The Environmental Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Why Reducing Packaging Waste Matters We’ve got a serious packaging waste problem, thanks to things like online shopping, lots of throwaway stuff, and not enough recycling. Making, moving, and getting rid of packaging takes a ton of energy, usually from fossil fuels. For example, think about the Shisha Tobacco Act of 2023.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

First-world countries are responsible for most of the fossil fuels consumption and waste generation. In that case, you need to use more fossil fuels, electricity and create more waste. Not only does it include the use of recyclable materials, but also concepts of green design and eco-conscious thinking.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Using Recycled Materials. Newly planned and existing golf clubs have opted for composite materials when building or upgrading their grounds. Manufacturers such as Kafka Granite not only supply recycled materials for golf clubs but practice sustainability within their manufacturing processes too.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We need to design packaging to be recyclable, reduce the amount of packaging we use, and make it easy for consumers to recycle.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Look for words surrounding the phrase ‘recycled content’ Upon reading this, you can more confidently tell whether or not the producers are incorporating sustainable practices within their manufacturing process. Certification measures the percentage of recycled content to make an accurate claim in the marketplace.”

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Charged

JULY 26, 2023

The authors of the endless articles warning of the environmental costs of battery raw materials are invariably “big fans” of EVs, but they’re naturally concerned that they may not be “as green as they claim.” Closing the loop: recycling, end-of-life, and recycled materials markets. billion barrels of oil.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We need to design packaging to be recyclable, reduce the amount of packaging we use, and make it easy for consumers to recycle.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

These systems are designed to identify and separate materials with a high level of precision, resulting in increased material purity for recycling. The purity of recycled materials can be increased using these systems to distinguish and isolate various plastic types according to their chemical makeup.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2021

Recycle old pipes and appliances. Use more eco friendly and durable materials. Encourage recycling within the office, and try to reduce printing. Since plumbing involves large amounts of driving, consider investing in high efficiency vehicles or even an electrical fleet in order to minimize fossil fuel emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Because of their low cost, durability and versatility, plastics are everywhere–including in the environment–and only 9 percent of the plastic ever generated has been recycled. There is an urgent need to take actions like limiting global virgin plastic production from fossil fuels and designing products and packaging for recyclability.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2020

Separating recyclable materials in a local cooperative in the Glicerio neighborhood in São Paulo in 2017: The report also points to a number of encouraging ‘bottom-up’ initiatives, that are advancing circularity in certain regions of the world. Nearly half the materials that enter the economy are used in these long-term products.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

Just 20 companies are responsible for producing over half of all the single-use plastic which ends up going to waste worldwide, with only a tiny fraction of the material currently recycled, according to fresh analysis today which claims to reveal the "true scale of the global plastic waste crisis".

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Buildings should be designed to be disassembled and recycled at end of their lifetime. Many building materials can be reused, recycled and recovered. Regulate levels of embodied GHG emissions in building materials and components, and promote recycled materials, re-used building components, and renovation instead of demolition.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

She highlighted Heriot-Watt’s spin-out company Kenoteq, which has launched a revolutionary brick made of recycled construction and demolition waste. The multi award-winning K-Briq is made from over 90% recycled waste materials and produces a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional-fired brick. “By Image credit: CEMEX.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

The cradle-to-cradle concept needs to take into account the shipping of a product from the producer, through to the retailer, and onto the consumer – a process which often involves significant quantities of expensive packaging materials. However, this is not an eco-friendly material as it is plastic based. Similar U.S.

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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. RECYCLED STEEL. Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy. RECYCLED PLASTIC. minority and women-owned suppliers).

