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What you should (and shouldn’t) do with all of your old phone chargers and other e-waste

Envirotec Magazine

Chargers and cables consist of various plastics, metals and other materials that do not decompose naturally. Polyvinyl chloride – commonly known as PVC – is a plastic that is often used in chargers and cables. PVC also fragments into harmful microplastic particles. E-waste frequently ends up in landfill.

Waste 130
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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

The most dominant region in the world today for aquaculture production is Asia, particularly China, but Norway (for salmon) and Central America (for tilapia) are also big exporters. That’s important as more countries consider investing in sustainable domestic sources of production. Among the emerging U.S.

Seafood 524
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Report pulls back the curtain on chemical pollution in the ocean

Envirotec Magazine

Marine pollution has deservedly gained greater attention in recent years, most notably through the vexing—and highly visible—issue of plastics. Synthetic chemicals, many hazardous and harmful, are now ubiquitous across the seas—much like plastics—and left untackled, this assault will only get worse.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Plus, the touted sustainability benefits to deriving seafood-like ingredients from plants include reducing the reliance on open-sea fishing and fish farming, not to mention sidestepping the labor abuses found in seafood supply chains. Koji mold , the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, has been core to savory foods for millennia throughout Asia.

Seafood 522
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BlueNalu is developing innovative cell-based seafood

AGreenLiving

BlueNalu’s mission is to be the global leader in cellular aquaculture, a type of food development aimed at creating sustainable solutions for overfishing and seafood shortages. The United States is regarded as having the most sustainable fisheries management program in the world. However, the U.S. However, the U.S.

Seafood 36
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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

AGreenLiving

The most dominant region in the world today for aquaculture production is Asia, particularly China, but Norway (for salmon) and Central America (for tilapia) are also big exporters. That’s important as more countries consider investing in sustainable domestic sources of production. Among the emerging U.S.

Seafood 28
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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

AGreenLiving

Plus, the touted sustainability benefits to deriving seafood-like ingredients from plants include reducing the reliance on open-sea fishing and fish farming, not to mention sidestepping the labor abuses found in seafood supply chains. Koji mold , the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, has been core to savory foods for millennia throughout Asia.

Seafood 36