Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. A 2015 study by the UK waste and recycling advisory body Wrap estimated that of the 7.3 tonnes was actually edible.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 228

GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

There are several new and emerging technologies for recycling that are being developed and implemented around the world. 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.

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Recycling Recycling Technology Upcycling 52

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. With limited global composting infrastructure, the likelihood that a theoretically biodegradable bottle will be composted in practice is low. Respectfully, I’m calling it B.S. . Featured Column.

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Plastics Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 174

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Firm founded by ex-marketing director of Hello Fresh says onus is on startups to encourage sustainable consumption. Wild claims that its new deodorant line, which comes in a range of scents including coconut, rose, mint, and orange, is the first to be both 100 per cent compostable and biodegradable.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Consumer goods giant aims to begin rolling out new fully-recyclable toothpaste tubes across leading brands such as Sensodyne and Aquafresh in coming years. We have made the commitment that 100 per cent of our product packaging will be recyclable or reusable, where quality and safety permits, by 2025," she added.

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Recycling Recycling Biodegradable Plastics 60

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

Dry Cleaning and Sustainability. Dry cleaning businesses need to be eco friendly and sustainable in order to prosper in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace. This article discusses the sustainability challenges and solutions for dry cleaners and provides a guide for becoming more sustainable. Chemical replacement.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 148

Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 78

Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Sustainable Fishing. Commercial fishing businesses must transition to more sustainable fishing practices. In order for the fishing industry to become more sustainable they should take the following steps: Eliminate bycatch. It should be a standard reference for all fisheries working to become more sustainable.

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Sustainability Seafood Fossil fuels Plastics 148

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Luckily, some passionate designers from London have decided to develop a sustainable option to divert waste from landfills. Unlike the 98 percent of toothbrushes that are not biodegradable, the Tooth replacement heads will break down. The bristles are made from Nylon 4; both products are 100 percent biodegradable.

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Biodegradable Recycling Recycling Plastics 28

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Mark Priestman, Managing Director of Non-Ferrous at EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) writes. As the recycling industry innovates to embrace its role as a key player in the UK’s journey towards a more sustainable society, new challenges continue to emerge.

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Pollution Organic Plastics Recycling 130

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From recycling to upgrading to energy-efficient appliances, we can do plenty of things to contribute to our planet’s health. By adopting sustainable practices during relocation, we’re not just decluttering our lives but also championing a sustainable future. Consider the moving process, too.

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Carbon Recycling Recycling Waste 195

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In the consumer’s eye, businesses are focused on “making an impression instead of making a change” in the context of sustainability. At Green Business Bureau , we want to help businesses rebuild consumer trust through honest sustainability communications and marketing. Defining corporate greenwash. Corporate greenwash is on the rise.

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Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 147

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

Dry cleaning businesses need to be eco friendly and sustainable in order to prosper in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace. This article discusses the sustainability challenges and solutions for dry cleaners and provides a guide for becoming more sustainable. Sustainability Starts with Eliminating Harmful Chemicals.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. From recyclable plastics to biodegradable containers, there’s seemingly no end to the options available for the environmentally conscious business. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. Similar U.S.

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Packaging Biodegradable Plastics Recycling 78

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

In the consumer’s eye, businesses are focused on “making an impression instead of making a change” in the context of sustainability. At Green Business Bureau , we want to help businesses rebuild consumer trust through honest sustainability communications and marketing. Defining corporate greenwash. Corporate greenwash is on the rise.

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Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 78

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This will help you uncover gaps and highlight areas ripe for innovation. If you can address customers’ unmet needs and offering unique solutions, you’ll have better chances of carving a successful niche for yourself and sustaining your business growth.

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Innovation Biodegradable Sustainability Demand 195

Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

Consumer goods giant touts product as its ‘most sustainable laundry capsule yet’. Unilever has unveiled its "most sustainable laundry capsule yet", which it claims uses zero plastic packaging and can also help consumers cut down on energy and emissions when using their washing machines.

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Plastics Biodegradable Energy Energy 58

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Green purchases are those that have a low environmental impact and are more sustainable in terms of the materials they’re made from and the sourcing and manufacturing practices that make them. Buying sustainable products and purchasing from green suppliers and vendors promotes resource efficiency. Innovation.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. There is a wave of new innovative eco-friendly alternatives to traditional packaging materials. There is a wave of new innovative eco-friendly alternatives to traditional packaging materials.

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Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2019

One impressive company, Chlorophyll Water , has captured this rapidly expanding market by combining the health benefits of vitamin-enhanced chlorophyll water with eco-friendly, sustainable, non-toxic bottles. Last, each case sold ships with a recycling bag that serves as a reminder about who they are and what they stand for.

