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Bio-based ropes claim eco-friendly aquaculture benefits

Envirotec Magazine

Moreover, future trends, which estimate an increase in the production of biopolymers to meet market demand, could reduce the price of these materials and make biobased ropes even more competitive,” concludes Arantzamendi.

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Industry first claimed for “fully recyclable crisp packet”

Envirotec Magazine

It does not break down into harmful microplastics, so it still has a safe end-of-life even if it is not disposed of as intended. In partnership with Evopak and using exciting new polymer technology, we have created the first fully recyclable crisp packet – something that consumers have been demanding for a long time.”

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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin inspired more than 20-million Americans (10 percent of the population at the time) to gather at “teach-ins,” rallies and protests to demand cleaner air and water. Microplastics and the Environment , Aquatic Ecology Lab. On the first Earth Day in 1970, U.S. Heart & Soil , CinemaKC.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

By 1843, a Punch magazine article featured the first artificial ice rink, “not of frozen water but of a slush of chemicals including hog’s lard and melted sulphur, which smelled abominably.” That was followed by the growing popularity of ice hockey from the 1880s onward, which increased the demand for more rink construction.

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Revealed: Three-quarters of Prestigious Green Advertising Awards Go To Agencies Working for Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

The second annual Ad Net Zero awards were held in partnership with industry magazine Campaign in London in November to recognise internal agency sustainability practices and green campaigns on behalf of clients including Heineken, Vodafone, and Sky.

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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

GreenBiz

Digital networks and online platforms scaled to meet spiking demand during social distancing. Much of industry continues to embrace "throwaway living," celebrated in this Life Magazine photograph in 1955. ">. Much of industry continues to embrace “throwaway living,” which was celebrated in this Life Magazine photograph in 1955. .

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Her recent book Back To Earth pairs fun astronaut trivia (you can take a “shower” by “gently squeezing hot water out of the straw of a drink bag directly onto your body and watching it coat you like a second skin”) with facts about pressing environmental issues — climate change, microplastics, and the insect apocalypse. “I