The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 28, 2024

The U Eco Mechanical Pencil is a mechanical pencil made from recycled materials and designed to be more sustainable than traditional pencils. Key Features: Material : Made from recycled plastic or biodegradable materials. Packaging : Often packaged in recyclable or minimalistic materials.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items. Look for soy-based crayons.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

To divert waste items away from landfills and to meet the demands of a circular economy, you’ll need an effective waste management system, which is comprised of the following key elements: Waste recycling : Waste items such as plastic, glass, aluminum, and food can be recycled. Also, take a look at bamboo compostable dinnerware.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

What’s needed isn’t silence, but rather information and education. It’s deceptive to disguise the degree of degradability of a product by using poorly understood technical terms such as; oxo-degradable, oxo-biodegradable, or photodegradable. Recyclable Claims. Degradable Claims.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Over the past 60 years, the accumulation of plastic debris has led to the formation of garbage patches—massive gyres of non-biodegradable plastic—and tons of microplastic seafloor sedimentation across global seawaters. To learn more about how Planet imagery can be used for academic research, check out our Education and Research program.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Its packaging is even derived from 100 percent reusable, recyclable or biodegradable materials. She then founded Natural Earth Paint, which specializes in locally made, non-toxic art supplies packaged in “100 percent post-consumer recycled packaging, biodegradable plastic bags and recyclable glass bottles.”

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

These products are designed to be used only a few times as a quick fix, yet are often made out of long-lasting, hard plastics that end up in landfills or oceans, where they don’t biodegrade. Related: LastTissue offers a handkerchief for the modern world But the Green Box kit goes further by offering compostable toiletries.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

What’s needed isn’t silence, but rather information and education. It’s deceptive to disguise the degree of degradability of a product by using poorly understood technical terms such as; oxo-degradable, oxo-biodegradable, or photodegradable. Recyclable Claims. Degradable Claims.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Goodies on offer in this box are all-natural, cruelty-free and biodegradable. These diapers are made with fibers from renewable bamboo and other biodegradable materials. Kids will rejoice at receiving the eco-friendly Little Pnuts educational toy subscription box. The wipes have no plastic packaging whatsoever.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. .

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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. By recycling laundry water, it also reduces water consumption.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

Related: Cut plastic from your home and inspire your family to live plastic-free Co-founder Shiv Misra points out that despite the zeitgeist surrounding sustainable actions, many companies focus solely on the recyclable aspect of packaging. To start the process customers place their order.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Kimaï Jewelry offers the perfect solution to unethically sourced minerals with its lab-grown diamonds and 18K recycled gold. You can also check out 100% biodegradable sunglasses from Pela Vision. Kimaï Jewelry Celebrating a special anniversary or ready to pop the question this holiday season?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

is aiding the world in the fight against single-use plastic waste by offering a variety of biodegradable organic bamboo products for personal use, homes and businesses. Don’t Just Sell to Your Customers – Educate Them! If that is not possible, choose biodegradable products that minimize the externalities to our environment.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An Indigenous educator, inventor, author and environmental activist, Boyer has, at age 20, already accomplished more than most adults to increase diversity, accessibility and affordability in the STEAM education space — science, technology, engineering, art and math. On that note, meet Danielle Boyer, who promises to be no exception.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

That means embracing new partners, such as Evonik Industries, which provides the renewable and biodegradable surfactant for its Sunlight dishwashing soap in Chile and Vietnam. Danone and others are funding farmer education programs related to sustainable agriculture. Redesigning products.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

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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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Under EPR schemes, producers are incentivized to design eco-friendly products and assume responsibility for proper disposal and recycling. These measures not only promote resource conservation but also stimulate the development of a circular economy, where materials are reused and recycled to minimize waste.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 16, 2021

In 2019 Watson Gloves introduced Green Monkey biodegradable gloves made with a Reclaim additive that accelerates biodegradation in modern landfill conditions and enables these gloves to effectively degrade into organic matter and renewable biogas. biodegradation in 233 days). in 390 days.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

If physical invites are a must, use recycled paper or materials that are easily compostable. Rethink your approach by using items that can be re-purposed or are biodegradable. Consider also using DIY decorations from recycled materials or renting items that can be used again.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2019

According to the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), Americans throw out about 25 percent more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day compared to the rest of the year. We asked a few family and friends to hang onto theirs for us instead of tossing them in the recycling bin. Not to mention, they look great, too!

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

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 or misinformed recycling policies and habits are an issue in many restaurants. Restaurant Recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper. Petite Lucette co-founder, Anaïs, states that there is an urgent need to educate consumers on the dangers of fast fashion and how to make sustainable clothing choices. Circular Fashion Is The Future.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You can complete an audit on your own ( Recycle Coach has created a guided 7 step checklist for self administered waste audits) or hire a certified third-party. Identifying areas of improvement as well as potential new revenue streams through waste recycling/upcycling opportunities. Incorporate Native Landscaping.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. Environmental engineers may be involved with projects or plans to improve public health, waste disposal and recycling, as well as plans to control or minimize air and water pollution. Entrepreneurship.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 6, 2020

As a California company, there is heightened scrutiny on single use plastic, so future plans include identifying and implementing solutions for biodegradable poly and paper handle bags, along with enhanced solutions for increased hanger recycling and water recycling, which they already focus on in their business.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The problem with voluntary commitments and group initiatives is also a lack of ambition and a focus on end-of-pipe solutions, such as clean-ups, products’ recyclability or biodegradability. In 1990, for example, the company committed to having 25% recycled content in their bottles, but 30 years later they are only at 10%.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

To alleviate the tremendous amount of plastic waste that enters landfills every day and to preserve the fossil fuels used to make new plastic, hotels should reduce, reuse, replace and recycle plastics. Whenever possible, reduce ordering plastic products, especially those that are single-use and cannot be recycled.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

If the average smoker discards just half of their unwanted cigarettes, that’s 3,600 butts a year, butts made of non-biodegradable cellulose acetate — a type of plastic. More significantly, the service combines compliance with education and awareness to drive behavioural change. Consistent approach.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It began with a single urban garden and has grown into multiple garden sites, youth mentorship and education programs, on the job skills training for formerly imprisoned persons and at-risk youth with a landscaping team dedicated to building and maintaining sustainable, edible landscapes in areas with little or no access to fresh food.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Not all textile waste is suitable for some form of recycling and if clothes contain toxic chemicals, their potential for safe recycling and circularity is at best restricted, and at worst impossible. Understanding the toxic fast fashion industry and challenges is the first step in getting to a sustainable fashion industry.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. Environmental engineers may be involved with projects or plans to improve public health, waste disposal and recycling, as well as plans to control or minimize air and water pollution. Entrepreneurship.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. To achieve effective results for reducing and properly managing food waste, employees play a huge role and must be properly educated and engaged. Get a brown bin.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Several styles feature Better Cotton Initiative-certified or recycled cotton. Other styles incorporate recycled rubber. This is an extraordinarily unique gift for the camera lover in your life that offers the basics of photography along with sustainable and recycled materials. Accessories offer technical lens options.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

It could also consider launching investigations into fast-evolving areas - for instance recyclability or net zero claims - where the ASA currently has no official position, he reveals. The issues at hand are complex, and as such advertisers should not be ashamed to get it wrong, he adds. We all need to help each other.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2019

is an educational services and products firm based in Greenville, Wisconsin. Like many organizations, School Specialty initially focused on low-hanging fruit such as recycling of paper, cardboard, electronics, ink toner, batteries, lightbulbs, and plastic throughout their office spaces and packaging departments. School Specialty, Inc.

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