AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

. ‘Our major concern was that we had a significant amount of food waste in India across the globe as well and there wasn’t much of a meaningful solution, where food waste is actually upcycled. Loopworm has so far been operating on government grants and funding from foundations. That was our starting point,” he says.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Companies demonstrated the depth of their commitment and a certain financial resilience by shifting production lines to manufacture hand sanitizer and masks or forgoing government aid to demonstrate social solidarity. Recent months have revealed several fragilities and also several strengths as the luxury industry navigates its future.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women. The meeting ended with a governance roundtable, chaired by Environment Minister Barbara Creecy of South Africa.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Segregate waste and contact your local government to find the best ways you can throw your garbage away. If you want to have an even more active approach when it comes to waste management, you can start recycling or upcycling your stuff and try to reduce waste whenever possible. Use sustainable packaging.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

The government’s policy commitments on resource efficiency to date have lacked ambition, pace and scope, writes Kate Young from the Aldersgate Group. The recent Dasgupta Review commissioned by the UK government illuminated how dependent wealth and productivity are on the exploitation of natural resources.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 10, 2021

Increased government and corporate accountability, including the full implementation of the EPR law and more investment into upcycling innovations, are equally critical to create a more sustainable waste management ecosystem in Singapore.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2020

Co-funded by the government's innovation agency Innovate UK, the process was developed in partnership with Brunel university as part of a £2m project called 'REALITY', the British carmaker said on Friday.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Capro-X Technology at a glance: Based in Ithaca, NY, Capro-X deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid building block biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. Capro-X also worked with BASF to explore how the corporate could utilize Capro-X’s fatty-acid products.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 3, 2024

PUA and UA can also shorten food supply chains by reducing the distance between producers and consumers, and add value to waste through the use of local food scraps for on-farm compost or upcycled materials, like wood for raised beds.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 participant, received $4.4M Terrapin Geothermics is working with Gonezu Energy in the Northwest Territories, Canada to provide local Indigenous governments with insight into potential geothermal resources.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! For the Organizers. For the Plant and Animal Lovers.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

Drinks giant Diageo announced late last week it had produced 173,000 recycled-glass whisky bottles in waste-based biofuel furnaces as part of a successful pilot project with glass manufacturer Encirc and government-backed research and development (R&D) body Glass Futures.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals. The Upcycled Rope Bracelet features a simple rope design that is easily adjustable and available in six color options.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Consequently, furniture retailers are coming under immense scrutiny from governments and consumers alike to be environmentally responsible as people look for less impactful ways to buy goods. There has also been a welcome rise in the popularity of upcycling or ‘flipping' older pieces of second-hand furniture.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

An ESG scorecard is typically outward-facing, focusing on tracking your overall corporate performance in 3 areas: Environment, social, and governance (ESG). The ESG scorecard is very similar to the sustainability scorecard but adds the 3rd pillar, governance. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sabai , family-owned and operated in High Point, North Carolina, builds luxury, custom furniture made from natural, recycled and upcycled fabrics, FSC-certified wood and CentiPUR-US®-certified foam. Renewable, recycled or upcycled. 90% of materials are sourced within 100 miles of production. Energy efficient and ENERGY STAR compliant.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

The UN and the COP26 co-hosts were to the fore today , lending their voices to the growing chorus demanding governments deliver explicitly green recovery packages. North Face unzips upcycling opportunities. It is also a moment when the old rules about the role of the state no longer apply.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The collection also makes use of upcycling , or turning something old into something new. When possible, they chose materials that were already at least partially recycled, yet still durable. The designers also aimed for versatility, so that each garment could be styled in multiple ways.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. The scope includes 5 major areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. They may discover that their governance procedures, customer processes and sustainability practices fall short. Can we use less or adopt clean alternative energy sources?

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Greentown Labs

JULY 12, 2022

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of applied research.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. Fraunhofer USA was founded in 1994 to conduct applied R&D for customers from industry and state governments and the federal government in the United States. Capro-X (Ithaca, New York, U.S.)

