Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Here, Samir Jaber, technical writer at sustainable materials sourcing platform Matmatch, explains why offsetting alone will not suffice — and what businesses can do instead. Beyond the issue of pollution, the production of virgin hydrocarbon-based polymers is carbon-intensive due to the extraction and refining of crude oil.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 20, 2021

Paper is touted as an inexpensive and renewable resource, but it isn’t the conveniently recyclable material it’s been made out to be. While paper recycling is far more successful than plastics and other materials, paper generation and usage is still hugely environmentally problematic.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Sustainable Greenhouses and Nurseries: Green Everywhere Possible. Practicing good stewardship and sustainability is an integral part of making your business green both ecologically and financially. . Why Greenhouses & Nurseries should become sustainable. Small changes to such practices can make a huge environmental impact!

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. This system has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Sustainable tires are becoming a reality, but are they coming soon enough? Every major tire manufacturer globally is raising its game — not only in terms of performance in the face of bigger, heavier electric cars but also in terms of environmental impact. Illustration by Nico H. Chief among them?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

At our current rate of plastic waste generation, increasing waste management capacity will not be sufficient to reach plastic pollution goals alone,” said Vikas Khanna, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. Italy and India.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Businesses all around the world are becoming more sustainable, balancing their fiscal, economic, environmental and social responsibilities to protect the planet and people. Executives and business owners are finding ways to make the necessary sustainability changes while still growing their businesses and maintaining profit.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Sustainability started as a trend too, but its critical need has made it an influencing factor that touches human lives all over the globe. The key to sustainable development is through green manufacturing, a process that requires the utilisation of non-polluting products, renewable energy sources, and natural resources.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

that focus on some of the more visible, day-to-day sustainability and environmental problems like waste, pollution and carbon emissions. Understanding which sustainability regulations apply to and influence your business is part of the responsibility that comes with being a green business. Sustainability Regulations Taking Hold.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

Earths to sustainably support our current resource use. It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. We would need 1.5

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Our members continue to amaze us with their commitment to sustainability and their innovative green and social responsibility initiatives. We’ve selected six members who stood out, created great greener businesses and demonstrated their commitment to sustainability with tangible actions and results! Operating in most major U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. Sustainable Packaging Materials.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

Becoming a sustainable business starts with establishing priorities and formally writing a sustainability mission statement or what we at Green Business Bureau call a “green mission statement”. A green mission statement becomes the foundation of a company’s sustainability efforts. How To Write A Sustainability Statement.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

"In other words, ‘eco friendliness' is part of the personal brand of nearly half of the American population," said Suzanne Shelton, president and CEO of Shelton Group and a leading expert on sustainability communications. "If Sustainability professionals are mostly aware of this, according to Shelton. Made with renewable energy.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. The question is, how can your business promote sustainable waste management, and achieve zero waste ? How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

“The motorcycle is the only truly sustainable mobility,” said Mauro Orlandi, owner and CEO of GPR Italia SRL. GPR’s Impact Zero Project focuses on creating high-quality products that are efficient, recyclable and manufactured to bring their carbon footprint down to zero. The lifetime of GPR exhausts was extended by 35%. “Not

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

Less than one per cent of clothing material today is refashioned to produce new clothing - but some top brands are exploring one potential solution. The fashion industry has a pollution problem. In addition, solvents used in the process often can be collected after usage and re-used continuously. "We

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

It had ready access to two key commodities vital to Kodak: wood fiber to make cellulose, the key material in photographic film; and coal, which powered its boilers to make steam and electricity, and later would be used to produce synthetic gas — syngas — to create the acetyl chemicals needed to make films, plastics and textiles.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

It had ready access to two key commodities vital to Kodak: wood fiber to make cellulose, the key material in photographic film; and coal, which powered its boilers to make steam and electricity, and later would be used to produce synthetic gas - syngas - to create the acetyl chemicals needed to make films, plastics and textiles.

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