Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Or is there a zero-waste option? Choose zero-waste. For a truly zero-waste option, you can purchase a potted tree to plant after the holidays – or rent a live tree. If you decide to cut down a tree, it’s still more sustainable than an artificial one because you’ve chosen both a renewable and biodegradable natural resource.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Choose zero-waste. For a truly zero-waste option, you can purchase a potted tree to plant after the holidays – or rent a live tree. If you decide to cut down a tree, it’s still more sustainable than an artificial one because you’ve chosen both a renewable and biodegradable natural resource. Find a local, real tree.

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Waste Waste Plastics Biodegradable 68

Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

The British-Dutch multinational yesterday said it would partner with the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) and the Alliance for Water Stewardship on several projects supporting water management resilience in key water-stressed countries including Vietnam, India, Brazil and South Africa.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Among projects securing backing on Friday, consumer goods giant Unilever is working with the universities of Liverpool and Oxford to explore how products such as shampoo and laundry detergent can be produced from materials made from waste using carbon capture, the government said.

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Government Innovation Medicine Biodegradable 68

Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Select refillable or biodegradable pens and recycled pencils. Choose cardboard or canvas binders that can be recycled, instead of standard plastic binders. Designate a storage space for school supplies at home to prevent overbuying every year. Look for soy-based crayons.

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Recycling Recycling Organic Plastics 96

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex. In the cases of Mushroom Packaging and Piñatex, their biological source is considered an agricultural byproduct or waste.

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Technology Building Energy Monitoring Packaging Carbon-negative 532

Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Select refillable or biodegradable pens and recycled pencils. Choose cardboard or canvas binders that can be recycled, instead of standard plastic binders. Designate a storage space for school supplies at home to prevent overbuying every year. Look for soy-based crayons.

Recycling 81

Recycling Recycling Plastics Biodegradable 81

Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Real trees are both a renewable and biodegradable natural resource. The Christmas Tree Promotion Board reports an increase in sales because families looking for safer activities during COVID-19 can get together outside to select a tree. On average, it takes about seven years to raise a Christmas tree to marketable size.

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Plastics Biodegradable Sustainability Transportation 74

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. Energy and materials elegantly flow through ecosystems, efficiently cycling back into new forms without waste or stagnation.

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Cooling Waste Waste Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. Energy and materials elegantly flow through ecosystems, efficiently cycling back into new forms without waste or stagnation.

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Cooling Waste Waste Recycling 28

Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2022

Therefore, reducing waste can lessen the effect of pollution on our planet and promote sustainable living. For instance, a single person in the United States produces an average of about 4.4 pounds of trash daily. This trash often ends up in landfills. Keep reading to learn […].

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Waste Waste Pollution Sustainability 145

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, run-off from agriculture and discharges and waste from the pharmaceutical sector must be at the forefront of future discussions, due to the sheer volume and persistence of the pollutants they generate. Preventing micropollutants from being discharged into the environment in the first place must become the touchstone of policymaking.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The UK can reduce its methane emissions by 43 per cent this decade, if it acts quicky to stop the landfilling of biodegradable waste, establishes stricter rules that prevent fossil gas leaks, and takes steps to encourage farmers to change feedstock for their dairy cows and improve the management of slurry. "Our rise above 1.5C

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Methane Biodegradable Climate change Policy 69

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

They also are more equipped with the vital skills to adapt and be resilient to climate change when disaster strikes, and to influence how their communities mitigate against it. 3 — Reduce Food Waste. From classrooms to boardrooms. Jennifer Wagner, president, CarbonCure ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 36 — Alternative Cement.

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Carbon-negative Startups Plastics Waste 538

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We provide equipment , manage the lab, handle all waste streams, and encourage our entrepreneurs to share ideas and knowledge. Desktop Health ’s team at Greentown Labs is creating novel regenerative and biomimetic tissue grafts using biodegradable materials and additive manufacturing technologies. Resiliency + Adaptation.

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Startups Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Plastics 52

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The cloths are biodegradable , compact, lightweight and handmade in the U.S.A. The wraps are compact, come in a variety of sizes and reduce waste. Succulents are a resilient and popular choice that will brighten up any space. Standard sponges are often made using polyester or nylon, which is not recyclable or biodegradable.

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Biodegradable Plastics Recycling Recycling 28

Grist

MAY 22, 2024

“Willy has been pursuing clean water and resilient community buildings on Vanuatu for years, and his work directly inspired me to write about what success in loss and damage might look like on small island nations.” “My passion for biomimicry runs deep! Real plastic is down to 10 percent of everything now.

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Plastics Packaging Upcycling Recycling 65

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Here’s a cool one: Molly Morse of Mango Materials shared how her company uses methane gas to make biodegradable plastic. Building Robotics helps commercial buildings (which waste 30% of their energy) respond dynamically to people (61% of whom are not satisfied with workplace temperature). So she wrote the Smart Grid Dictionary.

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Law Fossil fuels Plastics Methane 40

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex. In the cases of Mushroom Packaging and Piñatex, their biological source is considered an agricultural byproduct or waste.

Technology 28

Technology Packaging Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 28

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. SUNY-ESF has already diverted about 50 percent of the Mighty Oaks’ annual waste stream away from landfills through efforts like composting.

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Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Sustainability 52

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Pantys’ products cut down on plastic waste — one person uses up to 15,000 pads and tampons over a lifetime, most of which wind up in landfills, estimates show.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 517

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Camargo and her partner developed absorbent underwear with natural, biodegradable fabric that maintains functionality for an average of 50 washes, or about two years. Pantys’ products cut down on plastic waste — one person uses up to 15,000 pads and tampons over a lifetime, most of which wind up in landfills, estimates show. .”

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36