Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. But tiny plastic fragments follow a multitude of pathways into the enviroment. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics. But should we be worried? What can we do about it? What do we know?

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Everyone has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution in the oceans. The plan is to find a way to recycle the recovered plastics so that the project begins to pay for itself. A sea anchor creates a drag so that it moves slower than the floating garbage.

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Plastics Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

With funding from the plastic bag charge Waitrose launched a £1m grant fund for innovative plastic-waste busting ideas - Hubbub's Trewin Restorick sets out the key achievements. The research studied the impact on the mussels and how the microplastics could be captured ensuring they didn't get released into the marine environment.

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Energy Monitor 96

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

Innovate UK's Jonny Voon explores some of the most exciting green ideas this year, ranging from UK lithium mining and plastic recycling breakthroughs, clothing that 'grows' with the children wearing it. Currently, only up to 15 per cent of plastic is recycled. tonnes of CO2 for every tonne of plastic recovered. Impact Recycling.

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Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 97

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As of April 2022 , scientists have concluded that humanity has exceeded the safe operating space of biosphere integrity, freshwater change, novel entities (specifically plastic and microplastic), and biogeochemical flows. meters , with even a partial loss of its ice being enough to change coastlines around the world dramatically. .

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Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We will switch to electric vehicles in huge numbers. We will bear witness as the massive climate-action energy gathering strength in city halls, schools, and boardrooms turns kinetic and steers markets away from extraction and toward life-sustaining systems. WeaveGrid enables widescale electric vehicle adoption on the grid.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Waste 95

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Is the trash from camping? Is it from fishing gear?

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Home Energy Monitoring 95

Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 14, 2022

In a conversation with Ryan Panchadsaram, co-author of Speed & Scale with John Doerr and Advisor at Kleiner Perkins, Elemental’s CEO Dawn Lippert set the theme of the day: “Entrepreneurs are one of the most powerful accelerants driving us towards driving down the gigatons.” ” — Jason Salfi ( Dimensional Energy ).

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 52

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy. . 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy. . 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact. Are you utilizing post-consumer materials ?

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78