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

In order to limit the negative environmental impact, prudent businesses are seeking ways to address the top environmental issues in the construction industry: Improper waste disposal and management with very little recycling. Long-distance sourcing of materials that contribute to extensive transportation emissions. In the U.S.,

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2021

In fact, fashion is the second largest polluting industry after fossil fuels. A circular system is one that creates products, consumes them, and then reuses or recycles them before they are deemed waste. Use Recycled Materials. In fact, nearly 100% of textiles can be recycled when turned into a malleable product.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Steelmaker SSAB's HYBRIT project in Sweden has already begun producing fossil fuel-free steel made using green hydrogen, with one of its customers Volvo today announcing the first electric trucks built with metal produced at the steel plant were now being delivered to its customers worldwide.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

Excessive use of fossil fuels that pollute and contribute to climate change. Reduce Waste and Recycle. Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

5 opportunities of a circular economy David McGinty Fri, 03/05/2021 – 00:12 More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. percent gets recycled and used again. percent gets collected and recycled.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The net zero roadmap is built around a seven-point plan that relies on "ambitious yet achievable actions", such as slashing CO2 from clinker in cement, significantly reducing fossil fuel use in manufacturing, and accelerating product innovation, process efficiency, and the development of carbon capture technologies.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

A shift in consumption More industries are learning how they can better incorporate reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling current materials and products within their business model. Pushing for Renewable Energy The time is long gone where fossil fuels could be considered the most cost-effective source of energy.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. FRAKKTAL Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a synthetic plastic polymer made from fossil fuels, and it forms one of the most common types of plastics.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

But the decision to write about his own experiences as a homeowner attempting to ditch fossil fuels came about two-thirds of the way through what amounted to more than a yearlong process. Our homes remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels, and natural gas in particular.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. Options for plastic alternatives can be found here.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Buildings frakktal is a B2B materials company developing bio-based polymer processes for the replacement of fossil-fuel-based feedstocks across industries. Agriculture Aquosmic Corporation analyzes bodies of water using satellite images, providing thorough, actionable information on surface-water quality.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. As the world's largest drinks producer, the Coca-Cola Company's decarbonisation and sustainability efforts have to be supersized.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

New Look, Ted Baker, Sainsbury's, and Tesco have also signed on to the scheme, alongside 26 reuse or recycling organisations and 21 affiliates. Meanwhile, the sector is also the cause of mountains of waste, with roughly 87 per cent of clothing material currently incinerated, landfilled, or dumped in nature.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

There’s no excuse for these sorts of conflicts of interest,” said Jamie Henn of the campaign and communications group Fossil Free Media. “By The firm insists that the claims are false and that only contaminated material is incinerated.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. Options for plastic alternatives can be found here.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Recycling takes center stage. Reusable solutions are one path of a circular economy, but there is far more effort to advance another circular approach, recycling.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

If not, or if the item will ultimately pile up in a landfill, burn in an incinerator or be recycled, then avoid the term and its siblings, such as 'oxo-biodegradable'. A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says. Recyclable.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Emissions associated with recycling or disposing of the batteries. For this process, the authors estimated a range of 0-60 kg CO2-eq/kWh battery, with the range considered 100% renewable power, up to primarily power derived from fossil fuels. At the end of life, the battery should be recycled, which imposes another GHG burden.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

Related: Sustainably sourced sunglasses built to last a lifetime rather than a season Relying on natural materials was important to the DIVAK team, so it selected birch wood, a natural, biodegradable and renewable resource. The company also uses only non-toxic glue and recyclable materials for the other components of the sunglasses.

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GreenTech Gazette

JULY 6, 2022

Data centers consume billions of kilowatt hours every year, which means using up a lot of fossil fuels. Doing this doesn’t necessarily mean being technologically advanced as you’d think, as you can do so by simply swapping out a few materials. Aiming for recycled materials can often be recommended. 3D Printing.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2020

Turbocharging natural and technology-based carbon removal efforts will also be critical, as will the conversion of heavy industry to become more efficient, more circular, and less reliant on fossil fuels. If progress is slower and fossil fuel cars still account for the majority of the market by the end of the decade, the pathway to 1.5C

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