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6 Straightforward Ways to Create an Eco-Friendly Business

The Environmental Blog

For example, global supplier Asia Pulp and Paper, which has taken a strong approach to sustainability, demonstrates this with its range of innovative products. One small yet effective way is to remove plastic cups and replace them with a reusable water bottle for each worker. Also, don’t overlook the power of incentivizing.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. As the North American program manager for the Climate Group’s EV100 program, Badalian works to get large companies to commit to 100 percent electric mobility by 2030, then helps them replace global fleets with electric vehicles, deploy charging stations and affect government policy.

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The Manta is a hybrid catamaran that will collect floating plastic

AGreenLiving

Recently unveiled by SeaCleaners, the Manta hybrid catamaran is designed to combat the oceans’ plastic pollution in a brand new way. Using a biomimetic design, a hybrid propulsion system and a power supply from renewable energy sources, the high-tech boat will not only collect ocean waste but process it as well.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Advocating.

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'Sickening': Textile waste from top global brands found burned in toxic kilns in Cambodia

Business Green

Greenpeace investigation reveals textile waste from global brands such as Nike and Ralph Lauren is ended up being burned at sites in Asia. According to the findings of the investigation, the Cambodian factories where the clothes are made dispose of the majority of their waste at landfill or through licensed waste disposal companies.

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Mercurial matter: Puzzling out PFAS removal in landfill

Envirotec Magazine

And they seem to appear in diverse landfill media, including solid waste, leachate, and the air at these sites. Reliance on landfill is diminishing but it has served as the destination for more than 50% of the municipal solid wastes in the US, for example.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. It said it would aim to deliver twice as many plant-based foods per meal and set an objective of zero food waste by sizing quantities, designing recipes that reduce the risk of waste, and recycling 100 per cent of non-consumed food.

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