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Recycling Recycling Biodegradable Health 141

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Technological innovation is here to stay. So the three co-founders of Nimble for Good, PBC have combined their extensive experience in the tech, marketing and design development industries to launch a brand of personal tech products committed to ethical and sustainable material sourcing, manufacturing and post-consumer disposal.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The company’s B-pods offer premium coffees from licensed brand partners that produce ethically and sustainably sourced coffee. Related: Startup creates compostable, single-serve coffee bags for your busy mornings Bruvi is also an innovative product meant to cater to all types of caffeine-lovers.

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Biodegradable Microplastics Startups Ethics 28

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

The declaration tucks into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative , which appeals to "innovators, transformers and disrupters" aligning their business with the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 The clear play: Help other companies, including customers and partners, achieve their own sustainability goals.

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Innovation Biotechnology Carbon Recycled materials 74

AGreenLiving

MAY 1, 2020

For Silo’s second outpost in London, local interior design studio Nina+Co teamed up with McMaster to craft an interior that reinforces the restaurant’s sustainable ethos with locally sourced natural materials and innovative design aimed at minimizing environmental impact. Nina+Co Images via Sam A. Nina+Co Images via Sam A.

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Waste Waste Sustainability Biodegradable 36

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 6, 2021

They complete this process manually to avoid the use of heat, electricity and chemical treatments for a more sustainable process and end product. In addition to producing the environmentally-friendly and sustainable Sea Stone, the project means reducing waste disposal costs and preventing marine pollution. The rest is here:Â .

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2023

The UN has declared that “the only way to make fashion sustainable is to end the throwaway culture.” Younger generations including millennials and Gen Z are driving this trend, with 45% refusing to buy from non-sustainable brands. Another area we’ve been following for quite some time is the secondhand market or “re-commerce”.

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Fashion Retail Waste Waste 98

AGreenLiving

MARCH 20, 2020

Goodyear tire company has a history of innovation with products like the living moss tire that cleans the air as you drive and crazy spherical tires. To reach these goals, the concept tire offers a reloadable and biodegradable tread compound. Goodyear reCharge tire concept targets sustainability. Goodyear Images via Goodyear.

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Sustainability Biodegradable Innovation Recycling 28

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

.” The reports considers “a host of imaginative and sometimes challenging ways to tackle the Final 25%”, including: Using semi-arid and saline land for plant growth either for product feed-stocks or for greenhouse gas removal, Using biomass and atmospheric CO2 to create sustainable polymers, and.

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Plastics Agriculture Recycling Recycling 130

Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Unilever, Afton Chemicals, Scott Bader, and Crown Paints become founding members of taskforce aimed at making polymers used in everyday goods more sustainable. PLFs are found in millions of consumer and industrial products, yet there are currently very few ways to recycle the chemical and more than 36.25

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Biodegradable Fossil fuels Waste Waste 79

AGreenLiving

MAY 11, 2020

What better way to put your best eco-friendly foot forward than with a stylish, comfortable pair of sustainable shoes? Rackle, a Boston-based footwear brand, is on a mission to create sustainable shoes, starting with the release of its hemp-based Alex line. The shoes aim to meld style, versatility and sustainability.

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Sustainability Biodegradable Recycled materials Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2021

“Sustainability is our north star,” said KADA, a clothing company leading the charge in corporate responsibility and change within the notoriously wasteful fashion industry. From there, fabric selection relies mainly on Cupro, a silk-like material made from recycled cotton manufacturing waste. KADA Images via KADA.

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Sustainability Fashion Waste Waste 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and that London Waste and Recycling Board confirmed they are to share knowledge and best practices developed during the cities' Circular Glasgow and Circular London projects, which have spent the last few years working to advance circular economy principles.

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Biodegradable Waste Waste Packaging 99

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. And, therefore, to create ethically-sourced and locally-fabricated high-performance sustainable products. Biohm Images via Biohm.

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Biodegradable Biotechnology Biotech Waste 36

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Packaging firm DS Smithand and Aquapak, a developer of biodegradable polymer, are teaming up to develop sustainable fibre based packaging solutions that they say will replace hard to recycle packaging made from combined materials such as cardboard and plastic.

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Unsustainable

JUNE 17, 2020

Yet all three plants are now being used to make durable and sustainable fabrics. By Ellen Rubin Natural Sources for Sustainable Fabrics Banana Fiber Musa (banana) fiber is made from the stem of banana plants. It’s incredibly versatile, strong, sustainably grown, and biodegradable. It is finished in Spain or Italy.

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Sustainability Fashion Waste Waste 53

GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. For companies with sustainable packaging goals, 2025 is fast approaching. That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. That is, how will stakeholders meet their recycling goals?

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Packaging Sustainability Recycling Recycling 545

Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask a Climate Innovator?—?Haley When this happened, big industries were not agile enough to respond, there were limits to their ability to innovate and see the potential of new materials, but now, the science is here. Our company values authenticity, innovation, equality, and respect. And, MITO is here to help.

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Innovation Startups Technology Climate change 52