EDF + Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Pathways to Net Zero – Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Action A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops. billion tons come from secondary materials.

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Automotive Plastics Waste Waste 52

Business Green

MARCH 20, 2020

New funding from Defra's Resource Action Fund to help organisations tackle the UK's textile waste mountain. Waste advisory body WRAP has this week launched a new £1.5m Interested applicants can find more information and download an application form through WRAP's website.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 71

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails Heather Clancy Fri, 09/04/2020 – 02:00 Week in Review Stories discussed this week (4:08). It’s time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain What does “climate risk” actually mean ?

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Packaging Waste Waste Plastics 28

Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

When you recycle disposable razors, blade cartridge units and razor plastic packaging, TerraCycle will help build a playground from recycled materials for a military medical center. It will be awarded to a local Fisher House Foundation location for military children. The challenge deadline is August 31.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Packaging 60

GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Emma Chow, project lead on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Food initiative, chats about the role menus play in counteracting food waste and sharing practical steps for addressing the "brittleness" of the existing food system. Download it here.

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Electric vehicle Waste Waste Sustainability 226

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

These are: food systems, the built environment, fashion and textile, electronics, and packaging. One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women. Download the presentation on the report. Download the full report.

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Africa Upcycling Fashion Organic 100

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

It includes your building, operations, vehicles, supplies, products, procurement, recycling, reuse, waste, policies and procedures. Waste and Recycling – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 158

Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The model is designed to be used with the free Vensim Model Reader, and directions on obtaining Vensim Model Reader and the EPS are available on the Download and Installation page. To use advanced features or modify its input data, users may download the EPS and run it locally on their Mac or Windows PC.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can download the entire report here. It is being considered more often as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging , which gives farmers another potential buyer. Aquaculture becomes a net-positive. Heather Clancy. Mon, 02/22/2021 - 00:15. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021.

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Seafood Startups Health Organic 526

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report. Almost half of all plastic waste is generated in OECD countries, according to the Outlook.

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 242

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The targets, applying to air quality, water quality, nature and waste management, should have been published by 31 October. The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. Nature cannot wait.”. million hectares. million hectares.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Reuse sector launches new guidance designed to tackle e-waste mountain and increase rate of re-use. The easily downloadable and shareable information represents a significant step forward in professionalising the sector, cementing best practices, and placing product safety at the heart of reuse and repair activity," it added.

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Electricity Waste Waste Packaging 36

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This could include highlighting opportunities for career development or offering competitive compensation packages. Calculate the company’s waste generation and possible waste recycling. packaging) with costs to be added to the procurement policy. Download Now. Design an at-work recycling or composting program.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Ethics 147

GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

You can download the entire report here. While the Basel Convention criminalized transboundary movement of hazardous waste (of which most electronics are classified) to limit some human health implications of electronics waste streams, plastic waste is another story, only recently having been included in the convention.

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 441

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

  Download this report with additional charts and commentary here. Download the public report The full report, 2024 predictions, underlying data, and charts are available for Sightline Climate clients here. 2024 is looking to be a critical year as climate tech continues its journey from the lab to large scale deployment. 

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 6, 2022

They ask “How will this lower my carbon footprint, energy consumption, waste, and resource use?”. Working to achieve zero waste within two years by.” You’ll never worry about waste disposal again. With our fully compostable packaging, you’re adding soil nutrients, not paying to clog your landfill.”. Deep Greens.

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Sustainability Climate change Organic Waste 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Download Now. Seek waste materials for production processes to implement a circular economic model. SDG 3 – good health and well-being : Provide a health benefits package to employees that exceed the national cross-industry benchmark. Download Now. What are ESG goals? Social ESG goals.

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Organic Sustainability Government Waste 78

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Supermarket launches major new pilot scheme, offering 88 different products as part of the Loop packaging re-use scheme with more to follow later this year. Tesco has partnered with the Loop packaging re-use service to introduce reusable packaging across 10 of its east of England stores, the supermarket giant announced this morning.

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Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 93

Sustainability Consulting

MAY 20, 2020

Coffee cups lids, beverage bottles, utensils, food packaging, and plastic bags all contribute to the total amount of plastic used. of generated plastic waste is sent to landfill, contributing 18.5% to overall landfill waste. of plastic waste and combusts the rest. The EPA estimates that 75.5% recycles only about 9.5%

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Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Plastics 59

AGreenLiving

JUNE 19, 2020

Download it here. EDT July 16 for a one-on-one conversation about redesigning business and commerce in the post-pandemic era to better address sustainability and social challenges. Resources galore State of the Profession. Our sixth report examining the evolving role of corporate sustainability leaders. The State of Green Business 2020.

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Electric vehicle Transportation Waste Waste 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 19, 2020

Download it here. EDT July 16 for a one-on-one conversation about redesigning business and commerce in the post-pandemic era to better address sustainability and social challenges. Resources galore State of the Profession. Our sixth report examining the evolving role of corporate sustainability leaders. The State of Green Business 2020.

