AGreenLiving

JANUARY 21, 2020

billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity of plastic. In fact, the University of Oxford-based publication Our World In Data (OWID) has documented China’s plastic production rate at 60 million tons per year. Three avenues are currently available for plastic waste disposal: recycling , incinerating or discarding.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

Two of the globe's biggest consumer goods firms have come together to create recycling machines that use artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging. The system works by enabling customers to scan QR codes on plastic bottles before placing them into the newly designed machines.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 26, 2021

A Singapore-based copmany is launching a river clean-up system that is designed to clean up some of the dirtiest rivers in Asia.

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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Launched as policymakers lock horns with petrochemicals lobbyists over a treaty to end plastic pollution, the documentary produced by Eco-Business asks why opportunities to solve humanity's waste crisis are being wasted.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals. Tide starts at the source by training fishermen to collect and properly sort plastic from the waterways of Southeast Asia.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Award-winning conceptual material designer Shahar Livne collaborated with fashion design company Balenciaga to create a new line of jewelry made from recycled ocean plastic. The company sources plastic materials from all over the world, focusing mainly in Southeast Asia, where it says 60% of the world’s ocean plastic originates.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 8, 2020

Over 8 billion kilograms of plastic enter the world's oceans every year. Marine plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental concerns facing the world today.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

However, they are also extremely vulnerable to climate change and pollution. In the run up to the UK hosting the COP26 Climate Summit in November, the government said it is wants to work with developing countries to better protect and restore ocean habitats. This government's disconnect with reality is leaving us all less safe.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 18, 2021

2020 was a bad year plastic recycling and ocean pollution. Eco-Business asked Circulate Capital CEO Rob Kaplan how the circular economy can be rebuilt in Asia this year.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

Traditionally, toothpaste tubes are made from a combination of plastic and aluminium, which makes the packaging difficult to recycle. However, the new tubes replace the aluminium layer with a material made mostly of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), which is one of the most widely recyclable plastics globally.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Mura Technology, a UK-based technology firm, has announced that construction has started on the world’s first commercial-scale plant to use its ground-breaking “hydrothermal” process, which is said to be able to recycle all forms of plastic waste and could provide the raw ingredients for a sustainable circular plastic economy.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Plastics Data Challenge is a global innovation challenge that will source, support, and scale innovative technologies, methodologies and working prototypes that help entrepreneurs and others collect, analyse and leverage data to understand and address the leakage of plastic waste into the environment.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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Eco-Business

MAY 1, 2020

A multi-million dollar investment in recyclers in India and Indonesia, backed by PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and others, shows the only way to save the recycling industry, experts say.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tech giant plans to support at least 10 tech start-ups and NGOs in US and Asia-Pacific solving circular economy challenges. Google the term 'circular economy' and the top search results are a bunch of definitions. Applications for the accelerator open today and will be accepted until November.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The programme runs alongside Google's Circular Economy Accelerator, which supports start-ups in North America and Asia. Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower, said the accelerator programme was "incredibly valuable, helping us refine our software solutions to reduce city onboarding for clean energy projects from four months to four weeks".

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The Angry Clean Energy Guy

JULY 5, 2018

continues to import diesel in polluting vessels rather than seek the energy independence, security, and cost savings that are possible with renewable energy. This is true without even taking into account the health, environmental and pollution advantages of renewable energy over coal, oil, and gas. Indonesia?—?a

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2020

Through rampant overfishing, pollution, and coastal destruction, humanity has inflicted severe damage on the oceans and its inhabitants for centuries. And there is horrendous overfishing throughout large parts of Southeast Asia and India, where fisheries are just catching anything they trawl on the seabed to render into fish meal and oil.”.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

