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5 companies that are using nature to redefine good design

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Energy and materials elegantly flow through ecosystems, efficiently cycling back into new forms without waste or stagnation. A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Sponsored Article. New Iridium. Circular Economy. Design & Packaging.

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There are no 'silver bullet' solutions to plastics

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The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. With limited global composting infrastructure, the likelihood that a theoretically biodegradable bottle will be composted in practice is low. Plastic Waste. Sponsored Article. Biomaterials.

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Sustainable Fashion Guide: 8 Tips to Kick-Start Your Sustainable Fashion Brand Company

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With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we present eight ways you, as a fashion manufacturer, can work to be more sustainable. Synthetic fabrics such as polyester – which accounted for 52% of global fiber production in 2018 – take hundreds of years to biodegrade. Tip #2: Reduce textile waste.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

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This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. The platforms will be kept afloat by buoys designed to biodegrade once they reach the deep ocean, at which point the kelp will fall to the ocean floor, taking its carbon with it. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Ocean-based sequestration heats up

GreenBiz

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. The platforms will be kept afloat by buoys designed to biodegrade once they reach the deep ocean, at which point the kelp will fall to the ocean floor, taking its carbon with it. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Dry Cleaning Sustainability: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

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This article discusses the sustainability challenges and solutions for dry cleaners and provides a guide for becoming more sustainable. Perc is classified as being so dangerous to humans that it must be handled as hazardous waste, yet 90% of dry cleaners in the US use it. Dry Cleaning & Waste Management.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

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“ The typical conference attendee produces more than four pounds of waste and nearly 400 pounds of CO 2 emissions a day. Tip #1: Implement an effective waste management system. pounds of waste per day, of which 85% is said to end up in landfills. – Meet Green , The Environmental Impact of the Events Industry.