BlueTech Forum 2022. Founded in 2017, Pani Energy has been selected for the Global Cleantech 100 list 2022. Epic Cleantec (USA) (category: decentralised water reuse): The firm offers a circular and sustainable decentralised waste management solution for urban areas.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a November 2022 letter to a key EU policymaker, multiple agribusiness lobby groups – including COPA-COGECA, pesticide trade group CropLife Europe, and seed trade group Euroseeds – argued that the targets should be replaced with ones that are “based on science and feasible for producers”.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

But agriculture can also be a carbon sink, where carbon is stored (sequestered) in both crops and soil. Expand urban and agricultural water efficiency, including reducing indoor water usage to 55 gallons per person, per day by 2022, and 50 gallons by 2030 , in accordance with “ Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life.”

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