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Taking an inventory of the global plastics problem

Envirotec Magazine

360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. A group from the University of Pittsburgh explains, and offers a view on why the world must transform plastic use from linear to circular. In 1950, 2 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced globally. Where did it all go?

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. RECYCLED PLASTIC. And unlike wood and PVC, Tangent Materials structural lumber doesn’t need to be chemically treated, avoiding the release of harmful pollutants into the air, water and ground.

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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging

Green Business Bureau

Consider packaging multiple foods together in the same container or choose packaging designs that require less material. Use less plastic, in all forms. 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.

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Sustainable Food and Eco-Friendly Food Packaging

Green Business Bureau

Consider packaging multiple foods together in the same container or choose packaging designs that require less material. Use less plastic, in all forms. 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.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

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. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

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. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

Aditya Mukarji , is from New Delhi India, In March 2018 he began waging war on plastic straws. Within just five months, he had already helped replace more than 500,000 plastic straws at restaurants and hotels in New Delhi. Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment.