Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

Most exporters send material to legitimate mills and recycling facilities where it is dealt with sustainably. “Often we send paper, cardboard, plastics and other materials to facilities that are state-of-the-art and often more advanced than those we have in the UK. We export material because we import goods.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 238

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.

Plastics 28

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fashion 28

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

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.

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Seafood Startups Health Organic 528

Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Regulation, alongside consumer pressure, has developed a strong appetite to progress delivery of more sustainable solutions into the market, thus generating higher demand for recycled materials.

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Recycled materials Asia Sustainability Plastics 10

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

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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Pollution Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 162

Grist

AUGUST 3, 2021

Producing metal by growing plants, or phytomining, has long been tipped as an alternative, environmentally-sustainable way to reshape – if not replace – the mining industry. Zinc, on the other hand, is essential for churning out paints, rubber, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, inks, soaps, and batteries. rufuschaneyi.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Based on the results, they propose the creation of a national carbon credit fund to support sustainable waste management initiatives. For example, Realixo is a firm set up by young university graduates to promote environmental conservation, the circular economy and sustainability.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 147

GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

Several countries in Asia, including China, the world’s largest chemical producer, have developed national chemical regulatory programs strongly influenced by the EU’s design. In October, the commission published " Chemical Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment."

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Policy Health Law Asia 486

Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Plastic restrictions are sweeping Asia, but the sustainability chief of a regional food and beverage trade association says such measures are not the most effective solution. The industry cannot do without packaging, says Edwin Seah.

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Plastics Asia Packaging Sustainability 19

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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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 90

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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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 219

Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We know what’s important to you: Sustainability Improved safety Enhanced performance Faster charging Longer range Optimized cost Let’s take a look at these key drivers and what DuPont solutions can do for you. Increasingly, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers prioritize sustainability when choosing a supplier.

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Batteries Cooling Electric vehicle North America 116

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

This Global Recycling Day (18 March), Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a sustainable packaging solutions provider for luxury fashion brands, discusses some of the ways in which he believes the industry is making great headway in terms of recyclability, as well as where more can still be done. The rise of resale.

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Fashion Recycling Recycling Waste 130

AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Titan Capital and leading angel investors including Godrej Agrovet chairman, Nadir Godrej, former R&D and sustainability group head at Indian conglomerate ITC , Sanjiv Rangrass and Akshay Singhal founder and CEO of Log9 Materials also participated in the round. . million tonnes of food waste and agricultural byproducts.

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Startups Biotech Waste Waste 119

The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2020

For example, global supplier Asia Pulp and Paper, which has taken a strong approach to sustainability, demonstrates this with its range of innovative products. Additionally, and although it’s dependent on what you’re selling, products can even be redesigned with sustainability in mind. This can be done in a number of ways.

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Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 248

GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

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.

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Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 540

Eco-Business

JANUARY 21, 2020

Plastics firm Sekisui Chemical is the highest ranked Asian firm in a global index of the most sustainable corporations by Canadian publisher Corporate Knights. CK's boss says it is 'worrying' that there are not more Asian firms in the list.

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Plastics Asia Sustainability 11

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Writing in a blog post , Kate Brandt, chief sustainability officer at Google said the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change had supported 22 start-ups across North America over the past two years, providing a range of services to promising early stage climate technology providers.

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Climate change North America Startups Europe 36

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. Estee Cheng, leading the accelerator, is managing director for gTech sustainability at Google. Estee Cheng, leading the accelerator, is managing director for gTech sustainability at Google.

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Recycling Recycling Asia Waste 75

Grist

APRIL 5, 2020

The measures needed, including protecting large swathes of ocean, sustainable fishing, and pollution controls, would cost billions of dollars a year, the scientists say, but would bring benefits 10 times as high. We can turn the oceans around and we know it makes sense economically, for human well-being and, of course, for the environment.”.

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Sea level rise Pollution Asia Sustainability 140

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. Since the liners use recycled PET, there are no virgin plastic components to the coolers either.

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Upcycling Plastics Recycling Recycling 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green progress is hampered by confusion about sustainability options. The need to reassure customers that circular resource flows do not compromise product quality is also deemed to be key.

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Fashion North America Recycling Recycling 100

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. Ten river systems carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean - and 8 of these are in Asia. However, banning plastic shopping bags invokes resistance among many shoppers.

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Asia Plastics Sustainability Pollution 10

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

GreenBiz has released its highly anticipated State of Green Business Report 2021 which details the top 10 sustainable business trends for the year ahead. and global companies have made towards meeting sustainability goals. Overall, 2020 was a good year for the sustainability field. s Sustainable Development Goals.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise 59

AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

Miomojo, a premier Italian fashion brand, set out to change all that with vegan leather bags made from sustainable and natural materials. Pievani is happy to see other companies stepping up to improve sustainable practices, especially those that are helping to redefine what luxury means. Aesthetics and ethics can and must coexist.”

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Fashion Organic Ethics Asia 36

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. And what are those items packaged in?

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 388

Fairsnape

MAY 15, 2020

Plastic is the substance that has served as our most perfect container – and that now overwhelms our systems of containment. Along with friends from the Longridge Environment Group I had the opportunity to co-view the Story of Plastic film recently courtesy of Chester and District FoE. Robert Macfarlane, Underland.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 88

Eco-Business

JUNE 8, 2020

The former Walmart sustainability director runs a US$100 million fund to eliminate plastic waste in Asia. He tells Eco-Business about how a 'crazy idea' has become real.

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Asia Plastics Waste Waste 10

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Generally speaking, according to the special working environment of tropical rainforest or dry desert climate in African countries, the requirements for smart water meter will be more strict than in Asia or South America. The material of the meter body, such as brass, or different types of plastic.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring IoT Batteries 52

GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

Labs also send massive amounts of water down the drain and discard possibly billions of pounds of single-use plastics every year. We're seeing an acceleration of interest and excitement about sustainability through the pandemic, an overall awakening of the life science industry to sustainability. According to the U.S.

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Plastics Sustainability Waste Waste 429

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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Plastics Africa Recycling Recycling 263

AGreenLiving

JUNE 9, 2020

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.

Seafood 36

Seafood Innovation Microplastics Pollution 36

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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Retail Packaging Waste Waste 519

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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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 99

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For folks who read — and write — about sustainability, dire projections are revealed every day. 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!

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Plastics Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 28

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.

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Plastics Carbon Fossil fuels Packaging 95

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix Elsa Wenzel Wed, 10/07/2020 – 02:01 Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability 28