The Environmental Blog

MARCH 2, 2020

For that reason, many companies, such as MarinaTex, are constantly innovating to find original alternatives to plastic. The MarinaTex Plastic is made from red algae and organic waste coming from the fishing industry. This will allow people to see through this biodegradable bioplastic before they buy the product.

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Plastics Innovation Biodegradable Recycling 221

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Waste Reduction The reduction of non-biodegradable waste is another plausible solution to ocean conservation. Innovators have been coming up with substitutes for plastic products.

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Energy Monitor Waste Waste Plastics 65

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 23, 2019

Not only do new plastic waste deposits still make it into the ecosystem, but because plastic is not biodegradable, it will take decades to rehabilitate the ocean. Since plastic is not biodegradable, it does not decompose; but remains in the ecosystem for decades. As a traveller, she blogs at www.beyondthebirthplace.com.

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Microplastics Plastics Biodegradable Waste 40

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Buy organic. Organic food producers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that threaten water supplies, wildlife and the farm workers that apply them. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Biodegradable vs Compostable Packaging. Land use and farm-stage processes (i.e.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

The body becomes brittle and breaks up into small particles which are freeze dried and placed into a biodegradable container for burial. They will take up far less space than a traditional burial, and break down to nothing within a year, returning the body’s organic material to nature. Recomposition / natural organic reduction.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Ethics Biodegradable 78

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Joyce Dickerson’s love for data centers came through in her talk, which focused on the innovations constantly happening to get Google’s to 100% renewable-powered. With that kind of positive energy, we can imagine a great future — one that will be realized with a broad range of innovative ideas. Google’s “unsung hero?”

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Law Fossil fuels Methane Plastics 40

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, choosing rideshare, selecting green certified accommodations, or using biodegradable travel products, is contributing in some small way to the bigger environmental cause. Many restaurants have started to replace plastic cutlery, straws and stir sticks with organic materials made of bamboo and other wood products.

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Sustainability Plastics Waste Waste 78

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process. She is passionate about finding innovative methods to solving solid waste pollution with a focus on plastic and textile waste.

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Waste Waste Methane Recycling 167