GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. We get an update from the person leading Sodexo's LeanPath food waste mitigation program, Jude Medeiros, with the office of corporate responsibility. Sponsored Article.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image credit: Marmalade Photos / shutter stock.com By Ray Purdy, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University College Dublin, writing in The Conversation The new BBC podcast, Buried , by investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, is a compelling look at how criminals are infiltrating the UK waste disposal system.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Will shifting to smaller turkeys help combat food waste? That reality is creating challenges for producers and suppliers — and new implications for holiday food waste. Holidays — and Thanksgiving in particular — are huge food waste days. Holidays — and Thanksgiving in particular — are huge food waste days. Food Waste.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Biomedical waste is a term used to describe waste that is generated from healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and laboratories. This type of waste can be hazardous to human health and the environment if not managed properly. Additionally, it can pose health risks to humans and animals.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local. Singapore-based Sophie’s Bionutrients uses fermentation to power a circular economy process that transforms industrial food waste from breweries, tofu manufacturers and other facilities into a protein flour that can be used as an ingredient in other food products. .

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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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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about. For nearly two decades, Flowers, a recent awardee of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant ," has been bringing attention to failing water and waste sanitation infrastructure in rural areas. Sponsored Article. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 01:30.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2022

Sustainable Waste Management. Through our partnership with Green Office Academy, we’ve created a list of five quick and useful tips on how to reduce your waste. For more information on sustainable waste management by recycling in the office, you can also check out this article. Weigh the bags.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s also not great news for waste management and recycling, with recycling centers closing in most cities across the world, which has led to service disruptions for consumers. What do we do with household waste and recycling? If individuals have cardboard and plastics, then some local pickup services are still in operation.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Startup Phood tackles food waste at the top of the food chain. By comparing that number to initial inventory amounts, the kitchen tracks its food waste. . The system uses that information to recommend changes within foodservice operations aimed at reducing food waste. . Jesse Klein. Thu, 10/29/2020 - 01:00. Is it overproduction?

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Recycling our waste has become an expected practice across multiple industries with those not participating in the practice severely damaging their company image and reputation. Processed residuals from those materials and left-overs are often treated as valueless waste and disposed of. Going Zero Waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

has been investigating mining waste contaminated with arsenic and other toxins. In order to understand how these ticking time bombs affect the environment, she examines their crystal structure with cross-disciplinary expertise from crystallography and chemistry, as this article explains. In 2014, Tamara ?or?evi? Sensitive region.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 5, 2023

Fortunately, by adopting ways to reduce food waste to help those who need a meal. For this article helps give you a nudge in […] The post Food Help Meal: How To Reduce Waste At Home appeared first on Green Living Guy. For it’s at home throughout the day. I mean you can play a productive role.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

These smart freezer sensors help Domino's, 7-Eleven combat food waste. Refrigerators, freezers and warehouses are vulnerable to malfunctions or human error issues that could result in spoilage and, ultimately, food waste. This link in the cold chain is part of the $161 million food waste problem in the United States. Food Waste.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2023

Thereby generating significant amounts of waste and consuming vast amounts of natural resources. In this article, we’ll explore the environmental aspects of the construction industry. However, the industry is taking steps to reduce its environmental impact. Moreover and become more sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

Infrared optical fibres able to retain their properties and performance in the presence of high levels of ionizing radiation might be usefully deployed in applications such as determining the composition of nuclear waste, according to the team behind their recent development. The fibres are based on crystals of AgBr-AgI.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails. It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Based on the results, they propose the creation of a national carbon credit fund to support sustainable waste management initiatives. Harmonia and Ibertioga have very high rates of waste reuse (56% and 67% respectively). Waste reuse in São Paulo is better than the national average but still very low at only 3%,” Paes said. “On

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2023

Thereby generating significant amounts of waste and consuming vast amounts of natural resources. In this article, we’ll explore the environmental aspects of the construction industry. However, the industry is taking steps to reduce its environmental impact. Moreover and become more sustainable.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2023

Thereby generating significant amounts of waste and consuming vast amounts of natural resources. In this article, we’ll explore the environmental aspects of the construction industry. However, the industry is taking steps to reduce its environmental impact. Moreover and become more sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

A survey of 5,000 UK householders has found that the majority of Brits don’t attempt to fix perfectly repairable appliances – creating thousands of tonnes of unnecessary waste every year. million tonnes of e-waste binned in the UK every year, more than 70% is unaccounted for.

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Latest in Series of Journal Articles on Landfilled Materials Quantifies Problem, Details OpportunitiesPaper and cardboard waste landfilled in 2019 by type and state. The pie charts'.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed. Textile Waste. Sponsored Article. Circular Economy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences. Why not the grocery model?

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In the previous article , I discussed some of the developments that are taking place to make nuclear power safer, such that a major accident like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima are simply no longer possible. Addressing Nuclear Waste. The good news is that the amount of waste generated is generally small.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy? With more than 78 million tons of contaminated waste related to solar panels expected to hit landfills by 2050, this trend needs to be reversed. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Unilever also announced plans to bring forward its goal of halving food waste from its global operations by five years to 2025, a move commended by Liz Goodwin, senior fellow and director of food loss and waste at the World Resources Institute. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The aim is to help consumers make more informed purchasing choices and help waste operators further develop the re-use of articles and the recycling of materials. The SCIP database now includes more than four million article notifications. The most common substances of very high concern in notifications are: lead (e.g.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This article will discuss the negative effects of e-waste and how younger generations can be more proactive about minimizing those effects.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. The largest source of textiles in municipal solid waste is discarded clothing. Close Authorship. Lizee customer environmental performance dashboard.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The production of EV batteries is very wasteful, meaning companies are losing a lot of money through wasted materials. Speakers across the three days emphasized the crucial nature of developing products and systems that reduce or even eliminate waste, leading to more profits and less pollution for the planet. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Because most disposable cups can’t be recycled, it’s also a lot of waste headed to landfill. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week I want to talk about our coffee cup problem. That’s a lot of cups.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

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. Circular Economy. Design & Packaging. Biomimicry.

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Energy Central

APRIL 6, 2022

This month, as we continue our short series on energy economics, our focus is the nuclear industry’s commitment to safely managing its wastes. More specifically how this commitment ensures the cost of managing waste is included in nuclear power economics and how funds are set aside to pay for it.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This article originally appeared on Circulate News. Our current economic model is based on extraction and waste. This take-make-waste economic model fundamentally cannot work long term. Upstream solutions such as product and service design are essential to eliminate waste before it happens. James Woolven.

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