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A newish concept, “upcycled food” — goods that “use ingredients that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption, are procured and produced using verifiable supply chains, and have a positive impact on the environment" — is being promoted by a nonprofit consortium called the Upcycled Food Association. There’s more.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A consortium of British car companies, recycler EMR, and academics are working with the government-backed Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) on RECOVAS, a project which is aiming to result in the UK's "first" commercial-scale recycling facility for EV battery packs. At the moment, it's not clear that's a particularly fast process. [We

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The SDGs are a roadmap to collective action and creating partnerships between governments, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and academia. You can learn more about the Western Container Sales in our GBB member story: Western Container Sales: Creating Value Through Upcycling and Waste Reduction. SDG Knowledge Resources.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Two startups, Carbon Upcycling Technologies and Sky Baron, recently launched a line of such products. Air Company is working with a Canadian partner, Zeton, to build an ethanol reactor in Ontario that’s roughly 10 times bigger than the Brooklyn one, with help from the provincial government.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Governments worldwide are increasingly implementing bans on single-use plastics, a crucial step in reducing plastic waste generation. Additionally, governments can introduce extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, which hold manufacturers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

Today, WEEE Centre manages complex e-waste streams that are simultaneously ridden with toxic chemicals and critical valuable metals that creates a circular system for product life extension through product repair, upcycling, and sourcing of raw materials. Sizing Up the E-Waste Opportunity. “You

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

In a bid to create a more sustainable alternative, Atomo is working on a recipe for creating coffee by upcycling ingredients that otherwise would be discarded, such as the pits, seeds and stems of other plants. At Arbiom, the team has another option: protein derived from timber by-products.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

In a bid to create a more sustainable alternative, Atomo is working on a recipe for creating coffee by upcycling ingredients that otherwise would be discarded, such as the pits, seeds and stems of other plants. At Arbiom, the team has another option: protein derived from timber by-products.

Startups 28

Startups Soil Upcycling Technology 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 26, 2019

A collaboration between the Peruvian government, the National Wildlife Federation, conservation organization Sociedad Peruana de Ecodesarrollo and the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers’ Association (JUNPALMA) led to an agreement to only produce sustainable and deforestation-free palm oil by 2021.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

Our current pandemic demonstrates that governments must embrace science early,” Rogers said. “As As we see now, many governments were slow to respond or even indifferent about the science of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

If you think about it, a livestock farm is a grass factory and cows are upcyclers. That makes the government, which leases the land to ranchers, the largest grazier of cattle. But it would also help with some of the friction between the government and ranchers who lease the land. It’s both.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Companies demonstrated the depth of their commitment and a certain financial resilience by shifting production lines to manufacture hand sanitizer and masks or forgoing government aid to demonstrate social solidarity. Recent months have revealed several fragilities and also several strengths as the luxury industry navigates its future.

Innovation 28

Innovation Fashion Resilience Sustainability 28

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Companies demonstrated the depth of their commitment and a certain financial resilience by shifting production lines to manufacture hand sanitizer and masks or forgoing government aid to demonstrate social solidarity. Recent months have revealed several fragilities and also several strengths as the luxury industry navigates its future.

Innovation 28

Innovation Fashion Resilience Sustainability 28

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Scottish Government-funded advisory body said Scottish shoppers increasingly recognise the threat of fast fashion and are thereby prioritising shopping second-hand. ‘Style it out with second-hand’ is the message from Zero Waste Scotland as, so the group says, the movement against fast fashion appears to be growing across the country.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

With no money for fancy wrapping or individual molds, Lush co-founders Mark and Mo Constantine would hand-pour soap into upcycled drain pipes or lunch pails, then cut slices for customers to order. A family-owned and operated bath and beauty business, Lush began as a single storefront in Poole, England in 1995.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2021

Note: In some states like Massachusetts , energy-efficient lightbulbs are provided at no charge by the state government. Upcycle – take something you don’t use and instead of throwing it find it a new purpose. Make or improve a home composting system. Switch to efficient lights. Safely recycle electronics or batteries.

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