AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

There are no ‘silver bullet’ solutions to plastics Lauren Phipps Mon, 12/07/2020 – 01:30 Every so often, a corporate announcement gets under my skin. The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months.

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Plastics Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 28

GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products. This process is more efficient than traditional mechanical recycling, which can only process certain types of plastics.

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Recycling Recycling Technology Upcycling 52

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Anthony Finbow of Eagle Genomics – a firm working at the intersection of biology, data science and bioinformatics – explains, and relates how this knowledge provides a more solid underpinning for sustainable agricultural innovation. Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Tip#1: Choose organic sustainable fabrics. Synthetic fabrics such as polyester – which accounted for 52% of global fiber production in 2018 – take hundreds of years to biodegrade. To ensure all aspects of your brand is sustainable, switch to biodegradable packagings like paper, cellulose, hemp, and other plant materials.

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Fashion Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging 148

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Technological innovation is here to stay. Related: Pela offers biodegradable phone cases and other zero-waste products With a strong background in the industry and a quick $2.5 CEO Ross Howe summarized the vision by saying, “Our oceans are drowning in plastic. We’re not interested in creating new plastic to make phone cases.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

Be released into the air, and contribute to smog and can react with other volatile organic carbon substances. Wet cleaning uses washers and dryers with biodegradable soaps as well as pressing machines to clean the clothing instead of harmful dry cleaning practices like using perc. Plastic and hangers . Chemical replacement.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 148

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Buying locally-made, organic and sustainable food options are usually healthier and can make your employees feel better and be more productive. Innovation. Procuring sustainably means evaluating your current products and practices in an innovative way. Employee Engagement. Table of Contents . Energy efficiency). Electronics.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 2, 2020

Plastic production has considerably increased since the early 1950s, researchers estimate that 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced since then which is the equivalent to the weight of more than 800,000 Eiffel Towers. The MarinaTex Plastic is made from red algae and organic waste coming from the fishing industry.

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Plastics Innovation Biodegradable Recycling 221

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. There is a wave of new innovative eco-friendly alternatives to traditional packaging materials. Examples include cardboard, paper, and some types of plastic.

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Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They regularly use excess resources/wastes and byproducts, aiming to reduce use of plastics by replacing them in various products they create. ” For these lampshades, Biohm has used a material they call Orb, or organic refuse biocompound, to combine food and agricultural bioproducts with a plant-based binder.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

Be released into the air, and contribute to smog and can react with other volatile organic carbon substances. Wet cleaning uses washers and dryers with biodegradable soaps as well as pressing machines to clean the clothing instead of harmful dry cleaning practices like using perc. Plastic and hangers . Chemical replacement.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 78

AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2021

I-N Beauty has ‘planted’ its business in both science and plants, and the innovations have led to a line of natural skincare, body and hair products. Related: Meejee sets sustainable goals for skincare with less plastic With that in mind, each product is proudly labeled with the ingredients and an explanation of their science-based functions.

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Organic Biodegradable Plastics Sustainability 36

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The company is committed to 100% plant-based packaging and provides 100% plastic-free, biodegradable, zero-waste quality tea. To achieve this goal, they use bio-based plastic inside the cardboard box that houses the tea, so it is plastic-free. The box arrived and, as promised, packaging was entirely plastic-free.

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Biodegradable Plastics Organic Packaging 36

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 23, 2019

For years we’ve listened to environmentalists and conservationists talk about the need to reduce plastic waste. 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. More specifically, microplastic.

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Microplastics Plastics Biodegradable Waste 40

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

Every year, an additional 8 million tonnes of plastic is deposited into the ocean. 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.

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Energy Monitor Waste Waste Plastics 65

Rinexii

JUNE 18, 2021

It’s such that when I researched laundry sheets, I struggled to discern whether “polyvinyl alcohol” which was farther identified as “a biodegradable monomer/polymer” was an innovative solution or waffle-stomping to avoid saying it’s plastic. Even now, I’m not 100% certain.

