GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Scaling Composting Infrastructure in North America. Contamination of waste streams, haulage costs and “compostable” materials that don’t actually biodegrade are all part of the problem. What will it take to build robust composting infrastructure at scale in the United States? Composting should be a win-win.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Scaling Composting Infrastructure in North America What will it take to build robust composting infrastructure at scale in the United States? Contamination of waste streams, haulage costs and “compostable” materials that don’t actually biodegrade are all part of the problem. Composting should be a win-win.
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Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 27, 2022
An international research collaboration is setting out to find new ways of monitoring crop growth with biodegradable sensors which can be composted at the end of their lifespan. The team aim to make the patch completely biodegradable, and capable of nourishing the soil once it reaches the end of its period of usefulness.
Greentown Labs
OCTOBER 11, 2023
11, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Shell , a global energy leader, announce six startup participants for Greentown Go Make 2023 —a Greentown Go program focused on accelerating startup-corporate partnerships to advance carbon utilization, storage, and traceability solutions.
Green Business Bureau
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Zero waste break rooms can be achieved by: Offering reusable mugs and cups instead of disposables, Implementing a composting program for food scraps, Replacing plastic cutlery and stir-sticks with biodegradable options (wooden, bio-plastics, etc.). If your office uses coffee pods, choose biodegradable pods such as those from OneCoffee.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2019
For example, McDonald’s paper straws that are not recyclable , and biodegradable cups that require segregated collection and specific environments to be composted. New FlexICs from PragmatIC. Before we continue we need to address the question of whether RFID/NFC makes packaging more difficult to recycle.
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Related: Biodegradable coffee pods are now available for composting According to the company’s founder and CEO, Josh Wilbur, “Premium coffee roasters have shied away from offering their specialty beans in single-serve packaging because it’s been nearly impossible to keep ground coffee fresh, which quickly ruins the taste.
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