Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Baltic Sea had the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, double the amount in the Mediterranean?. • New research from the round-the-world yacht race The Ocean Race* has found microplastics, and in particular microfibres, to be prevalent across the length and breadth of the continent.

Microplastics 130

Microplastics Plastics Europe Climate change 130

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

Marine pollution has deservedly gained greater attention in recent years, most notably through the vexing—and highly visible—issue of plastics. Synthetic chemicals, many hazardous and harmful, are now ubiquitous across the seas—much like plastics—and left untackled, this assault will only get worse. A coordinated approach.

Pollution 162

Pollution Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 162

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED PLASTIC. Arqlite , a member of the U.S.

Building Energy Monitoring 148

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Register your own coastal cleanup — wherever that may be One conservation organization, Heal the Bay in Los Angeles County, serves as an example of this campaign by helping citizens coordinate their own cleanup efforts with a centralized registration system. Animals are harmed by items like six-pack rings and plastic bags.

Microplastics 28

Microplastics Organic Pollution Plastics 28

GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects. New Wave Foods. What's next?

Seafood 534

Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 534

Grist

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Humans unleash mountains of plastic into the sea each year, and that rate is only accelerating as plastic production grows around the world. That may have big implications for how Ocean Cleanup and other plastic campaigns end up tackling this mess. The plastic they find out at sea, by contrast, is older and more weathered.

Plastics 81

Plastics Microplastics Pollution Organic 81

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Novel entities – Emissions of toxic and long-lived substances such as synthetic organic pollutants, heavy metal compounds, and radioactive materials represent some of the key human-driven changes to the planetary environment.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78