AGreenLiving

JANUARY 21, 2020

billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity of plastic. In fact, the University of Oxford-based publication Our World In Data (OWID) has documented China’s plastic production rate at 60 million tons per year. Three avenues are currently available for plastic waste disposal: recycling , incinerating or discarding.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

The plastic problem is well documented around the globe, from the petroleum needed to produce it to the fact that every piece of plastic ever manufactured is still on the planet in some form — and will be for generations. On a mission to eliminate plastic from kitchen and bathroom products, the recently launched U.K.-based

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The programme, launched in 2013, was designed to drive a more circular economy and encourage reuse and repair across a number of priority areas, including food, textiles, plastics, electricals, chemicals, healthcare, and the built environment.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics. The official Earth Day organization has been assigning yearly themes since at least 1980, and Planet vs. Plastics is hitting in the year when U.N. members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Swedish brand TRIWA has designed a wristwatch made completely from recycled ocean plastic. The team felt it was crucial to rely on plastic harvested from the ocean to make a statement about damage to the ecology of the marine environment. All packaging is recyclable, and 15% of the sales from each watch go back to Sea Shepherd.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Environmental arguments are continuing to be made both for and against the inclusion of compostable plastics in the government's planned plastics tax.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2021

Recycle Electronics and Machinery. You are probably aware that recycling plastics and paper is a great tool to help reduce your carbon footprint for your business. Whether it is cleaning supplies for the office, paper goods and packaging, or even snacks and drinks, think about who you are purchasing these supplies from.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

Instead of course, the sustainability scorecard might list functional areas for both environmental (energy, waste, recycling, buildings, packaging, supply chain, food) and social responsibility (diversity, inclusion, gender equality, worker wellbeing, fair wages, community support, and charity contributions). Is it hazardous?

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The expansive environmental and economic benefits that could be yielded from a circular economy are well-documented. Remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair and reuse enable retention of the inherent value of products themselves, rather than just materials within a product as through recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Most should include the following sections: Employee Communication Plan – Includes at a minimum an executive summary document of the program and announcement email to all employees. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. Is it hazardous? It’s that simple.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A new report from advocacy group The Changing Markets Foundation appears to reveal how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste?

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

But several major new reports in recent days have stressed that longer-term policy stability, incentive programmes, and reforms crafted and enacted by the UK government over the coming weeks and months could prove just as important - if not more important - to the country reaching its 2050 climate goal that the much-debated stimulus packages.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. This gives you a documented baseline regarding your eco profile. Do we use plastic bottles for water? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. Water : How much water do we use?

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Meanwhile, the Budget documents revealed plans "to encourage more environmentally-friendly ways of heating homes and other buildings" through the introduction of a Green Gas Levy "to help fund the use of greener fuels". As well as taxing pollution - we will invest and cut taxes on clean transport," Sunak said. Budget2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

A Northern gannet: plastic is often found in the stomachs of sea birds (image credit: Thomas Haeusler , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It is possible to prevent almost half of annual plastic ocean waste by reusing just 10% of plastics products. Scenario One: Between 10 and 20% of plastic packaging could be reusable by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The East European nation joins other 13 EU countries that have launched deposit return schemes (DRS) with the aim of increasing collection and recycling rates of single-use beverage containers. The Romanian scheme will cover plastic, glass, and metal beverage containers ranging from 0.1 to 3 Liters. The deposit per bottle will be 0.5

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

However, Sunak went out of his way to acknowledge the environmental and fiscal case for it rising in the future and the Budget documents state that future fuel duty rates "will also be considered alongside measures that are needed to help meet the UK's net zero commitment". Digital waste tracking - A £7.2m

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

But critics have been quick to point out that document fails to set out how many of the net zero or environmental 'wins' set out in the report can be attributed to Brexit, or improve upon measures that exist or are being drawn up by the EU.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Do we use plastic bottles for water? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. Water – How much water do we use?

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented. Plastics are now in our food, our drink, the air we breathe, and almost every product we buy.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2021

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) yesterday published a detailed new plan, setting out how the waste and recycling sector could mobilise £10bn of investment over the decade to help put the UK on track to meet its medium and long term emissions goals.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For instance, the shoe retailer Rothy’s manufactures footwear from ocean plastic waste. Retail business sustainability trend #4: The war on single-use plastic demands retailers adopt sustainable alternatives. According to a 2020 survey by Deloitte , 64% of consumers limited their consumption of single-use plastic.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Whether you’re looking for a gift or have set a New Year’s resolution to be more organized, having a weekly planner is a great way to keep a record of important dates and documents. In fact, every component in the planners can be recycled. My first impression came with the packaging. This planner is much more.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

How does a company that uses tons of paper, gallons of ink and truckloads of packaging become the first printer in the U.S. It’s exciting to see that our zero-waste and recycling efforts are equivalent to the carbon-reducing impact of planting 4,400 trees in 2019 alone,” said Erick Jessee, president, Posty Cards and PrintForest.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 15, 2022

Tip #3 – Use recycled water : A car wash that can wash up to 400 cars per day uses 48,000 gallons of water daily, which equates to more than 17 million gallons a year. If your facility has a carwash on site, using recycled water for these activities reduces the reliance on increasingly scarce and expensive surface water.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2022

A choice experiment was designed whereby consumers could opt between conventional coffee and coffee with four sustainable attributes listed on the packaging: Organic, pesticide-free, shade-grown, and Bird Friendly certified coffee. Tip #5: Work to eliminate single-use plastics. for a greener product.

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Grist

APRIL 10, 2024

This note from Brian Hart has particularly stayed with me: “I would first point out that those of us who were forming households in the late ’60s and early ’70s, were building with tons of recycled materials. Some Grist-y swag, and a book of your choice lovingly packaged and mailed to you by Claire.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In an office, solid waste can be reduced by instituting a recycling program, composting food waste, moving away from disposables in break rooms and eliminating plastic-use as much as possible, among other initiatives.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

Bakeries are energy-intensive and create excessive amounts of waste during the packaging and baking processes. We then wanted to bring your sustainability program further, introducing initiatives such as installing efficient kitchen tools and souring sustainable packaging. Tip #5: Use sustainable packaging.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

The UN has set out challenging pathways for decarbonising steel, cement, chemicals, plastics, fashion and more - and they require urgent action in the 2020s. Plastics, mining, aluminium and CCS are also covered in the report. As such, around $0.5-1.5tr

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Kantar, a data analytics firm, recently published a report documenting that environmental conscientiousness is shifting consumption choices, particularly on sales of meat and single-use plastic items. “As markets get wealthier, the focus on issues of environmentalism and plastics increases.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The 21st century is also going to require vast amounts of aluminium; the light, recyclable material is a vital ingredient in renewable energy infrastructure, electric vehicles, and long-lasting packaging that provides an alternative to plastic.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

The FT reported that GCF's own internal documents show complaints to the fund's Independent Integrity Unit nearly doubled to 40 last year, from 21 the previous year. The company said the material had the potential to replace oil-based polymer foams which are widely used across the packaging and logistics sector.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Sustainability questions are being embedded into requests for proposal documents and onboarding materials. When he offered her a job leading the company’s global sustainable packaging initiative, she jumped at it. One current focus: The organization is seeking ways to scale collective impact to redefine food packaging.

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