Governments must work together to avoid tidal wave of plastic waste, think tank warns. Plastic waste is on track to triple by 2060, according to the latest report from the OECD think tank, which warns that recycling capacity and circular economy policies are failing to keep pace with still surging global demand for plastics.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Unsustainable lifestyles in Asia are a concern for everyone; it counts 20 of the most polluted cities in the world, of which 13 are in India. Yet, air pollution wasn't an issue in recent Indian elections. Ten river systems carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean - and 8 of these are in Asia.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last month, ExxonMobil sued two of its “activist investors” — groups that try to use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies into taking action on social and environmental problems — in an attempt to block a proposal for the oil giant to limit its climate pollution from coming to a vote at an upcoming shareholder meeting.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 6, 2020

07:34 – Cynthia discusses why existing systems on the ground made Southeast Asia and Argentina strategic starting points for tackling managing waste. Can stable prices help ease plastic pollution? 03:02 – Cynthia talks about McKinsey.org’s mission and why it chose to focus on waste. mckinsey.org. Amory Lovins.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2022

Nanoplastic pollution has been detected in polar regions for the first time, indicating that the tiny particles are now pervasive around the world. Analysis of a core from Greenland’s ice cap showed that nanoplastic contamination has been polluting the remote region for at least 50 years.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Depending on who’s counting, about half of shrimp is farmed, which in Southeast Asia has been wiping out coast-protecting mangrove trees. Instead, she co-founded her own venture. .

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

WRAP’s first International Grants competition, The International Circular Plastics Flagship Competition – developed and delivered in partnership with UKRI – has awarded funding of £1.2 million to six UK based innovators to work with international partners to tackle plastic related issues in India, Chile, South Africa and Kenya.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 9, 2020

Speaking of pollutants, the fishing industry also contributes heavily to beach and coastal pollution through petroleum and plastic waste in the form of broken nets and other debris. However, the U.S. ” Related: What do Americans think about fake meat products? and increased demand is expected.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Greenpeace investigation reveals textile waste from global brands such as Nike and Ralph Lauren is ended up being burned at sites in Asia. However, a large portion of the clothing scraps used in the kilns are made up of synthetic materials like plastic which - when burnt - can release toxic chemicals, Greenpeace warned.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Most of the time, plastic. The company was the eighth biggest plastic polluter in 2019, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. But it recently made a commitment to eliminate a substantial chunk of its plastic waste by 2025. . Its plastic strategy focuses on three areas. Plastic Waste.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

In the early 20th century, Dutch elm disease, a fungus from Asia that is spread by elm bark beetles, killed 75 percent of native elms. Land use, pollution, fire history—all factor into ecology. We don’t have to use wooden pallets, said Ayres, there are many cheap alternatives like particle wood or plastic.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. Where does this leave the businesses embracing circularity in plastics?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But demand for polluting fossil fuel-derived plastics could peak by 2035 if business and government works together to create a more sustainable plastic supply chain, report finds. Gilfillan said this outcome depended on all actors playing a part in overhauling the way plastic is used in modern society.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

A contaminant whose importance appears to have grown significantly in recent years, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) present a challenge to pollution management given their apparent toxicity – although a clear picture is still emerging – and persistence. As regulations tighten, the topic seems to be growing more urgent.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Between rainforest fires and ocean pollution, much of the news is grim. Banana leaves as packaging If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit a southern Indian restaurant in Asia, you may have been served dinner on a banana leaf instead of a plate. Way to cut down on plastic packaging! However, 2019 also brought good news.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. We’ve all seen the viral images of turtles with straws stuck up their noses, or whales washed up with bellies full of plastic bags. And one of the biggest contributors to this plastic crisis is the space we operate in: the cosmetics industry.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 1, 2023

They prove that small changes like swapping out a couple ingredients in a meal and big efforts like fishing the oceans for plastic waste can add up to real climate impact. Climate-hacking snacks and ocean pollution One emissions-heavy area that companies can target is the very stuff that surrounds their products. Better Packaging Co.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The MODX 70 is designed to be the first energy self-generating yacht, capable of endless travel at zero CO2 emission, promises Océan Développement, whose previous initiatives have included the refit of the ‘Race for Water’ vessel (ex ‘Planet Solar’) and the organisation of its around the world odyssey to raise awareness about plastic pollution.

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