Fri.Sep 11, 2020

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Is There a Role of Waste to Energy in the Circular Economy?

GreenBiz

Is There a Role of Waste to Energy in the Circular Economy? Americans create a lot of solid waste – to the tune of 268 million tons in 2017 alone. While many localities and companies are championing zero-waste plans to divert materials that have a second life (think recycling, reusing and composting), the majority of U.S. garbage still ends up in the landfill.

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LeSportsac's ReCycled collection uses recycled water bottles

Inhabitat - Innovation

With the modern-day zeitgeist squarely aimed at improving sustainable practices, both in the private and business world, LeSportsac's most recent release removes plastic from the waste stream while encouraging fans to continue their LeSportsac journey.

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How Avangard Innovative is working to scale post-consumer resin recycling

GreenBiz

How Avangard Innovative is working to scale post-consumer resin recycling. Since Avangard Innovative came onto the recycling scene 30 years ago, the company has expanded its presence to 11 countries. Its goal is to lower waste costs and what’s going into a landfill, said Rick Perez, chairman and CEO of the company. . Perez noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the work Avangard Innovative does.

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A disused factory becomes an office with a landscaped bamboo roof terrace

Inhabitat - Innovation

Located in Shenzhen, China, the If Factory utilizes a sustainable design that transforms an old and disused factory into a creative mix of office spaces.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal

GreenBiz

Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:21. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:30). Why every C-suite officer should care about plastic waste. To reduce deforestation, we must get serious about environmental crime. Why "regeneration" is generating business buzz.

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A midcentury home receives a sensitive renovation in Montreal

Inhabitat - Innovation

Originally constructed in 1947, the house was built with beautiful attention to detail, which Salem Architecture preserved and highlighted.

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Global investment managers say no to carbon

Inhabitat - Innovation

A European group of global investment managers and pension funds has devised an ambitious plan to cut their portfolios down to net-zero carbon.

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Developing a Comprehensive Circular Economy Strategy

GreenBiz

Developing a Comprehensive Circular Economy Strategy. How can companies establish an organizational circular economy strategy that’s owned and embraced by key internal stakeholders? The impacts of circular initiatives can ripple throughout a business and its supply chain, creating opportunity and disruption in its wake. But no matter how visionary or comprehensive, a circular economy strategy will translate into real-world impact only if it breaks through silos and takes hold across an organizat

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UN report shows global warming could pass 1.5C limit before 2030

Inhabitat - Innovation

Global warming could exceed the 1.5°C limit set in the Paris Agreement in the next decade.

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The How and Why of Effective Pre-Competitive Collaboration

GreenBiz

The How and Why of Effective Pre-Competitive Collaboration. How (and why) can companies overcome the barriers of collaborating with their corporate peers in order to advance system-wide circular outcomes? Faced with the pressing challenges of resource scarcity, ocean plastic pollution and climate change, among others, it's clear that unique and unprecedented collaborations are required to solve complex global issues.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Renewables Start to Outpace Fossil Fuels on Europe’s Grid

GreenTechMedia

By 2030, Wood Mackenzie expects wind, solar and batteries to dominate Europe's grid mix. But it may be happening even sooner. In the first half of 2020, renewables (solar, wind, hydro and biomass) beat out fossil fuels on the European grid for the first time. They didn’t only beat out coal -- they beat out all fossil fuels put together. This week on The Energy Gang , we’ll look at what the milestone means.

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Scaling Composting Infrastructure in North America

GreenBiz

Scaling Composting Infrastructure in North America. What will it take to build robust composting infrastructure at scale in the United States? Composting should be a win-win. In theory, corporations and cities could divert food waste from landfills and create a valuable agricultural product in the process. Yet examples of large-scale composting infrastructure are hard to find in the United States.

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Trial of Pringles paper can is a step in the right direction, says The Recycling Association

Envirotec Magazine

News that Kellogg is trialing a new paper can has been welcomed by The Recycling Association as a “step in the right direction” In 2017, The Recycling Association chief executive Simon Ellin highlighted Pringles for having packaging that was almost impossible to recycle due to its multi-material nature. Pringles cans are made of paper, a plastic and metal lining, steel base and plastic cap.

