Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

Chemical pollution, by contrast, is often unseen—though it is no less important or urgent.

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Pollution Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 162

Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

develops interactive bio-embellishments that create new possibilities for designers while eliminating microplastics and replacing fossil-fuel-based material at scale. Its founder is Keith Crossland. Cellsense (New York, N.Y.) Its founder is Aradhita Parasrampuria. EcoForge (Providence, R.I.)

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

It comes amid increasing concern about the impacts of plastic pollution on the climate, environment and human health, with waste microplastics having been found in almost every corner of the Earth, including rivers, food and even in human lungs.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 31, 2021

Poised for launch in 2024, the Manta will operate autonomously 75% of the time without the use of fossil fuels , and it will have the ability to extract between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of floating plastic each year. Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep.

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Plastics Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Waste 28

Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

In fact, fashion is the second largest polluting industry after fossil fuels. Once disposed, these garments degrade, releasing chemical and microplastic pollutants into surrounding water systems, wildlife and even our own bodies. The massive 2.5 Cheap, fast fashion is a health hazard to both the environment and human health.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The nets were also limited in their ability to pick up microplastics, which are formed by larger pieces breaking down in the water. Photo credit: The Ocean Cleanup Slat came up with the idea of passively collecting garbage using a floating boom that would rely on the ocean currents instead of fossil fuels to power the system.

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Plastics Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Grist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“The pellets themselves are a mixture of chemicals – they are fossil fuels,” says Tom Gammage, at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international campaign group. But they act as toxic sponges. Pollutants can be a million times more concentrated on the surface of pellets than in the water,” he says.

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Waste Waste Plastics Pollution 99

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2021

As rainfall crosses land, it picks up sewage, fertilizers, detergents, and microplastics and carries them straight into the world’s oceans. For example, since whales are enormous carbon sinks, the past century of whaling equates to the burning of seventy million acres of forest.

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Carbon Climate change Microplastics Fossil fuels 98

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

’) profiles industry data on the topic, with specific sections on plastic bags, straws, bottles, and microplastics. On the seafloor, there are up to 11 million tons of plastic waste and 10,000 times more plastic particles than on the surface, with microplastics making up more than 14 million tons. Where does it come from?

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Plastics Microplastics Waste Waste 147

Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Such a failure to assess and manage their exposure to the increasingly risky plastics production market could expose banks and their customers to stranded assets, as global markets shift towards from more sustainable materials that do not utilise fossil fuels in their production, ClientEarth warned.

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Plastics Demand Waste Waste 61

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even if all our vehicles eventually become powered by electricity instead of fossil fuels, we will still have harmful pollution from vehicles because of tyre wear. “We These particles may contain a range of toxic chemicals including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, benzothiazoles, isoprene, and heavy metals like zinc and lead.

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Pollution Health Microplastics Transportation 246

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Yet, the most unpleasant present was given to the Earth in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, who invented Bakelite, the first fossil fuels-made plastic. It often has plastic coatings and microplastics-made glitter on it. In the UK, nearly 1 out of 5 unwanted gifts got landfilled last year. What’s wrong with Christmas jumpers?

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Recycling 370

Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

Companies also struggle with long approval and procurement windows and the need to compete with inefficient and outdated fossil fuel subsidies. Matter has designed sophisticated filters to keep microplastics out of our waterways, protecting public health and ecosystems crucial for reducing carbon emissions.

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Startups Policy Innovation Government 52

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. Smart Gravel is three times lighter than mineral stone, has ten times better thermal and acoustic insulation properties, is long-lasting and proven to not break down into toxic leachate or microplastic particles.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability Recycling 148

Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

In addition to fossil fuel-based building blocks like ethylene and propylene, this ubiquitous material is made from a dizzying amalgam of more than 16,000 chemicals — colorants, flame retardants, stabilizers, lubricants, plasticizers, and other substances, many of whose exact functions, structures, and toxicity are poorly understood.

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Plastics Health Microplastics Pollution 123

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

” These self-contained operations are designed to address concerns about wastewater discharges in coastal waters, as well as concerns over viruses, parasites and microplastics that plague ocean and coastal operations. The downside: They are incredibly capital-intensive, costing millions to get up and running. Among the emerging U.S.

Seafood 28

Seafood Startups Carbon Health 28

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Rather, by using an alternative resource to fossil fuels, biodegradable straws enable a reduced ecological footprint across the whole of the product lifespan – from production to disposal. All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm.