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Carbon-neutral Global warming Carbon Pollution 52

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Sustainable fashion is on the rise, with materials from plastic water bottles to vegan apple leather becoming more and more common in the industry every day. Seaweed and microalgae are highly sustainable, especially because they are some of the fastest growing organisms on Earth. Linington’s project is ongoing.

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Fashion Sustainability Carbon-neutral Biodegradable 28

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Even better, linen is completely biodegradable. Give grandpa one of 13 color options, all manufactured using an innovative fabric made entirely from plastic bottles. Organic handmade pasta Even if you haven’t mastered the art of making handmade pasta yourself, you can give the gift of organic food.

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Upcycling Plastics Recycling Recycling 36

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

However, a handful of forward-looking corporations, conservation organizations and startups recently have accelerated efforts to store carbon in marine systems. The platforms will be kept afloat by buoys designed to biodegrade once they reach the deep ocean, at which point the kelp will fall to the ocean floor, taking its carbon with it.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Climate change Sea level rise 59

Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. A lot of attention has focused on phasing out single-use plastics , which create visible plastic pollution and release microplastics when they break down. The bits of plastic shed from synthetic textiles have their own term: microfibers.

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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 less plastic, in all forms. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Land use and farm-stage processes (i.e.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

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 less plastic, in all forms. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Land use and farm-stage processes (i.e.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

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. . Some bio-based materials such as bio-PET are derived from biological materials, but are not biodegradable.

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Packaging Sustainability Recycling Recycling 545

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s time to be more eco-friendly and introduce plastic straws alternatives, especially if you’re a restaurant owner. There are some great plastic straw alternatives that we’ve organized, described and found suppliers for. Restaurants Move to Eliminate Plastic Straws. Bamboo Straws are 100% chemical-free. Paper Straws.

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Plastics Biodegradable Organic Innovation 98

Green Business Bureau

JULY 16, 2021

With the vast amount of waste that comes from single-use PPE and regular long-term wear, Watson Gloves is focusing on beginning of life and end of life manufacturing initiatives to help divert much of this textile waste by developing gloves using innovative sustainable materials. Textile Innovation. biodegradation in 233 days).

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Sustainability Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 174

AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be useful in reducing world pollution problems. Why recycle plastic waste?

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Plastics Waste Waste Pollution 36

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Our members continue to amaze us with their commitment to sustainability and their innovative green and social responsibility initiatives. They use the GBB apps to organize their initiatives and track their progress. Duro Cleaners also decided to take a stand against plastic waste.

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Sustainability North America Plastics Carbon-negative 147

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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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Using innovative approaches to old problems, ecopreneurs are looking for ways to capitalize on the environmental problems that our world faces. Sometimes it’s as simple as rotating crops on a plot of land to allow the soil a season or two to rest, or switching from chemical fertilizer and pesticide to compost and organic anti-pest solutions.

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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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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. pounds (1 kilogram) of waste per night, and about 30% of that waste is made up of plastic. million pounds of plastic.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Where else can you find entrepreneurs at neighboring benches working on innovations as diverse as filtration, energy storage, building materials, alternative proteins, and battery metal recycling? We like to say that Greentown’s wet lab is a special place. Read about our 11 wet lab startups below: Agriculture. Manufacturing.

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Startups Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Biodegradable 52

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. For instance, the shoe retailer Rothy’s manufactures footwear from ocean plastic waste. For this article we’ve analyzed the business landscape to identify such trends.

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Retail Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 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

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Under Cave’s fearless leadership, Opus 12 has forged partnerships with companies including NASA, SoCalGas and Shell to deliver products such as carbon negative plastics and jet fuel at scale. Innovation. Molly Morse, founder and CEO, Mango Materials ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 47 — Bioplastics. 36 — Alternative Cement.

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Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

Business Green

APRIL 3, 2020

One example is Loliware , the seaweed-based straw company that received some attention amid the 2018 wave of activism against single-use plastic straws. It allows us to really mimic plastic at a very high degree.". That's where Mississippi-based materials company Algix comes in.

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