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Equal Recycling Access

GreenBiz

Equal Recycling Access. How can U.S. communities and industry partners collaborate to ensure access to recycling? While most Americans would agree that recycling is important, access to recycling bins, store drop-off options and other facilities can vary greatly depending on your location. Learn about the challenge of equitable access, hear about example projects to address this problem, and how government and industry stakeholders can work together to address these challenges.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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EODev (Energy Observer Developments) Raises €20m to Accelerate the Industrialization of Its Hydrogen Solutions

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Thanks to a seed round mid-2019, EODev was able to set up its operational structure, to sign its first strategic agreements and contracts, and to finance and design prototypes.

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Return to Sender: Navigating Reverse Logistics

GreenBiz

Return to Sender: Navigating Reverse Logistics. How can companies establish efficient reverse logistics to reclaim products and enable more circular outcomes? Product take-back programs are commonplace at retailers keen to have customers walk their used printers and sweaters back into the store. Manufacturers commonly offer mail-in programs, and even cosmetics brands have begun accepting empty packaging for discounts on the next purchase.

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Proterra to supply battery tech to Australian bus manufacturer

Charged

In addition to manufacturing its own electric buses, Proterra licenses its powertrain technology under the brand name Proterra Powered. It has collaborated with OEMs such as Thomas Built Bus, Van Hool, Freightliner and Optimal Electric Vehicles to electrify their buses and other heavy-duty vehicles. Proterra’s newest partner is Bustech, a major Australian bus manufacturer.

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Circular by Design: Physical Criteria for Circular Products

GreenBiz

Circular by Design: Physical Criteria for Circular Products. What physical attributes must be considered and prioritized when designing circular products? When creating circular products, businesses face a daunting task: They must balance product performance, health and safety, regulatory compliance, cost, and a host of physical criteria (such as durability, repairability and modularity) to name a few of the countless considerations — along with frequent barriers.

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Agent of Impact: Dave Kirkpatrick, SJF Ventures

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 11 – The co-founder and managing director of SJF Ventures still had half of the firm’s $125 million fourth fund when COVID shutdowns shut down business as usual. Kirkpatrick and team drew on two decades of relationships to identify companies offering solutions to people working remotely, shopping more consciously for food, seeking gainful.

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On Eastman’s mass balance protocol, transparency and keeping materials out of landfills

GreenBiz

On Eastman’s mass balance protocol, transparency and keeping materials out of landfills. Eastman wants to prove to the world that waste can be valuable. That’s according to Scott Ballard, vice president of specialty plastics at the company. “We believe the world has an urgent waste problem and like many others, we also believe a circular economy is the only reasonable solution,” Ballard said.

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teamtechnik software applies Industry 4.0 optimization to End-of-Line EV system testing

Charged

End-of-Line (EOL) testing of EV powertrains now generates more data than ever, thanks to the ubiquity of smart sensors and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). With a focus on testing and measurement, teamtechnik applies Industry 4.0 tools and techniques to optimize production and testing processes. Sometimes called “the fourth industrial revolution,” Industry 4.0 expands upon the digital revolution to create smart factories that employ automated manufacturing equipment, machine

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Australian Teens Bring Class Action Climate Lawsuit to Stop Coal Mine Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins This week, a group of eight Australian teens has brought a groundbreaking new climate change lawsuit against Australia’s Federal Minister for the Environment in an effort to stop a proposed coal mine expansion in the state of New South Wales, roughly 267 miles north of Sydney. Filing a class action lawsuit in federal court , these students are representing not just themselves but young people under age 18 across Australia and around the world, as the generation that is particul

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PowerSwitch ZERO: A Breakthrough in Solar Financing for Unprecedented Times

Mosaic

Like so many areas of the economy, the solar industry has been hit hard by COVID-19. The need to socially distance to prevent the spread of the virus has challenged traditional in-person sales, and economic uncertainty has made many homeowners more cautious about spending cash to make major investments in their homes. The result: after a record-setting Q1 to start the year , residential solar installers have reported declines in demand of over 50% in Q2, and WoodMackenzie Power & Renewables

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Methods for Natural lighting in our buildings!

