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25 Green Business Ideas for the Aspiring Ecopreneur

Green Business Bureau

As Elon Musk becomes more and more of a household name, electric vehicle sales continue to rise home and solar panels are lining more roofs. Consumers need new options for less wasteful and less pollutive products, packaging, transportation, and energy. Biodegradable, Reusable, and Eco-friendly Consumer Products.

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Will the Future Be Zero Waste? What It Could Look Like in a Decade

The Environmental Blog

Meanwhile, we could see biodegradable items or reusable items like wooden toothbrushes and metal drinking straws become commonplace. Electric vehicles will be everywhere, and be more sustainable. . Long-term investments in these areas would pay off in the form of more pleasant and less polluted cities.

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'Beyond landfill packaging': Just Eat to trial reusable packaging service

Business Green

Partnership with reusable packaging company CLUBZERO aims to tackle plastic pollution from food delivery sector. This trial will help us assess how best to roll the service out more widely so that with the support of both customers and restaurant partners, we can continue to tackle plastic pollution across the sector.".

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6 Ways to Make Business Travel More Sustainable

Green Business Bureau

For example, choosing rideshare, selecting green certified accommodations, or using biodegradable travel products, is contributing in some small way to the bigger environmental cause. With these laws left at the state and municipal level, there is inconsistency across the country and a lack of consolidated effort to reduce plastic pollution.

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Are chicken feathers the key to cheaper and cleaner hydrogen fuel cells?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Instead of becoming waste that’s incinerated and contributing to the pollution problem, the feathers could replace the non-biodegradable and toxic “forever chemicals” used to manufacture hydrogen fuel cells, effectively solving two problems with one solution. Keratin is the key.

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Top 8 Sustainable Fishing Practices: Small Business Sustainability Guide

Green Business Bureau

From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Further, the shipping industry responsible for transporting seafood near and far has a higher rate of pollution than all but five countries. Use lead-free fishing gear.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Zack Angelini, 29. After completing a Ph.D.