Lionfish leather, pollution-free plastic and more: What's your pick?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Five startups vying for exposure and support at Bloom 23 made rapid pitches for their tech to protect nature and boost biodiversity.
Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 2, 2021
Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published on 2 July in Science. “The world promotes technological solutions for recycling and to remove plastic from the environment. .
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Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plastic
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
An international group of scientists has cautioned against reliance on mechanical cleanup devices as a means of addressing the plastic pollution crisis. The research highlights that in recent years, several forms of cleanup devices have been developed to remove plastics from the environment.
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How Cities are Leading in the Fight Against Plastic Pollution
The City Fix
JUNE 8, 2023
“Plastic kills, and the damages of plastic pollution have no borders. We cannot beat plastic pollution if we don’t tackle climate change, environmental loss and food crises at the same time.” That was the powerful message Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
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4 ways to spark more financing for sustainable chemistry
GreenBiz
JUNE 27, 2023
The transition to greener chemicals offers holistic solutions to plastics pollution, climate change and biodiversity, but we need more investments to scale innovation.
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Global biodiversity framework falls short on chemicals
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 17, 2022
Environmental scientists, ecologists, and policy experts argue in a letter published on 16 June in Science that the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new international agreement to protect biodiversity – fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten the health of ecosystems worldwide.
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Can We Make Plastic More Sustainable?
Green Living Guy
MAY 6, 2022
As pollution causes a significant loss of biodiversity and humans now face a compromised aquatic-based food system, it’s time to meet a simple truth: The world has a serious plastic problem. The post Can We Make Plastic More Sustainable? Seeing that […]. Seeing that […].
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How To Reduce Lagoon Pollution
The Environmental Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2022
One of the main threats to lagoons is pollution. The industrial and community wastewater discharge, irresponsible use of agricultural chemicals, land-based pollutants carried by storm water runoff, and the growth of tourism activities all contribute to the pollution of lagoons. Avoid Using Motorboats.
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What happens to biodegradable plastics if they enter the sea? New study
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 15, 2024
Plymouth Marine Laboratory writes Our new study investigates what happens when biodegradable plastics enter the ocean, and whether these increasingly popular alternatives to conventional plastics are safer for marine ecosystems, or whether they come with their own risks. million metric tons in 2023 to almost 5.3
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Report pulls back the curtain on chemical pollution in the ocean
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 8, 2022
A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.
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WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.
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'A deadly ticking clock': Calls mount for a global pact to tackle plastic pollution
Business Green
JANUARY 17, 2022
Campaigners and companies call on governments to establish treaty that aims to curb plastic production and consumption, as well as ramp up recycling and waste management infrastructure. Discussions about a global pact to cut plastic pollution are expected to dominate the agenda of a UN Environment Assembly 5.2
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'An assault on nature': Charity calls for action to curb plastic pellet pollution
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Fauna & Flora International argues tougher measures are urgently needed to curb 'entirely preventable' plastic pellet pollution. Plastic pellets, or 'nurdles', are lentil-sized pieces of plastic that are melted together to create almost all plastic items used in consumer products.
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5 opportunities of a circular economy
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity.
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'Earth's living systems are being compromised': World misses all UN biodiversity targets
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns. A decade ago, countries adopted a series of 20 biodiversity objectives after discussions in Aichi, Japan, marking the start of the UN's decade of biodiversity.
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COP15: Much-delayed global biodiversity summit set to be relocated to Montreal
Business Green
JUNE 20, 2022
The COP15 Biodiversity Summit looks set to be subjected to yet another scheduling change, after insiders revealed this morning that it is now expected to be held in Montreal, Canada, instead of its original location of Kunming, China. Reports suggest repeatedly delayed Kunming Summit is now set to be hosted in Montreal this December.
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Plastic disclosures to be added to CDP's environmental reporting platform
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Annual environmental questionnaires sent by CDP to corporates set to feature questions on plastic consumption. Environmental reporting platform CDP has announced it is to start collecting data about companies' use of plastics, in a bid to provide greater visibility over how corporates are contributing to the global plastic pollution crisis.
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On our watch… biodiversity breakdown
Fairsnape
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Although over recent years in the built environment, ‘on our watch’, we have been discussing and to varying degree implementing biodiversity net gain, biodiversity units, action plans, habitat exchange, ecology of place, connectivity with nature and biophilic design.
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Study analyzes microplastics’ effect on clouds
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
“Microplastics in the free troposphere are transported and contribute to global pollution,” said Okochi. Accumulation of AMPs in the atmosphere, especially in the polar regions, could lead to significant changes in the ecological balance of the planet, leading to severe loss of biodiversity.
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Polluted paradise: how plastic trash imperils lives and biodiversity in the Philippines' top tourism draw
Eco-Business
MARCH 19, 2024
Cebu is projected to generate the most solid waste among all provinces in the country by 2025. As the summer season begins, how can the province overcome its mounting trash problem, driven by overtourism in the post-pandemic era?
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Revolutionizing environmental monitoring with photonics
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2023
This technology is invaluable for monitoring landscapes, biodiversity, and changes in terrain over time. Algae Analysis Photonics-based light sources and detector modules are key components for portable instruments used in assessing water pollution and understanding the relationship between different substances and their toxicity.
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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use. And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. Ocean-acidification is still, just, in the green, and so is aerosol pollution and dust. billion humans – nearly all of them poor.
