Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is investing millions of pounds to transform its North London drinks bottling factory into a carbon neutral facility, where it is also now producing innovative ‘attached cap' soft drinks bottles designed to cut down on waste and boost recycling.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. When Ian Bishop and Ron Presswood first brought their idea for a recycling process that would create carbon and hydrogen to a professor at a Tier One University, they were told it was scientifically impossible.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Even toy cars are joining the electric vehicle (EV) revolution , with Mattel this week unveiling the first mass market toy line to be certified as 'carbon neutral' featuring zero emission toy cars and EV charging stations. Launch of Mega Bloks Green Town range aims to encourage sustainable behaviours in children from an early age.

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Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Carbon Plastics 71

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

Projects include hydrogen-powered cornflake production and low-carbon Scottish whisky distillation. And one of Scotland’s oldest whisky makers, Annadale Distillery, seemingly takes a step towards a low-carbon future with the help of a £3.6 million government investment in new thermal heating technology. million from the government.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor 246

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 4, 2021

Ørsted has announced its new commitment to reuse, recycle or recover all the wind turbine blades in its global portfolio of onshore and offshore wind farms upon decommissioning. That includes moving towards more circular models where we reuse resources and save energy, thereby reducing carbon emissions.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Such a massive industry has the potential to have an extensive environmental impact, from production, to the waste cycle. Smartphone manufacturers are showing signs of accountability through efforts to incorporate recycled materials into product design and work towards carbon neutrality.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

Early this year, Microsoft rocked the sustainability world by announcing it was going not only carbon neutral but carbon negative by 2030. What is carbon negative and how will Microsoft achieve this goal? Microsoft says it wants to achieve net zero carbon emissions. of its energy from renewable sources.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 27, 2020

That's good news, but landfills are hardly an ideal way to deal with solar industry waste. The cumulative mass of end-of-life PV modules is expected to hit 8 million metric tons globally by 2030, so improving recycling rates is an increasingly critical issue for the industry. Focus on getting the silicon back.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough. A radical redesign. This is unacceptable.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Innovation in the building sector is critical to achieving decarbonization, as the sector is responsible for 40 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. To change this, we need innovations that reinvent how buildings and their materials are planned, built, sourced, and managed. and Houston, Texas, Jan.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2020

Use recyclable materials when possible. Using recyclable materials is an obvious starting point, admittedly, but one that needs highlighting. As the world continually shifts towards protecting the environment, more opportunities are present for the use of recyclable materials. Also, don’t overlook the power of incentivizing.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. mixed-use space that anchors the Innovation District.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. Under its current carbon emissions reduction trajectory, the fashion industry is projected to miss the 1.5 Digital technologies are opening up new ways for us to consume fashion without the waste or carbon footprint… . Lilian Liu.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Environmental Audit Commitee argues electronic and retail giants need to join their brick and mortar rivals in contributing more to a circular economy, but the tech powerhouses insist they are leading efforts to tackle global e-waste mountain. The UK generates the second highest quantity of e-waste in the world.

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Waste Waste Retail Recycling 63

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

The Prime Minister has marked his first year in office by unveiling a £350m green funding package today to support efforts to drive down carbon emissions from heavy industry, construction, space and transport, touting the move as a bid to "fuel a green, sustainable recovery" from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Building Energy Monitoring Innovation Energy Monitor Sustainability 95

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 25, 2021

A prime example of the sharing economy in action, this circular business model helps save resources used to manufacture new gear, reduces e-waste that comes from outdated and unused equipment and increases people’s access to using this equipment for their creative endeavors. Eliminating Emissions and E-Waste.

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Waste Waste Carbon-neutral Sustainability 137

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power. Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 88

Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

New uniform made from recycled plastic bottles aims to help airline curb its supply chain impacts. EasyJet has this week debuted new uniforms for its cabin crew and pilots made from recycled plastic bottles, as the airline giant steps up efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its supply chain.

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Plastics Carbon-neutral Recycling Recycling 73

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Sports brand On says it is the first company in the footwear industry to use captured carbon emissions as a raw material. Swiss sports brand On has announced that it has created a shoe using carbon emissions as a raw material, making it the first company in the footwear industry to achieve the milestone.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Biotechnology Plastics 73

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A newly announced partnership between a Scottish council and a European energy giant is to work to bring low-carbon district heating to the east of Scotland. Midlothian Council is partnering with Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall to establish an innovative new Energy Services Company (ESCo), the bodies announced yesterday.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Energy Energy 95

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As the government prepares to kickstart the economy by loosening planning regulations in the hope of spurring a boom in infrastructure and construction projects, the need to curb the carbon emissions associated with buildings remains as pressing as ever. There are signs across various materials sectors that innovation is indeed underway.

