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Latest and Greatest Recycling Technologies

GreenTech Gazette

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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Green Your Workplace With These Eco-Friendly Office Products and Supplies

Green Business Bureau

The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program. Through their Planet Partners program, roughly 1 million plastic bottles are collected each day and then incorporated into new products.

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Sustainable funerals: Part 2 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

A number of natural, biodegradable coffins and shrouds are explored below.) You could also choose a coffin made from 100% reclaimed and upcycled solid wood. Another option is a wicker willow coffin , which, like wooden coffins, are 100% natural and biodegradable. Wicker coffins. Choosing a burial site.

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The best eco-friendly gifts for your grandparents

AGreenLiving

In addition to enriching the soil , flax requires less energy and water to manufacture into material than cotton. Even better, linen is completely biodegradable. Give grandpa one of 13 color options, all manufactured using an innovative fabric made entirely from plastic bottles.

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

AGreenLiving

Way to cut down on plastic packaging! Cactus plastic developed in Mexico Research professor Sandra Pascoe Ortiz and other scientists at the University of Valle de Atemajac in Zapopan, Mexico used prickly pear juice to craft a new biodegradable plastic. Now, that idea has found its way into some Thai supermarkets.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

Waste and waste by-products can easily make their way into the air, soil, and water sources. Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Such waste items include dunnage , shoring, pallets, lining, transit and packing materials, plywood, paper, cardboard, wire, plastic wrapping, and steel strapping.

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10 Ways to Engage Employees for World Cleanup Day

Green Business Bureau

Identifying areas of improvement as well as potential new revenue streams through waste recycling/upcycling opportunities. Launch an upcycle station for storing old or excess office supplies and equipment that someone else could use. Reduce Single-Use Plastics. Upgrade to Energy Efficient Equipment.

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