Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

The study, Who finances the plastic flood? The money behind INEOS and Borealis , argues demand for plastic is set to fall in the coming years due to incoming laws aimed at curbing plastic use, and that therefore banks are putting their investments at risk. The whole supply chain is a plastic producer's problem.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Everyone has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution in the oceans. The plan is to find a way to recycle the recovered plastics so that the project begins to pay for itself. A sea anchor creates a drag so that it moves slower than the floating garbage.

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Plastics Microplastics Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

An aerial view of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as Plastic Island, which comprises mainly plastic, light metals and organic residues of garbage. A new report attempts to better understand the provenance and impact of plastics in the ocean. Plastic, the report (titled ‘How Much Plastic Is In The Ocean?’)

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

Bioplastics As An Alternative to Petroleum-Based Plastics. The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

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. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Be careful using bioplastics. Keep it simple.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

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. Use 100% biodegradable, compostable and recyclable materials. Be careful using bioplastics. Keep it simple.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes. The plastics crisis is one of the most serious environmental crises facing the world.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 15, 2021

The Australian federal government has launched the National Plastic Plan , which seeks to deal with plastic pollution in various areas. 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.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste. At the same time, plastic waste has more than doubled, rising from 156 million tonnes to 353 million tonnes over of the same period.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Not all textile waste is suitable for some form of recycling and if clothes contain toxic chemicals, their potential for safe recycling and circularity is at best restricted, and at worst impossible. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. .

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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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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact. Waste recycling/recovery : Mechanical recycling.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Not all textile waste is suitable for some form of recycling and if clothes contain toxic chemicals, their potential for safe recycling and circularity is at best restricted, and at worst impossible. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. .

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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. 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 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. 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 Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

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.

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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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