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Construction Innovation Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 82

Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2022

The sustainable city hopes to bring significant in-country value to the community and boost innovation in the sector. In numerous ways, the project aims to align with the country’s goals to eliminate carbon footprints. The city is designed to recycle 100% of its waste and water. Aligning with net zero.

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Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Smart Cities Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The UK's infrastructure and construction sector has the potential to cut its carbon emissions in half, reducing costs in the process, by adopting net zero emission-aligned circular economy approaches that would drive the wider use of low carbon materials, according to research by multinational engineering firm AECOM.

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Construction Carbon-neutral Resilience Waste 101

Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The pouch is recyclable in most European markets, the firm said, apart from in Belgium, Ireland, and Switzerland. We have committed to enable and inspire responsible consumption through innovation on our product and packaging," she said. It's no longer about if or what we can do, but how quickly we can do it.

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Plastics Carbon-neutral Packaging Europe 91

Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Kansas City has taken several steps to help us reach our goal of climate neutrality for city operations by 2030. Our goal is to reach climate neutrality by the year 2040,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said. During the process, Kansas City provided data on its waste diversion, water management, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

That is according to a report out today from Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange, which sets out how the man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) sector could revolutionise the wasteful textile and apparel sectors. MCCF waste fibres can be turned into new fibres without the quality loss typically associated with recycling natural fibres.

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Sustainability Fashion Carbon-neutral Waste 72

Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. For example, when a forest—which naturally absorbs and stores carbon dioxide as trees grow—is logged and converted to grazing or agricultural land, GHGs are released as trees decompose.

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Waste Waste Packaging Transportation 59

Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Joint venture Circular Fuels aiming to have 'world-first' renewable LPG production plant operating in Teesside by 2024 capable of turning waste into 'net zero' fuel. The use of non-recyclable waste will reduce the UK's reliance on imported fossil fuels and enable off-grid heating customers to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.".

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Natural gas Waste 41

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

Global challenges of climate change, and food production and availability have been the catalyst for myriad innovative start-ups in recent years, writes Tetra Pak's Elena Moruzzi. Reducing waste throughout the value chain. Waste and loss is still one of the challenges prevalent in the food and beverage industry.

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Packaging Resilience Sustainability Waste 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The supermarket chain yesterday unveiled fresh plans to recover and recycle nature-bound plastic waste equivalent to the supermarket's plastic footprint in response to warnings from the UN Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution that marine litter and plastic pollution poses a growing threat.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

That is according to a report out today from Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange, which sets out how the man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) sector could revolutionise the wasteful textile and apparel sectors. MCCF waste fibres can be turned into new fibres without the quality loss typically associated with recycling natural fibres.

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Sustainability Fashion Carbon-neutral Waste 52

Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

This year's shortlist for the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards is stronger than ever with a host of top blue chips, innovative start-ups, and inspiring sustainability leaders all in the mix for recognition at the UK's largest and most prestigious green business awards. Delphis Eco - Recycled Plastic Rating. Innovation of the Year.

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Carbon-neutral Sustainability Investment Plastics 100

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2023

For example, using energy-efficient lighting can significantly reduce energy costs, while implementing a recycling program can save money on waste disposal. Topics include what makes up a luxury dry cleaner; trends in garment care; sustainability challenges; and new innovative solutions for garment care and cleaning.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Evian's vice-president of brand Shweta Harit talks to BusinessGreen about the French water company's sustainability ambitions, in particular a pledge to use 100 per cent recycled bottles by 2025. As such, Harit says she expects Evian to reach its 100 per cent recycled bottle goals sooner than expected.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Carbon-neutral 56

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Healthy Buildings Challenge received 99 applications from 15 countries, representing a range of innovations in building materials, coatings, and envelope systems, as well as digital platforms, monitoring, and supplemental technologies. Greentown Labs, Saint-Gobain, and MassCEC hosted a kickoff for The Healthy Buildings Challenge on Oct.

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Building Energy Monitoring Startups Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98