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Biodegradable Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 122

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

Petroleum-based plastics can take up to 500 years to decompose, slowly releasing toxic chemical additives into the surrounding environment and breaking down into harmful microplastics. Not to mention petroleum-based plastics are only draining our finite supply of fossil fuels. Bio-derived Polyethylene.

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Organic Biodegradable Plastics Packaging 195

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

Every year, a million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastic pollution, while the average person eats about 70,000 particles of microplastic each year, with the long-term effects still not understood. They have developed a limited number of policies on fossil fuels and forest products but nothing on plastic."

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Plastics Fossil fuels Packaging Pollution 52

Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We already have many of the tools we need to push fossil fuels out of the system and reduce emissions at a rapid pace. Dimensional Energy gives CO2 new life as a building block for products traditionally made with fossil fuels. Matter is pioneering ways to capture, harvest, and recycle microplastics in wastewater.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Waste 95

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

It is also a source of 20% of industrial water pollution from textile dyeing and treatment The production of leather requires massive amounts of feed, water, land, and fossil fuels to raise cattle. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. .

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Fashion Waste Waste Retail 183

Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

And even if there's nothing damaging released from an electric car's exhaust pipe, the wear of car brakes and tyres still creates toxic dust and microplastic pollution. Some studies anticipate relatively small emissions reductions over the coming decade as a result of electric vehicle uptake.

Energy Monitor 39

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Transportation 39

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years. Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Petroleum-based plastic packaging is derived from our finite supply of fossil fuels and much of it does not break down completely for hundreds to thousands of years. Under natural conditions, plastics break apart into tiny pieces, known as microplastics , which pollute water supplies and are ingested by both wildlife and humans.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

AGreenLiving

MARCH 15, 2021

According to the government, the plan will be aimed at banning single-use plastics on beaches, ending expanded polystyrene packaging and introducing microplastic filters for washing machines. First, recycling is very expensive compared to making new plastics from fossil fuels.

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Plastics Pollution Government Biodegradable 28

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

It is also a source of 20% of industrial water pollution from textile dyeing and treatment The production of leather requires massive amounts of feed, water, land, and fossil fuels to raise cattle. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. .

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Fashion Waste Waste Retail 78

Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In 2019 alone, 22 million tonnes of plastic materials leaked into the environment, of which microplastics smaller than 5mm in diameter made up 12 per cent. Over six million tonnes of these microplastics are thought to have ended up in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. gigatonnes of CO2, or 3.4

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Plastics Pollution Recycling Recycling 36

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

High-efficiency, A-rated boilers can convert up to 92% of consumer energy into usable heat, wasting only 8% of the energy obtained from the combustion of fossil fuels. This is because plastic is derived from materials like ethylene and propylene, which are made from fossil fuels (mostly oil and gas).

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

High-efficiency, A-rated boilers can convert up to 92% of consumer energy into usable heat, wasting only 8% of the energy obtained from the combustion of fossil fuels. This is because plastic is derived from materials like ethylene and propylene, which are made from fossil fuels (mostly oil and gas).

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. And when plastic does break down, the material disintegrates into tiny microparticles called microplastics. These microplastics accumulate within food chains, harming wildlife and humans. Waste avoidance : Reuse/Repair. Pollution : Uncontrolled disposal.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

While they might have to pay more to steady their infrastructure, many fossil fuel companies are now developing and using technology to keep permafrost from melting in order to continue drilling. However, even the impacts on their infrastructure are not enough to stop these companies from exploring further.

Cooling 36

Cooling Technology Climate change Fossil fuels 36

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. When Fionn was in high school, he invented a new method of extracting microplastics from the water using his own version of ferrofluid, a liquid developed by NASA. Howey Ou is from Guilin, China.

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Climate change Organic Plastics Fossil fuels 98

CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The average human inhales a credit-card-sized amount of plastic every week, according to new research. New research proves the plastic we breathe in, stays in.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 16, 2023

An expert in biogeochemistry explains that tiny plastics are showing up in crops and can be uptaken by plants into their tissues. What's the next stop? Human digestive systems.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Bill 40, an ambitious plastics reduction bill, is moving swiftly through Honolulu City Council, with wide bi-partisan support. Local activist groups, concerned citizens and tourists are excited to move this bill forward. Learn more about the bill and why it's such an important opportunity for Oahu.

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