Electric vehicle 28

Electric vehicle Waste Waste Sustainability 28

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In July 2018, the concept of deep adaptation first appearaned, in a seemingly landmark paper published by UK sustainability academic Jem Bendell, which – though only intended for people working in the corporate sustainability field – went viral, with over a million downloads. There is also much more processing and packaging involved.

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COP Climate change Resilience Sustainability 130

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In July 2018, the concept of deep adaptation first appearaned, in a seemingly landmark paper published by UK sustainability academic Jem Bendell, which – though only intended for people working in the corporate sustainability field – went viral, with over a million downloads. There is also much more processing and packaging involved.

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COP Climate change Sustainability Construction 130

Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

And SMEs lack the buying power that can help drive down the cost of such things as renewable energy or alternative packaging materials. They are far less likely to have dedicated staff to deploy on environmental issues, at least beyond compliance-related matters, making net zero someone's extracurricular activity. What, not how.

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Education North America Organic Sustainability 69

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

A ‘how-to’ guide on the benefits of becoming an insect farmer was published by Zero Waste Scotland on 14 January. And you can feed your flies or crickets on Scotland’s vast mountain of food waste from supermarkets and other businesses – all of which means you’ll be helping to combat the climate crisis too.”

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Waste Waste Plastics Soil 165

EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

How Companies are Growing Profits and Making Climate Progress Case Studies Download Report Introduction The transition to net zero is the greatest economic threat and multi-trillion dollar opportunity of this generation. A large portion of the heat previously wasted can be utilized to produce district heating.

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Packaging Carbon-neutral Plastics Recycling 44

Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

And SMEs lack the buying power that can help drive down the cost of such things as renewable energy or alternative packaging materials. They are far less likely to have dedicated staff to deploy on environmental issues, at least beyond compliance-related matters, making net zero someone's extracurricular activity. What, not how.

Education 56

Education North America Organic Sustainability 56

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

Packaging innovation could pave the way to making reuse the everyday choice of consumers in UK supermarkets, according to a report released on 16 June. However, almost half of respondents are prepared to pay a deposit for a product that they buy in returnable packaging. Consumers are unwilling to compromise on price.

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Innovation Retail Packaging Plastics 130

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

Additional examples include a strong Energy Policy, a Nature in the City program, Cache la Poudre River and watershed restoration, Transit Master Plan, a robust network of bike paths, waste reduction programs, air quality and emissions policies, climate action planning, sustainable purchasing practices, and green building standards.

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Sustainability Health Resilience Waste 40

Earth Gratitude

MAY 4, 2016

The ebook features contributions from @RainbowLightNS (developers of Ecoguard(r) 100% recycled plastic packaging), H.R.H. Modern cities are designed, as urban planner and theorist pioneer Leon Krier puts it, to be a “global waste of time, land and energy, mobilizing the entire population in the performance of daily tasks.”

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Earth Day Plastics Recycling Recycling 40

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The fact is: All companies, even those with remote workforces, generate some form of waste. This article focuses on regular office waste and discusses the benefits of recycling in the office, steps for implementing an effective recycling program, and how to encourage green employee behavior. Southern Waste Information eXchange Inc.

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Recycling Recycling Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Related: Make your own bike with OpenBike’s downloadable files The Outcross can handle on-road city biking just fine, but you’ll want to deflate those fat tires slightly for off-road trail riding or you’ll be feeling every rock. Best of all, the Outcross has an aluminum frame to help keep some of the weight down.

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Packaging Waste Waste Batteries 7

GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

For instance, last summer the one environmental issue 27 percent of us felt we actually could do something about was plastic waste. If we don’t feel like we actually can affect the plastic waste issue and some of us have gone to sleep in terms of our habits and actions, what does this mean for recycling? .

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 354

Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

There's been a lot of talk about physical product - how can you reduce waste and emissions from packaging, from the supply chain, or even laptops, or phones," Ruiz says. And now we're ready to share our knowledge to ensure that everyone understand that the days of wasteful advertising are numbered.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can download the entire report here. It is being considered more often as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging , which gives farmers another potential buyer. Aquaculture becomes a net-positive Heather Clancy Mon, 02/22/2021 – 00:15 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021.

Seafood 28

Seafood Startups Carbon Health 28

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

IKEA, for example, has invested EUR 200 million into shifting its supply chain into renewable energy and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through reforestation and improved forest management practices, as well as taking steps to phase out virgin materials and reduce single-use practice packaging.

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Sustainability Carbon Energy Energy 246

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Download Now The B Corp movement was adopted under the idea that the most challenging global problems cannot be solved by non-profits and governments alone. Do you and/or your company responsibly dispose of hazardous waste, e.g. batteries, paints, and/or electronics? See why green business is good business.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78