Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Of this, more than 25% was sent to Turkey, 25,000 tonnes more than in 2022.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 162

The Angry Clean Energy Guy

JULY 5, 2018

The technology developed by ZeroMassWater also offsets 70,000 plastic water bottles throughout its lifetime and covers its costs in just five years. FourthWave Southeast Asia is the global laggard in renewables, but for how much longer? a potential life-saver for many in the ASEAN region.

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Asia Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution 40

AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

From the beginning, giving back to animal protection organizations was essential to Pievani, who had seen moon bears rescued from the bear bile industry when she visited Animals Asia and witnessed the organization’s efforts first-hand. Aesthetics and ethics can and must coexist.” Miomojo Images via Miomojo.

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Fashion Organic Ethics Asia 36

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. And as a growing number of companies commit to recycled plastics targets and circular plastics aspirations, there is an opportunity and necessity in partnering with these communities.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise 59

Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With all the changes that are happening rapidly to our environment and the very recent fires in Australia and floods in Asia, the so-called deception turned into reality. Sometimes, I think that there is no point in turning the light off when I walk out of the room or piling up vegetables in my hands to avoid taking one more plastic bag.

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Climate change Methane Agriculture Pollution 52

Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Before turning to genetic engineering, the foundation tried unsuccessfully to breed a hybrid chestnut that looked and grew like an American chestnut but had genes from species native to Asia that gave it blight resistance.

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Biotechnology Agriculture Government Technology 144

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Shop Cannabolish on Amazon Beeswax wraps Beeswax wraps have drawn a lot of attention in recent years as a helpful way to reduce plastic use. As a company, it’s been awarded as one of the 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies, earned an ‘A’ Climate 2020 score, and been recognized by Energy Star.

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Recycling Recycling Organic Waste 28