Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

state is coping with the growing climate crisis. These were Carbon Emissions, the Adoption of Green Technology, Landfill Usage, Recycling and Green Policies. Overall, the top five best states concerning climate resilience are California, Maine, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Infrastructure and Jobs Act is a good start but more federal infrastructure is needed to adequately address climate change

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, the most important one is waste management and recycling. Recycling Is Good for the Environment. As per OECD, 22% of plastic waste is mismanaged, and only 9% is recycled globally. Recycling is good for the environment because it reduces the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. billion metric tons by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. Overall household recycling rate was (42.7%) up slightly on 2020. Recycling of household wood and construction wastes increased after lockdowns. tonnes recycled, 0.12

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The tags will be installed within household waste and recycling collection bins, without any impact on local collection procedures or timescales, to capture individual bin weights to help understand levels of recycling participation against residual waste disposal. The local authority is focused on raising that figure to 70% by 2025.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 12, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method to recycle solar. For that allows for the efficient and eco-friendly recycling of solar cells. For it could represent a major step forward in the fight against climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Vodafone announced “a major initiative” on 23 February to extend the life of new mobile phones and encourage customers to trade in or recycle their old devices. We are convinced of the real impact of such a long-term partnership for the environment and to fight climate change.”. Network waste commitment.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The plastics and petrochemical industries’ latest purported solution to the plastic pollution crisis – chemical or “advanced” recycling – is essentially a public relations and marketing strategy designed to distract from the urgent need to curb plastic production, a new report contends. There is no legal definition of chemical recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

PET plastic bottles collected at a recycling plant. Specialist PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycler Enviroo has had its planning application approved for its first plastic recycling facility in the UK. The firm says the facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly. That’s according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an optimized recycling process. The post Perfecting the EV Battery Recycling Process appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2021

Even if consumers diligently recycled as much packaging as possible (only 9% of the world’s plastics are recycled globally), an analysis by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy shows that the U.S. While these are small steps, Amazon has committed to tackling climate change in two big ways.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 3, 2022

Made with a blend of vegan leather and recycled materials, Urban Originals is paving the way to better and ethical fashion across the world. Take a stand against Animal Cruelty in the fashion industry with handbags from Urban Originals. They have rejected any kind of animal leathers and fabrics from the very beginning, showing that […].

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A next-generation water recycling system, unveiled by water infrastructure systems specialist SDS, will seemingly boost business sector efforts to save water by offering significantly improved investment returns for commercial developers and operators. The post Water recycling technology delivers cash savings first appeared on Envirotec.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 12, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method to recycle solar. For that allows for the efficient and eco-friendly recycling of solar cells. For it could represent a major step forward in the fight against climate change.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO wants to know how climate change is and will impact you and what actions the city should take now to become carbon neutral, equity focused and resilient by 2040. How is climate change impacting you and your family? In 2020, the K.C. What are your biggest concerns? more resilient?

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Grist

JULY 10, 2021

House of Representatives have introduced HR 4099 , a bill that would direct the Secretary of the Interior to create a program to fund $750 million worth of water recycling projects in the 17 western states through the year 2027. And then climate change is exacerbating the problem.”. I once drank the final product.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 3, 2022

Walmart is labeling private label throwaway plastic products and packaging as “recyclable” without any substantiation to support that claim. The lawsuit was originally filed […].

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

On 16 March, the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform laid regulations in the Scottish Parliament that will create the legal framework for the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). There will then be a vote in the Scottish Parliament, after which the scheme will become law.

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Canary Media

APRIL 19, 2024

To build all of the solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies necessary to fight climate change, we’re going to need a lot more metals. This story was first published by Grist. Mining those metals from the earth creates damage and pollution that threaten ecosystems and…

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 20, 2021

SB 1383 laws require jurisdictions to provide education and outreach resources on organic waste recycling to residents, businesses, solid waste facilities, local food banks and other food recovery organizations. The post Replate: Using Tech to Combat Food Waste, Food Insecurity and Climate Change appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

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CleanTech Group

JANUARY 27, 2021

The last five years have seen unprecedented enthusiasm for recycling in the private and public sphere. Many companies, such as Coca-Cola (the worst.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 30, 2023

Carbon capture is a promising method to help slow climate change. With this approach, carbon dioxide (CO2) is trapped before it escapes into the atmosphere, but the process requires a large amount of energy and equipment.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

Bradford Council has worked with waste plastic road company MacRebur to become the first local authority in the region to specify road surfacing material that contains recycled plastic. The first projects are due to be completed later this month, laying over 2,000 tonnes of asphalt containing around 10 tonnes of recycled plastic.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 10, 2022

The post SHARC Energy to Convert Seattle’s Wastewater into Recycled Green Energy appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada. Energy” or the “Company”), a world leader in?energy?transfer?with

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

· Aluminium packaging recycling body urges caution to avoid unintended consequences of a DRS. · Two thirds of shoppers will switch from buying infinitely recyclable cans to plastic bottles. · One in five people will lose their deposit as they continue recycling at home. We must avoid this scenario playing out in the UK.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Propylene or polyethene pellets in a waste plastic recycling machine. As Europe remains the world’s second-largest plastic producer, the findings are timely and essential for achieving recycling targets and reducing the carbon footprint.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 29, 2021

When thinking about the shrinking rainforest, ice caps, and warming temperatures, you might wonder what you can do to reverse climate change. That said, there’s only so much room on this planet, and with trash piling up daily, … Read More Fighting Climate Change: How We Can Have a Positive Impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Viridor says its soon-to-be-opened Avonmouth plastics recycling plant will reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, creating recycled raw material ready to be returned to the economy. The circular economy for plastics report highlights the significant role that recycling plastics can play in ensuring the UK achieves net zero.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Previous wastewater recycling, cloud seeding and desalination techniques have met only limited success, the researchers said. Eventually, we will need to find a way to increase the supply of fresh water as conservation and recycled water from existing sources, albeit essential, will not be sufficient to meet human needs. Kumar said.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 15, 2021

Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. The post How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable? appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Financial Times: Energy

MARCH 20, 2024

Concerns about energy security and climate change are fuelling a renaissance of interest in nuclear energy — and technological advances. Plus: the prospects for commercially viable fusion and recycling nuclear fuel; how cost overruns threaten nuclear’s role; and what the soaring energy demands of data mean for the industry

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

These materials can be recycled using reusable water bottles rather than disposable ones. It’s also teaching them how they can make small changes throughout their day that will impact the environment as a whole. Teach Your Kids About the Issue of Climate Change.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 19, 2022

Recycling is the process of converting waste or used materials into reusable elements. Meanwhile, when a used product is recycled, it saves the cost of managing that particular waste. The post 6 Unexpected Products Made From Recycled Materials appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2022

. – Researchers, including an Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty member, have taken a key step toward greatly expanding the range of plastics that can be recycled. The post Researchers Develop Technology to Increase Plastic Recycling appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That’s where recycling comes in. The post Benefits of Recycling for You and the Planet appeared first on The Green Living Guy. This can be attributed to several factors, including population increase, urbanization, and consumer habits, to name a few. As a way of converting […].

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