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. Every item sold at Roots & Hoots is 100% vegan.

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Plastics Electricity Packaging Waste 28

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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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

Biodegradable vs compostable: Addressing the confusion. Biodegradable vs compostable: Which material would you choose ? As the bio-based industry grows, we’re witnessing an increasing number of biodegradable and compostable claims. As such, this Green Business Bureau article defines biodegradable and compostable.

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Biodegradable Plastics Organic Waste 147

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Food is the number one component taking up space in US landfills and it produces methane, a more potent greenhouse gas. 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.

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Waste Waste Methane Recycling 167

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. 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.

Waste 148

Waste Waste Plastics Sustainability 148

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : Chemical recycling. Waste recycling/recovery : (digestion, composting). When packaging cannot be avoided, next on the list of priorities is waste recycling and recovery. Waste avoidance : Reuse/Repair.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Mango Materials has developed a technology that transforms methane into biodegradable plastic pellets that can be implemented in any supply chain and eventually decompose on their own. Jennifer Wagner, president, CarbonCure ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 36 — Alternative Cement. 36 — Alternative Cement. 43 — Aviation.

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Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

If you don’t already, start recycling. Capabilities of local recycling centers vary widely across the nation, so educate yourself on the regional process. Also, always return your bottles and aluminum cans for recycling or redemption. Cut back on animal products, because animal farming is a major producer of methane.

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Sustainability Home Energy Monitoring Plastics Recycling 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2020

Additionally, many municipalities don’t allow recycling of the glass bottles because essential oils are classified as a flammable substance. In short, that means there is no great waste solution for millions of bottles of essential oils that should responsibly be recycled through toxic-waste collection events.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 36

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits. Students also launched the Edible Campus Initiative, through which a coalition works with grounds management to maximize edible, foragable plants on the urban campus.

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Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Waste 52

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Speakers from leading brands, packaging producers, material innovation labs and NGOs, will discuss a variety of topics including how to set and achieve packaging goals, reusable packaging opportunities, scaling new materials, and the implications of biodegradable and compostable packaging. How do these systems work and how can we scale them?

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52