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Eco-friendly jetting backs super-thin tank technology at new hospital car park

Envirotec Magazine

Sustainable drain cleaning technology deployed by Lanes Group plc has supported the installation of a ground-breaking ‘super-thin’ source control stormwater attenuation system that has saved the NHS considerable costs during the construction of a new hospital car park, according to the group.

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Using ‘recycled plastic’ in construction materials may not be a great idea after all

Grist

Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. This already happens with materials that don’t have plastics in them.)

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How Sustainability Innovation Is Driving The Green Economy

Green Business Bureau

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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Biospherian will share water stories from ‘Spaceship Earth’

Envirotec Magazine

Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Air, water and nutrient recycling systems were interconnected, and innovative wastewater treatment and reuse systems created.

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A massive water recycling proposal could help ease drought

Grist

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. Lake Mead is at the lowest level it has been at since the Hoover Dam was constructed.

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California winery innovates with sustainable recycling creation

AGreenLiving

In the California city of West Paso Robles, architecture firm Clayton & Little has given old oil field drill stem pipes unexpected new life — as an equipment barn that offsets over 100% of the energy needs for a sustainably-minded winery. See the original post: California winery innovates with sustainable recycling creation.

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SUNY New Paltz Engineering Innovation Hub achieves LEED Gold

AGreenLiving

billion project champions energy-efficient and resource-saving design, from its diversion of nearly 90% of the project’s construction waste from landfills to the installation of double-glazed, low-E windows throughout. The Hub sits on a 31,200-square-foot landscaped site specially engineered for responsible stormwater management practices.