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How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop

GreenBiz

The berry grows best in boggy, water-soaked soil that can’t be used for many other crops. The water in natural land supports the cranberry bog and in return, the cranberry bog enriches the soil that supports outside land.". And every one acre of cranberry bog requires 5.5

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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. Widely used during the post-war industrial boom of the 1940s and ‘50s, many of the synthetic chemicals introduced were used in crop production and the manufacture of a range of household goods.

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Dry Cleaning Sustainability: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

This article discusses the sustainability challenges and solutions for dry cleaners and provides a guide for becoming more sustainable. Dry cleaning chemicals such as Perc are not only bad for human health but for animals and the environment as well. This includes carbon emissions from your buildings, equipment and vehicles.

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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

Vertical farming is increasingly being regarded as one of the solutions to the problems faced by global food production systems, and in the following article Antti Viitanen explains why measurement and control technology will be key to the success of this rapidly growing sector. Antti Viitanen of gas instrumentation firm Vaisala.

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Researchers Across Academia are Generating Ground-breaking Discoveries with Planet Data

Planet Pulse

In the hands of these experts, our satellite data is helping to power models, reveal planetary change, and deliver spatial-temporal insights across a variety of academic fields. PlanetScope has great advantages with high observation frequency and 3 meter spatial resolution compared with other MS optical satellites.

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Sustainable Dry Cleaners: Getting Started Guide

Green Business Bureau

This article discusses the sustainability challenges and solutions for dry cleaners and provides a guide for becoming more sustainable. Dry cleaning chemicals such as Perc are not only bad for human health but for animals and the environment as well. Carbon Emissions from Building Operations. Plastic and hangers .

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12 reasons why industrial-scale agriculture is driving environmental destruction

Low Impact

In this article, the LWA’s Horticulture Campaigns Coordinator Rebecca Laughton explains why we have to produce and trade a greater percentage of food locally. We set out below twelve reasons why industrial supply systems, including supermarkets, processors and mass catering, are driving environmentally harmful practices.