EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This can be achieved through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling. 20x Global consumption of plastics has increased twentyfold in the last 50 years, and 40% of plastics are used for packaging.

Automotive 80

Automotive Plastics Waste Waste 80

Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Ramping up battery reuse and recycling is increasingly regarded as critical to ensuring climate goals are met in as sustainable and efficient way as possible.

Recycling 84

Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 84

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

” The ability to customise the thickness and texture makes Gelatex attractive for both the textile and automotive industry. Differently coloured trustmarks indicate whether products and/or packaging are free of plastics and microplastics or are made of recyclates.

Startups 178

Startups Waste Waste Plastics 178

EDF + Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This can be achieved through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling. 20x Global consumption of plastics has increased twentyfold in the last 50 years, and 40% of plastics are used for packaging.

Automotive 52

Automotive Plastics Waste Waste 52

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Levi's innovations include its recyclable Wellthread denim line. A view inside a ChemFORWARD display of dimethyl phthalate, used in plastics. These include ortho-phthalate plasticizers found in flexible toys, UV-blocking oxybenzone in sunscreens and halogenated flame retardants in electronics. for an answer.".

Plastics 504

Plastics Innovation Organic Retail 504

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) reforms for packaging waste will no longer be introduced in 2023, the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed. However, plans to introduce the new rules are now in limbo after Defra last week confirmed the timetable for introducing the system had slipped.

Packaging 36

Packaging Waste Waste Plastics 36

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 15, 2022

Eco-friendly automotive repair shops. To be a sustainable automotive body and repair shop, you need to follow a thorough sustainability guide. By automotive body and repair shop, we are referring to facilities including service stations, vehicle fleet maintenance facilities, auto dealerships, and car washes.

Automotive 147

Automotive Sustainability Waste Waste 147

Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

DuPont has created a mission and vision that align with the automotive industry’s objectives to act on climate , enable a circular economy , and create solutions, components, and vehicles that are safer by design. This also reduces weight and optimizes packaging space.

Batteries 114

Batteries Cooling Electric vehicle North America 114

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.

Plastics 99

Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 99

GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight. Only five years ago, few corporate leaders had plastic pollution on their official radar.

Plastics 359

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 359

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Spintex Engineering has mimicked the precision of a spider’s spinnerets to produce artificial spider silk for use in textiles, apparel, aerospace and automotive industries.

Cooling 28

Cooling Waste Waste Automotive 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Spintex Engineering has mimicked the precision of a spider’s spinnerets to produce artificial spider silk for use in textiles, apparel, aerospace and automotive industries.

Cooling 28

Cooling Waste Waste Automotive 28

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented. Plastics are now in our food, our drink, the air we breathe, and almost every product we buy.

Plastics 36

Plastics Europe Recycling Recycling 36

Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever. Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight.

Plastics 82

Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 82

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Redwood Materials raised $1bn to build its US battery materials and recycling facility.   BorgWarner focuses on integrating acquisitions into its automotive and mobility offerings with all three acquisitions, drivetek, Akasol, and Rhombus Energy in Transportation.  Government funding catalyzed major private rounds.

Building Energy Monitoring 144

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Advene has just restocked its Age bag, an accessory that is transparently constructed and designed to eliminate unnecessary plastics. Advene releases one product at a time, using responsible materials to create its designs along with a commitment to reducing harmful plastic waste throughout the process. That’s right: no plastic!

Plastics 28

Plastics Upcycling Recycled materials Waste 28

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Entrants in the final furlong include an on-demand clothing manufacturing technology that eliminates 20 billion unsold garments each year, 100% compostable protective packaging that replaces single use plastic, and an Oxford University spin-out that changes the way valuable metallic resources are mined, refined, recycled, and processed.

Innovation 130

Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 130

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Levi’s innovations include its recyclable Wellthread denim line. A view inside a ChemFORWARD display of dimethyl phthalate, used in plastics. These include ortho-phthalate plasticizers found in flexible toys, UV-blocking oxybenzone in sunscreens and halogenated flame retardants in electronics. for an answer.”

Plastics 28

Plastics Innovation Organic Retail 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) reckons the production of synthetic fibres is responsible for 15 per cent of global plastics demand, while Fashion for Good points out that the sector produces four per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions as well as two thirds of the world's plastic microfibres.

Fashion 68

Fashion Innovation Waste Waste 68

Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Demand for these products - such as recycled plastic goods, or hydrogen-powered steel manufacturing - remains weak at present because of a lack of market incentives, it argues, adding that these incentives need fixing in order to deliver a successful transition to net zero emissions.

Carbon-neutral 39

Carbon-neutral Demand Europe Policy 39

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

And new developments are emerging all the time through our partnerships with industry and academia - at the beginning of July, we were proud to help launch a carbon recycling project - REACT-FIRST - that uses microbes to convert CO2 into valuable proteins. CCUS Incubation Area, Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire | Credit: Drax. Beyond BECCS.

Innovation 100

Innovation Carbon-negative Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 100

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Joel Makower. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44.

Plastics 544

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 544

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality.

Plastics 41

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 41

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Aluminium rapidly went from being one of the most precious and expensive metals to one of the cheapest, a transformation that catalysed the automotive, shipping, and aviation industries and propelled the growth of electricity grids and cities. The industry is in desperate need of a makeover.

Carbon 51

Carbon Packaging Climate change Recycled materials 51

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

   ♻️ SuperCircle , a New York City, NY-based recycling logistics platform, raised $7M in Seed funding from Radicle Impact, Ulu Ventures, BBG Ventures, Earthshot Ventures, Blueprint Ventures.   The German government is coming to the rescue with a €15B ($16B) package to support green projects. 

Lithium 72

Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Investment 72