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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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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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. 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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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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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Cynthia and colleague at a waste-to-energy plant. 03:02 – Cynthia talks about McKinsey.org’s mission and why it chose to focus on waste. 07:34 – Cynthia discusses why existing systems on the ground made Southeast Asia and Argentina strategic starting points for tackling managing waste. Dig deeper.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

Waste Management: Why we should not only focus on zero waste, but also on how to handle the waste we do produce. By Susanne van Gendt While going zero waste is becoming more and more popular, the trash-avoiding movement leaves behind a majority of the population that is less preoccupied with their waste.

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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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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. It seems an impossible situation. Headwinds and tailwinds.

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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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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. The sap passes quickly through the bugs as they dine, meaning they simultaneously squirt waste—politely called “honeydew” by entomologists—from the other end as they eat.

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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. CO 2 comes from burning gas, oil, coal, and solid waste. We may be able to improve our living conditions, but escaping from polluted air is virtually impossible.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 19, 2019

Not only do consumers fail to properly sort waste in the first place, but much of this “recycled” waste still ends up sitting in landfills. Until very recently, recyclable waste was one of the nation’s biggest exports. In 2017, though, China stopped accepting many types of recyclable waste.

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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.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

While the news often mentions the terrible things in the sea, such as gyres of plastic and other trash, the oceans also hold an extremely valuable resource: seaweed. Other parts of Asia, including China , Indonesia and the Philippines, also produce seaweed for food and other products. energy use.

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Unsustainable

MARCH 10, 2020

What does he care about the plastic pollution in the ocean? The bidders expressed their concern, saying it would put too much pressure on the land, and further that the waste generated by that number of people would harm the ecology of this already vulnerable ecosystem. What does this boy care about climate change?

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

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. African countries team up for new green hydrogen initiative.

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AGreenLiving

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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AGreenLiving

MARCH 16, 2020

The masks are made of the plastic polypropylene, which is not easily biodegradable. Environmental groups are now sounding the alarm on how cast-off coronavirus masks are escalating the litter and plastic pollution predicaments. Hong Kong’s dense population means that its citizens have struggled with plastic waste.

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AGreenLiving

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.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

E looks to reduce a company’s energy use , waste , and pollution while helping to protect natural resources through conservation. This is followed by Asia Pacific with 174. As such, there’s a heightened pressure for these institutions to act responsibly, that is, to stop financing fossil fuels, pollution, and exploitation.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Gifts, holiday products, and everyday items are made to order for freshness and to reduce waste. 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. Plus, manufacturing pollution harms the water and air.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Serving as a United States Marine in the Asia Pacific region, Briana Buckles often witnessed extreme poverty. Transform Program Leader, Fight Food Waste Co-op Research Center; Brisbane, Australia. Zack Angelini, 29.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. The Rise of City Zero Emission Zones (Panel Discussion): Following cities in Europe and Asia, some U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Zack Angelini, 29 Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts LinkedIn Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. Our consumers are not only asking for it, but expecting it.”

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