Plastics Treaty talks may face familiar deadlock, but progress is still being made
Business Green
DECEMBER 5, 2022
First round of negotiations to deliver a new treaty to end plastic pollution was characterised by much the same dividing lines that marred recent climate talks. The mandate agreed by UN member states opens the door to a legally binding treaty that deals with the root causes of plastic pollution, not just the symptoms," she said. "The
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Call to ramp up joint action to get London’s rivers ‘climate-ready’
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 26, 2023
All river stakeholders, including water companies, businesses, regulators, industry and the public must invest in ending all sewage pollution and the management of land and surface water as a system (catchment-based management) to deliver healthy rivers. Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42
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Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
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Polluted paradise: how plastic trash and wastewater imperils lives and biodiversity in the Philippines' top tourism draw
Eco-Business
MARCH 19, 2024
Cebu is projected to generate the most solid waste among all provinces in the country by 2025. As the summer season begins, how can the province overcome its mounting trash problem, driven by overtourism in the post-pandemic era?
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COP15: Crucial UN biodiversity talks pushed into 2022 amid Covid-19 concerns
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2021
China and UN confirm plans to split key negotiations for potential global treaty for biodiversity into two parts, with virtual talks set for October followed by in-person meeting next year. We need to tackle the biodiversity crisis head on, and this delay will not mean taking our foot off the pedal," he said. "As
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Sustainable Innovation: A Deep Dive into Eco-Friendly Materials for Exhibition Booths
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
FSC’s commitment to ensuring wood products originate from responsibly managed forests underscores its role in promoting biodiversity and supporting the well-being of local communities. Derived from post-consumer plastic bottles, rPET offers a second life to discarded materials.
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Is a fully circular, fossil fuel-free plastics system really achievable?
Business Green
APRIL 5, 2022
Year-long research project led by Systemiq asserts window for action is fast closing, but concludes shift towards net zero plastics system is affordable and achievable. Yoni Shiran, program director and partner at Systemiq, said a new, more climate and planet-friendly plastics system was "within reach but will require bold action".
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Why data and measurement are key to a circular economy transition
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
It relies on the extraction and eventual disposal of finite materials and — to satisfy an ever-growing demand for resources — encroachment into natural ecosystems, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions and staggering biodiversity loss. The action plan calls for improved metrics to monitor the progress towards circularity.
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A clean ocean by 2030: UN panel charts “the most direct course”
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The event is co-chaired by Angelika Brandt of Germany, a Southern Ocean / Antarctica biodiversity expert, and Elva Escobar Briones of Mexico, a deep sea biodiversity expert. Reduce and remove top-priority forms of pollution (e.g., To prevent recurrence, reduce sources or emission of pollutants (e.g.,
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'Stop clutching at plastic straws': Government urged to introduce 2050 resource use reduction target
Business Green
MARCH 28, 2021
A report published this morning by the think tank Green Alliance warns the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs' (Defra) existing waste strategy, which takes a piecemeal approach to tackling different waste streams, such as plastic bags or straws, does not go far enough to tackle the problem and fails to address overconsumption.
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Toxic coal waste threatens biodiverse Alabama delta
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 9, 2021
This means the company would remove water from the pond, pack soil around it, then seal the ash with a combination of crushed rock, artificial turf and plastic. Before the Clean Air Act of 1970, things were easier for polluting industries, as they were free to pump coal ash into the air. Alabama Power says this is enough.
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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change
GreenBiz
JULY 20, 2020
That includes providing opportunities for marginalized and disadvantaged communities, including communities of color, that tend to be at greater risk of pollution and climate impacts. Aquaculture, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation: helping U.S.
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John Lewis Partnership and Hubbub launch £1m circular economy innovation fund
Business Green
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution are unquestionably among the biggest challenges we will face in our lifetime and tackling them will require a different kind of thinking," said Marija Rompani, director of ethics and sustainability at the John Lewis Partnership."
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How Reusing Items Can Help The Environment
The Environmental Blog
JULY 14, 2020
The state of our environment today is due to the broadening issues arising from loss of biodiversity, inappropriate means of disposing of waste , overpopulation, the depletion of natural resources, and increased deforestation. Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution.
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Study: Nature impacts remain 'blind spot' for major corporates
Business Green
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. Companies must measure and report on how they interact with nature - including how their activities affect deforestation, pollution, and nature loss.".
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The Ocean Race reports on microfibres in European seas
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 15, 2021
All 36 water samples collected around Europe, including in the Baltic Sea, the English Channel, along the Atlantic coastline and in the Mediterranean Sea, were found to contain microfibres – tiny plastic fibres that enter the environment from manufacturing, washing and wearing synthetic clothes.
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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit
GreenBiz
JANUARY 25, 2021
It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate?
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How Sustainability Innovation Is Driving The Green Economy
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. GREEN COMPANIES TO RECOGNIZE. Smog Armor. Ginkgo Sustainability Inc. EcoEnclose.
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Report reveals hypocrisy of world’s biggest plastic polluters
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.
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China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 21, 2020
billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity of plastic. In fact, the University of Oxford-based publication Our World In Data (OWID) has documented China’s plastic production rate at 60 million tons per year. Three avenues are currently available for plastic waste disposal: recycling , incinerating or discarding.
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How companies can deliver on the global deal for nature sealed at COP15
Business Green
DECEMBER 26, 2022
At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit which ended last week, much focus was on the depletion of natural capital, the world's stock of natural assets. Corporate measures could also go some way to reversing the loss of biodiversity and address about 60 per cent of chemical and plastic pollution.
'A significant step forward': Blue Planet Fund backs wave of new marine projects on path to 30x30 goal
Business Green
JUNE 29, 2022
Further £250m pledged to help safeguard the coastal economies of developing nations, protect biodiversity, and tackle plastic pollution. Through our new £500m Blue Planet Fund we are helping countries tackle a wide range of issues, from illegal fishing to plastic pollution and marine protection.".
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