GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2021
Breaking the cycle with upcycled food. Soon — just as the plastic milk gallon in the dairy aisle and the beer can in the alcohol section have the three arrows signaling the packaging is recyclable — food products at grocery stores will have a new label to indicate the product is made with upcycled ingredients. . Jesse Klein.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2023
Researchers from University of California, Riverside, have detailed a method to convert plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal or char that has a whopping surface area of about 400 square meters per gram of mass. The plastic-to-char process was developed at UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering.
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Greentown Labs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
But pleather and vegan leather bring their own problems as well, as these alternatives are usually made from plastics. Plastic pollution is part of what pushed Lina M. The end-product is carbon-negative, González explains, because the microbes upcycle carbon and SpadXTech exclusively plans to use renewable energy for its processes.
GreenTech Gazette
MARCH 1, 2023
Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products. This process is more efficient than traditional mechanical recycling, which can only process certain types of plastics.
AGreenLiving
JUNE 16, 2021
Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption. Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. Since the liners use recycled PET, there are no virgin plastic components to the coolers either.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The Bowen Collection is a classically framed table with a twist — its top surface material is made using an ultra-durable blend of upcycled rice hulls that would have otherwise gone to waste. This agricultural byproduct of rice farming, called acre, actually holds up better than traditional wood, according to the company.
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