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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

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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All Eyes on Marine Plastic From Orbit

Planet Pulse

2020) not only shows how satellite remote sensing is an efficient and cost-effective tool for monitoring plastic debris, but it also shows the value of integrating satellite information into future ocean clean-up and protection efforts. The study by Kikaki et al.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

Achieving a sustainable Blue Economy requires amplified conversation, education and intentional efforts in ocean conservation. Recycling, when practised as an end to end solution, has proven effective. Waste Reduction The reduction of non-biodegradable waste is another plausible solution to ocean conservation.

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Sustainability Guide for Restaurants: Waste Management Practices for a Lower Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

While you can’t determine what guests do with their leftovers once they leave, you can provide to-go boxes made from sustainable materials that are compostable, biodegradable, or made from post-consumer recycled content. Poor monitoring of buying trends and selling trends also leads to waste. Restaurant Recycling.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? In other words, how can the use of everyday materials in the office be substituted with more sustainable, recycled, and reused materials? You need to identify instances where this is happening.

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Guarding against 'greenwash': Inside the fight against misleading corporate green claims

Business Green

For example, as awareness of the climate emergency has grown, oil and gas giants have continued to run ad campaigns that gloss over their exploration and extraction activity and instead promote their clean energy ventures and newly-enshrined climate goals. We all need to help each other.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. Energy Manager.