Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Social enterprise claims it was worked with 30,000 collectors to reintegrate plastic back into manufacturing supply chains. Plastic pollution and its impact on our oceans is one of the world's most significant challenges," said Plastic Bank founder and CEO David Katz.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Evian water has today unveiled a new recycled plastic bottle in partnership with clean technology company Loop, marking a major step towards its goal of using 100 per cent recycled plastic in all its plastic bottles by 2025. litre bottle but holds nearly three times the volume.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Sorted plastic waste ready for shipping and recycling. Speaking at the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee in Parliament in mid-March, Sir James Bevan said that “sending certain wastes abroad is legal, but not right”, comments that seemed to come amidst a call to ban all exports of waste.

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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. Harmonia and Ibertioga have very high rates of waste reuse (56% and 67% respectively). Waste reuse in São Paulo is better than the national average but still very low at only 3%,” Paes said. “On

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 16, 2023

New research into selected geographical regions across Vietnam, for example, finds that the majority of plastic waste is being recycled by informal workers in craft villages. These waste pickers need to be given a voice.

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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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Eco-Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Consumer brands have gone cold on recycled plastic – now priced higher than virgin – and look likely to miss their recycling targets. Recyclers in Asia are suffering as a result, particularly vulnerable waste pickers.

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Eco-Business

MAY 30, 2023

As talks start this week on a global pact to end plastic trash, informal waste pickers groups from Asia and Africa call to make social and economic benefits for those who earn a living from collecting recyclables to be part of the agenda.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 28, 2019

Southeast Asia is a major contributor to the plastic that is choking the world’s oceans. With nations plagued by poor municipal rubbish collection systems, experts say the private sector needs to speed up efforts to stem the flow of waste.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

The flow of plastic into the environment must be stopped before it’s too late, and a legally-binding global UN treaty backed by business is key to making this happen, writes Unilever's Richard Slater. Consumer goods companies - including Unilever - are big users of plastic. The problem is actually getting worse.

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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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AGreenLiving

MAY 31, 2021

Recently unveiled by SeaCleaners, the Manta hybrid catamaran is designed to combat the oceans’ plastic pollution in a brand new way. Using a biomimetic design, a hybrid propulsion system and a power supply from renewable energy sources, the high-tech boat will not only collect ocean waste but process it as well.

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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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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 5, 2023

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), a waste-tackling non-profit backed by major oil, gas and chemicals firms, has appointed Pranav Sethaputra from Grow Asia to lead engagement.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From leading the shift to zero-emission transportation networks to advancing solutions to curb plastic waste at. If you’re a regular reader of TheCityFix, you’re no stranger to the vital role that cities play in shaping the future of our planet.

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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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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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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Solutions to mounting plastic waste in the archipelago require careful consideration of the local context, or they may not work.

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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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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

From waste to protein and micronutrient-rich animal feed. Loopworm grows insects on food waste and processes them into value-added products for the animal feed industry. The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

From fighting to keep a province coal-free to paving more sustainable roads using plastic waste, this year’s Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List features youths on the frontlines coming together locally to make a difference globally.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Chantelle Ludski is serving as the North America and Asia Pacific COO for the Anthesis Group sustainability consultancy. Tod Durst advanced to president from EVP at PolyQuest, which manufactures rPET, recycled plastic resins. Thought for Food announced Melissa Ong as its Southeast Asia CEO. Advocating. On the move.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

In fact, according to The Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) Sustainable Clothing Guide, by extending a product’s life by just nine months can reduce its carbon footprint by 30%. Similarly, Hermes has a sizable team of repair specialists based at ateliers across Europe, Asia and the U.S., And brands are beginning to listen.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A chemical formula billed as an eco solution to plastic waste, pests and livestock nutrition, has been challenged by former business partners to be 'fraudulent' after tests. The solution has been trialed in three countries in the region.

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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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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Coca-Cola sees Southeast Asia's leaky waste collection systems Asia as the biggest challenge in meeting its recycling targets in this region.

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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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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. The EU chemical regulation footprint is also strong in the rest of the world. will look closely at the potential for adopting elements of the new EU programs.

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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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Green Tech Challenge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

As modern society becomes dependent on technology, the amount of electronic waste will continue to increase. A global study revealed that the world’s e-Waste is expected to grow by 33% this year or reach 72 million tonnes (65 million metric tonnes). A separate report in 2015 said that only a third of Europe’s e-Waste is recycled.

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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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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. It is being considered more often as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging , which gives farmers another potential buyer.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

And they seem to appear in diverse landfill media, including solid waste, leachate, and the air at these sites. Reliance on landfill is diminishing but it has served as the destination for more than 50% of the municipal solid wastes in the US, for example. Do PFAS leak through landfill liners and geomembranes?

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