The Environmental Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Why Reducing Packaging Waste Matters We’ve got a serious packaging waste problem, thanks to things like online shopping, lots of throwaway stuff, and not enough recycling. Saving Resources Making packaging takes up a lot of resources like paper, plastic, and metal. For example, think about the Shisha Tobacco Act of 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

New “bio” ropes made from biomaterials have the potential to replace conventional plastics of fossil origin in mussel and algae cultivation, say the groups behind their development, who claim sustainability advantages including up to 34% carbon footprint reduction compared to ropes made from conventional plastics.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

As the kids get ready to head back to school, here are eight ways to start the year with sustainable and low-waste school supplies, clothes and lunches. Create recycling habits Look for recycled paper options for notebooks and school paper. Also, consider supplies that have more recycling potential at the end of their life.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Initiative aims to encourage banks to adopt credit and debit cards made from recycled, chlorine-free, biodegradable and ocean plastics. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives. MAstercard launches drive to replace plastic credit cars with sustainable alternatives.

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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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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. tonnes recycled, 0.14 This is the eighth consecutive decrease in household waste landfilled since 2011 – and for the third consecutive year there was more Scottish waste recycled (1.1

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion has come to save the fashion industry. Hence, to be future leaders, fashion brands must consider the impacts business has on the environment, to set the standard for the new wave of sustainable fashion. Sustainable fashion definition.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

If you want to make your business more sustainable in 2021 and bounce back from the current economic crisis, reducing your business waste is a great place to start. By performing an environmental audit, you can review your current waste and recycling management efforts and potentially find ways you can improve. of household waste.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Sustainable businesses tend to consider the important roles of the environment and how to protect nature for a successful business. In that way, sustainability can be achieved and maintained while facing various business challenges. In that way, sustainability can be achieved and maintained while facing various business challenges.

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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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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. Plastic and hangers .

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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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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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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. This week, 10 nature-inspired designers were announced as finalists for the Ray of Hope Prize, created to honor the legacy of sustainability visionary and Interface founder Ray C. Pull Quote.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices. This article outlines 20 sustainable business practices your company can implement to make your offices more sustainable (ordered from low cost, high impact to high cost, low impact). Implement a Comprehensive Recycling Program . Switch All Lighting to LEDs.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sustainable living is an ongoing pursuit that requires evaluating each purchase and every product we use. Even though cloth diapers do keep the plastic variety from sitting in a landfill for hundreds of years, the plastic ribbing and diaper inserts typically keep cloth diapers from being recyclable. Excerpt from:Â .

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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. The impact on EMR’s operations is – in some ways – profound.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In an effort to help reduce food packaging waste, non-alcoholic spirit company Seedlip is introducing a Mycelium Gift Pack wrapped in biodegradable mushroom packaging. Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, creates a durable and sustainable packaging alternative for the upcoming holiday season. Seedlip Images via Seedlip.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

Sustainable manufacturing as a strategic approach for factories and warehouses. The pressure mounts for manufacturers to step up and use the principles of sustainable manufacturing. With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes.

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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. Prevent ocean waste from plastic netting. Prevent Ocean Waste From Plastic Netting.

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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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Green Living Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Four students from the University of Arkansas have launched a startup company around technology developed by U of M biochemist Simo Sarkanen, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, that would manufacture biodegradable plastic shopping bags. According to Cao, one million plastic bags are used globally every minute.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

But if you’re not sure where to start, we thought who better to consult with questions about where and what to buy (or not to buy) when blending style and sustainability than the experts themselves? Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

From recyclable plastics to biodegradable containers, there’s seemingly no end to the options available for the environmentally conscious business. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. For businesses looking for the closest alternative to this packaging classic, biodegradable air peanuts are now available. Similar U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

The importance of sustainable event planning. The time is now for event planners to host eco-friendly events using an effective sustainable event planning strategy. Sustainability and eco-friendly event planning guide. Event planners must have a defined strategy for the events they organize to be successful and sustainable.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We know you’re conscientious about water consumption by turning off the faucet while you brush, but there’s that seldom-discussed issue of toothbrush waste, mostly plastic , that equates to around 1,000,000,000 toothbrushes heading to the landfill annually, and that’s just in the United States. Shipments are expected for April 2020.

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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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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Explore how to reduce plastic use in the kitchen, living area, bedroom, bathroom and even the garden, with the help of our friends at Ethical.net. Plastic packaging is, of course, not the end of the story; most of us also have a huge array of plastic items in our homes. Reduce plastic use in your kitchen.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 12, 2020

Along the way, the plastic cases used to protect our expensive investment quickly become outdated and end up in landfills, where they sit for hundreds to thousands of years. In the case of Pela’s phone cases, a byproduct of flax harvest creates the strong yet biodegradable material used in manufacturing. to 2 years.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION. General contracting businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including new customers and sales growth. . If you are a General Contractor, it’s important you provide sustainable construction and renovation options to your customers. Recycled Steel.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION. The industry is moving toward sustainable construction. General contracting businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including new customers including sales growth. . HOW TO BUILD and RENOVATE A HOME TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE. Recycled Steel.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

If your business is working to become a more sustainable company, that requires you to look at what products you buy and bring into the workspace. The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program.

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