Econaur

Natural lighting, also known as daylighting, is a technique that efficiently brings natural light into your home using exterior glazing (windows, skylights, etc.), thereby reducing artificial lighting requirements and saving energy. Natural lighting has been proven to increase health and comfort levels for building occupants. Daylight is the source of beneficial vitamin D which our body needs to stay healthy.

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Moscow’s fleet of 450 e-buses to grow to 2,600 by 2024

Charged

Electric buses are proliferating, many of them far beyond the expected early-adopting cities. Russia is hardly an EV hotspot, but there are already 450 electric buses on the streets of Moscow, running on 36 routes. The capital prides itself on having one of the largest e-bus fleets outside of China. Mosgortrans, the city’s major bus operator, has been building its zero-emission fleet since 2018.

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The Week in impact investing: Narrative

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Impact on. Say it again: We’re all impact investors now. Positive social and environmental impact is the essential driver of global growth and local prosperity. Capitalism itself needs the reset, the reimagining, the reinvention that impact investing represents. That’s part of the narrative that ImpactAlpha helped craft at this week’s GSG.

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Government launches £300m manufacturing R&D funding push

Business Green

14 projects across the UK clinch funding in first round of government's 'Manufacturing Made Smarter' challenge, geared at streamlining supply chains and slashing waste. Fourteen industrial research projects geared at improving productivity and reducing waste in the manufacturing sector have snapped up £50m in the first round of the government's new Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge.

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Nikola Denies Short-Seller’s Fraud Claims It Calls ‘Hit Job’ As Shares Fall Further

Forbes Green Tech

The hydrogen truckmaker fired back at a scathing report that accused it of being an “intricate fraud,” denying its findings and retaining a high-profile law firm.

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Government to push pensions sector towards green technology investment

Business Green

Department for Work and Pensions consults on plans to drive long-term pensions sector investment into 'important sectors of the economy' such as green technology. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation to improve saver outcomes and promote investment in green technology and infrastructure in the UK pensions industry. The consultation, published today , puts forward measures to encourage pension schemes to invest in a more diverse range of long-term assets - includ

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Biofuels are a controversial climate solution. Could they still help save the planet?

Grist

Of all the tools we have to curb climate change, devoting land to growing bioenergy crops is among the most contentious. The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. When we turn them into fuels and burn them, no new carbon is added to the atmosphere —the whole cycle is considered “carbon neutral.

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'Pesticide scandal': UK branded biggest exporter of 'banned' chemicals

Business Green

Greenpeace investigation reveals how a loophole is allowing UK firms to export 'banned' hazardous agrochemicals to developing countries. An investigation by Greenpeace's Unearthed journalism unit has uncovered exports of 32,000 tonnes of 'banned' agrochemicals from the UK in 2018. The pesticides have been banned for use on EU soil but Greenpeace says a "loophole" means export of these chemicals to often poorer countries remains not only legal but a thriving industry.

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New York Is Breaking New Ground in Allowing Batteries to Play in Multiple Markets [GTM Squared]

GreenTechMedia

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Government boots up sustainable ICT strategy with new net zero obligation for suppliers

Business Green

Latest Greening Government strategy points to demanding new sustainable procurement rules for IT suppliers. The government has this week unveiled a new strategy for reducing the environmental impact of its digital activities over the next five years, in a bid to meet its Greening Government Commitments and ensure that all its IT supplier have credible net zero emissions strategies in place.

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Research Paper Preparation Tips

Bidgely

It is not necessarily a given that you will complete a research paper in time for a deadline. However, it may be a little harder if the newspaper itself wasn’t well written or the study procedure was not intended correctly. Although some research and book preparation tasks are relatively simple to complete, there are plenty of things that might have been done better.

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