Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy. Cascade Steel’s electric arc furnace (EAF) is more energy efficient and environmentally-friendly than traditional blast furnaces. Insulation is one of the most important factors that play into your home’s energy efficiency.

Building Energy Monitoring 148

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics. A cautious appraisal was maybe unexpected from a presentation titled (though clearly with some tongue in cheek) “So what if there are microplastics in bioresources?”.

Microplastics 222

Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Often GPPs instruct businesses to purchase products that consume less resources such as energy efficient light bulbs or low-flow faucets. Buying locally-made, organic and sustainable food options are usually healthier and can make your employees feel better and be more productive. Energy efficiency). Employee Engagement.

Policy 167

Policy Biodegradable Health Sustainability 167

AGreenLiving

JULY 21, 2020

The desalination device comes from London-based start-up Hydro Wind Energy, and the company is on a mission to donate 100 million units for humanitarian efforts by 2027. Even if you don’t need a device for yourself, the website offers opportunities to donate funds toward a purchase of one for a nonprofit organization.

Solar Energy Monitor 36

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Microplastics 36

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, contemporary ice-making and maintenance technologies consume large amounts of energy and produce refrigerant gases that cause pollution , making them environmentally harmful. Again, its leakage would be harmful to the environment, poisoning living organisms, their habitats and ecosystems.

Global warming 36

Global warming Carbon-negative Microplastics Pollution 36

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Novel entities – Emissions of toxic and long-lived substances such as synthetic organic pollutants, heavy metal compounds, and radioactive materials represent some of the key human-driven changes to the planetary environment.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Unsustainable

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Then there is the energy investment required. MJ l –1 —as much as 2000 times the energy cost of producing tap water.” This is energy which is surely better spent elsewhere. In fact, Gleick and Cooley (2009, para. 12) conclude, “we estimate that producing bottled water requires between 5.6

Plastics 40

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 40

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm. However, we call biodegradable those products that decompose into organic material with the help of bacteria – and without leaving toxins behind. It is notoriously energy intensive, first of all.

Biodegradable 122

Biodegradable Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 122

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Here are some Do’s and Don’ts of recycling in the workplace, guidance on how to organize a recycling program, and tips on engaging employees to participate. Organizing Recycling In the Workplace. So now that you know what can be recycled, it’s time to figure out how to organize the process in an efficient and effective way.

Recycling 147

Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Plastics 147

Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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. Dimensional Energy gives CO2 new life as a building block for products traditionally made with fossil fuels.

Energy Monitor 95

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Waste 95

R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Researchers are even finding microplastics in human organs. . A growing number of community and conservation organizations have urged President Joe Biden to take executive action to address the plastic pollution crisis. But why should plastic pollution be such a serious environmental threat? Don’t we recycle our plastics? .

Plastics 60

Plastics Pollution Recycling Recycling 60

Grist

JUNE 27, 2020

The pandemic is still raging, the Arctic is burning up , and microplastics are polluting every corner of the Earth , but do try to take a deep breath. Tropical storms derive their energy from wet air. Then we can all go back to just worrying about COVID-19 and microplastics and a melting Arctic.

Africa 97

Africa Cooling Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor 97

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Post-Fukushima, governments cooled on nuclear energy, but recent shifts recognizing nuclear's role in achieving net zero goals have led to demand outpacing supply. At COP28 , 30 nations vowed to triple global nuclear energy production by 2050. Detecting microplastics in wastewater.  AI’s newest catch?

Investment 61

Investment Demand Startups Batteries 61

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. To become a committed green business, organizations must take responsibility and work to lower their overall GHG emissions. . Yet, to help guide you, below we’ve listed 18 ways organizations can lower their carbon footprint. #1:

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. To become a committed green business, organizations must take responsibility and work to lower their overall GHG emissions. . Yet, to help guide you, below we’ve listed 18 ways organizations can lower their carbon footprint. #1:

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Once more, a Sun Microsystems report indicates that energy consumption in the office is nearly twice as high as energy consumption at home. the consumption of microplastics by marine wildlife) and indirectly (landfill sites provide ideal conditions for methane-producing bacteria). every year for the next decade.

Technology 147

Technology Climate change Biodiversity Sustainability 147

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. For each material type, we’ve indicated how much waste ended up in a landfill, was recycled, composted, or combusted for energy (measured by weight generated in 1,000 U.S. Combustion with energy generated. Waste contamination : Controlled storage.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. This passion quickly turned into community organizing and eventually led to his involvement with YCAT where he served as one of their executive directors. "I Karen Dong is an organizer from Watchung, New Jersey and currently resides in New York.

Climate change 98

Climate change Organic Plastics Fossil fuels 98