Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

Supermarket says it is time to tackle 'unnecessary plastic' that routinely accompanies children's magazines. Skye, from Gwynedd, launched her petition after becoming fed up with being sent "cheap plastic rubbish" with her favourite magazine. The carbon footprint is big and you are putting it straight in the bin to pollute the planet.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Heidelberg Materials is introducing a carbon-captured net-zero cement, said to be the world’s first, which will be available to customers in Europe. Brevik CCS is the world’s first carbon capture facility in a cement plant on a large scale. Brevik cement plant (image credit: copyright Heidelberg Materials).

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Mark Krull criticises the recently launched ‘Low Carbon Apprenticeships’ as a PR exercise that ignores the needs and opportunities in the building services sector. Making apprentices choose between traditional or low carbon routes is the wrong approach for all concerned. The Low Carbon Apprenticeship is far too narrow a view.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

Without clear evidence on hydrogen’s role in home heating, the development of other low-carbon alternatives could be delayed, according to a new report from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight. Table 1:Low Carbon Hydrogen Policy Index scores and rankings. Home hydrogen heating concept.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The EU has reached a provisional agreement to establish the first EU-level certification framework for the technologies that will be used for permanent carbon removals, and long-term carbon storage.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food. For the environmentally minded, the increased adoption of app-based food delivery services presents a unique opportunity to affect carbon emissions in the food supply chain. However, a major roadblock is the lack of transparency surrounding the carbon impacts of food. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

The introduction of a carbon credit scheme, enabling companies to invest in the restoration of the UK’s degraded saltmarshes and voluntarily offset their greenhouse gas emissions, would be viable, a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has found. million tonnes of carbon.

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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 to turn biomass and waste, such as sewage, into hydrogen with carbon capture.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions. In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

A new study , that uses satellite data from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, seems to reveal that recovering forests only successfully combat a quarter of the current carbon emissions. Forests play a crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle as they absorb and store large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A new and apparently sustainable process turns sewage sludge into activated carbon. The new study demonstrates a practical option for giving this waste a second life, turning it into activated carbon, a product boasting great added value and of great industrial interest. Participants in the study (image credit: University of Córdoba).

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Direct air capture (DAC) holds promise to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, potentially becoming a crucial tool in the battle against climate change. appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As world governments moved to implement soil conservation practices, a new debate began: does agricultural soil erosion create a net organic carbon (OC) sink or source? The question is a crucial one, as carbon sinks absorb more carbon than they release, while carbon sources release more carbon than they absorb.

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Among its accomplishments is a hydrogen The post Successful Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project Is a Step Toward a Carbon-Free Future appeared first on POWER Magazine. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is leading the way in New York by piloting new technologies that can help accelerate the state’s clean energy transition.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

2023 was a year of anniversaries for CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons. Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their Immingham facility, the site later being awarded a prestigious Green Apple environmental award as well as its ISO45001 accreditation for health & safety.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

GW—in Mississippi and Kentucky with post-combustion carbon capture technology […] The post TVA Exploring Carbon Capture Feasibility for Two Gas-Fired Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Seemingly a leap forward in sportswear firm On ’s efforts to move away from petroleum-based resources, a new shoe range – marketed as “Cloudprime” – seems the first foray by a footwear company into using carbon emissions as the primary raw material for the midsole.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Much less obvious are the carbon emissions from armed conflicts and their long-term impacts on the climate. Militaries are not very transparent and it is extremely difficult to access the data needed to run comprehensive carbon emissions calculations, even in peacetime. Researchers are essentially left on their own.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of Bristol and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). Microscopic organisms living in the sun-lit surface of the ocean called plankton use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) has been touted as part of the solution to the climate crisis. CCU typically works by capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants or industry. This carbon dioxide is then converted using electricity, heat, or catalysts into a new product, like the fuel methanol. “It

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Pyrolysis – heating in the absence of oxygen – produces biochar, a residue of nearly pure carbon, which can be infused into the soil, sequestering carbon indefinitely. Once all 16 hubs are completed, they will annually sequester over 500,000 tons of carbon – making this the UK’s biggest carbon removal initiative.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“Many carbon credits will be created through the protection of forestry.” ” By Mike Edwards, Chairman of Ora Technology PLC (Ora), a company focused on carbon trading, and attempting to facilitate the process of buying, selling, and retiring carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

NuScale) have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), a small modular reactor (SMR) project that was […] The post UAMPS and NuScale Power Terminate SMR Nuclear Project appeared first on POWER Magazine. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corp.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Research results published in the journal Nature show that realistic global forest carbon potential is approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Recent research at Dooshisha University in Japan highlights the potential use of pyrolysis to recover carbon fibres from composites Minimizing energy consumption is a fundamental element in our journey towards sustainable societies, and advanced materials play a key role in this regard.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2022

The new synthesis procedure can seemingly convert fish scales obtained from fish waste into a useful carbon-based nanomaterial. Group says they have developed a simple, fast, and energy-efficient synthesis method for producing exceptional carbon nano-onions from fish scales. This greatly limits the potential of CNOs.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It attempts to investigate the challenges which more than 300 heads of sustainability, transport, operations and facilities management are currently wrestling with as they try to capture their firms’ carbon emissions across Scope 1, 2 and 3, and then report their decarbonisation journeys meaningfully.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As a carbon-free energy source, it is a great option for power generation in a world trying […] The post The POWER Interview: Making the U.S. Nuclear Industry Great Again appeared first on POWER Magazine. There are many reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for nuclear energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Lizzy Almond and Caroline Bartlett of Emitwise , a firm which provides a platform for carbon management, offer a few thoughts. In 2019, the UK was one of the earlier countries to implement mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting through the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulation. What needs to happen? A final word.

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FuelCellsWorks

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Tech leverages seawater to capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while producing green hydrogen. Time magazine has named the carbon-removal Equatic process developed at UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) one.

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

GW Drax Power Station in northeastern England—once Western Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant—is poised to pioneer bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions The post UK’s Drax Eyes U.S. for Bioenergy CCS Expansion Drive appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Of the five main types of pollution identified by DEFRA, three of them can be treated effectively using activated carbon filtration – volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia (NH3) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). In addition to the carbon media, CPL can also provide mobile carbon filter units of various sizes and flow rates.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Moreover, there is no “silver bullet” that can deliver a zero carbon society overnight. As the effects of climate change become more visible and more damaging, new solutions are increasingly needed to accelerate the transition to clean and low carbon energy. Furthermore, storing carbon in the ground is inherently unsustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

Announced on 27 March, the agreement will aim to develop options to transport carbon dioxide captured at enfinium’s Ferrybridge waste facilities in West Yorkshire to Navigator’s storage facilities in Teesside using rail freight. The CO2 would then be transported safely offshore from Navigator’s facilities for permanent storage.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Previous work established the carbon negative position of the business and this paper now sets out the additional greenhouse gas savings that could arise from future activities. Bath University’s research not only validates those efforts but reinforces our vision to improve our already fantastic carbon credentials.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A building described as the world’s first carbon-negative ‘Home for the World’ has been showcased in Nassau, Bahamas, by Partanna Global, a developer of sustainable building materials. “Partanna’s technology forms chemical compounds that interact with and capture atmospheric CO2.” home will actively remove and avoid 182.6

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