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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

It’s an easy way to capitalize on the ethical consumer. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were.

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Style & Sustainability: Eco-Friendly Decor Tips to Upgrade Your Space

Green Business Bureau

Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week. Bonus points if you sell your existing furniture rather than send it to the landfill (where it otherwise releases uber-potent methane for years). 17) Skip the plastic decorations – have houseplants instead.

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Bro.do x Mylea Better Shoes are made from mushroom leather

AGreenLiving

As the fashion world looks for alternatives to plastic and leather, mycelium is rising to the top of the material supply chain. Not only does leather come at the physical expense of animals, but livestock produces harmful methane emissions, uses excessive amounts of water and requires large sections of land.

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Sempra LNG Lobbyists Ghost Wrote Louisiana Officials’ Letters Supporting Gas Storage Project

DeSmogBlog

natural gas, which is primarily composed of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The oil and gas industry searched for a market for the fossil fuel, using it as a main ingredient in synthetic fertilizers , amping up plastic production , and, beginning in 2016 , exporting it overseas. Farnum with a request.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

It’s an easy way to capitalize on the ethical consumer. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

In an undated article by the Department of Health (New York State), it was stated that “Methane and Carbon Dioxide make up 90 to 98% of landfill gas. Her first 2 articles are on The Ethics Of Using Cotton and Do You Know What Happens Every Time You Use A Plastic Water Bottle? Enjoyed this article?

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Reducing Food System Emissions, One Bite At A Time

Energy Innovation

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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