Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

The Greater Manchester Air Quality Administration Committee says it will begin the process of reviewing the evidence and options for a new Clean Air Plan “that can improve public health without hurting jobs and businesses” when they meet on 23 March.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

The "massive" tree planting package is aimed at protecting and future-proofing London against the worsening impacts of climate change, and comes in response to the record-breaking 40C temperatures across England which led to a spate of devastating fires across the capital last week. The Mayor of London has pledged a further £3.1m

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. If these three pollutants were eliminated,” the Intercept reported, “only one census tract in the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Grants worth up to £9,500 available to help businesses and charities switch to cleaner vehicles ahead of ULEZ expansion Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today announced a major new vehicle scrappage scheme designed to help tackle air pollution across the capital. The health of Londoners must come first," he said. "I

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Scientists have developed biodegradable food packaging material that kills microbes that contaminate foods. The waterproof packaging uses a type of corn protein called zein, plus starch and other natural compounds. Chan School of Public Health, U.S. This ensures that the packaging can endure exposure to different environments.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

So now, due to the global spread of PFAS, environmental media everywhere will exceed environmental quality guidelines designed to protect human health and we can do very little to reduce the PFAS contamination.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

A huge chunk of COVID-related government spending has necessarily focused on welfare payments and the health response, but the report concludes that even when the focus is narrowed to look only at measures designed to deliver a longer-term economic recovery, only 18 percent of spending has "positive green characteristics.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But conservation charities decry 'pattern of inaction' over past 15 years that could see waterway health worsen before it improves. The government faces a major challenge to improve the health of England's waterways.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2021

For decades, harmful and toxic substances in household cleaning products have contributed to the pollution crisis across the globe. Here’s 10 excellent reasons for you to make the switch, to benefit the health of yourself, your home, and your planet. Overall Health. Sustainable Packaging. Personal Safety.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Lancet Countdown report has today warned the impacts of climate change pose increasing health risks and are exacerbating existing health and social inequalities. A 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) survey found just under half of countries surveyed have national health and climate change strategies.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

Artist Maarten Vanden Eynde discusses microplastics and nanoplastics, and the challenge they present with ocean pollution, at a 2017 event, Biotalk (image credit: FotoMediamatic , CC BY-NC 2.0 The health effects of such environmental pollution is not well understood. More than 90% of tap water in the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Covid-19 recovery packages unveiled by nations around the world are failing to deliver the levels of sustainable investment needed to cap global temperature increases at safe levels, IEA warns. This sustainable investment funding shortfall is set to have a devastating impact on progress towards global climate goals, the IEA warned.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Over the counter medicines, food supplements, and self-care medical treatments will be subject to new efforts to curb the environmental impact of the consumer health products, following the launch of the industry's first global pledge to deliver a more sustainable self-care sector.

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Grist

JANUARY 9, 2024

Until now, scientists lacked a quick and efficient way to identify nanoplastics, hindering research on their health and environmental impacts. Matthew Horwood / Getty Images The findings have significant implications for human health, since nanoplastics are small enough to pass through the gastrointestinal tract and lungs.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

GenX chemical contaminants, which don’t degrade in the environment and have been linked to several serious health concerns like cancers, reproductive issues and the reduced efficacies of vaccines, could soon be eliminated more quickly and more effectively. If released, the GenX chemicals are very mobile and pollution spreads around the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

We welcome the news that the government are taking steps to tackle some of the most polluting single-use items," she said. The proposed ban forms part of a wider package of policies that are set to be delivered following the passage of the government's Environment Bill later this autumn.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

By Wendy Furgusson, Associate, Environment and Health, Ramboll With Natural England’s recent changes to planning policy causing a reduction in the number of new homes built from 240,000 a year in 2018-19 to a projected 111,000 by 2025, awareness of nutrient pollution as a problem is becoming more widespread.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This week, Energy Innovation launched a significant model update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. This update is timely. Change in jobs in a net-zero scenario.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution. By moving towards the use of cleaner fuels such as dry wood we can all play a part in improving the health of millions of people.".

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s because the beauty industry generates up to 120 billion units of plastics packaging per year contributing to the loss of 18 million acres of forest annually. MINIMIZING PACKAGING WASTE. Assessing packaging may be the most obvious place to start. Beauty is an industry that gets a bad rap when it comes to sustainability.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Covid-19 support package to help the electrical waste recycling sector manage disruption caused by the coroinavirus crisis. Improperly recycled WEEE waste poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health. Applications for WEEE Fun support packages are now open.

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EDF + Business

JULY 16, 2019

By Aileen Nowlan With the click of a button, our groceries, clothes, personal care products, household items – just about anything – could arrive on our doorsteps in a neatly packaged cardboard box. What happens behind-the-scenes to get a package delivered to your door is taking a toll on our planet and our health.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

To reach the milestone, the organisation said it had worked with 30,000 collectors across these four countries, who have been able to exchange plastic waste at hundreds of collection points for 'bonuses', which include material goods such as groceries, cooking fuel, school tuition, health insurance, and internet access.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

A clutch of the world's largest consumer goods companies, including Mars, Nestle, Danone and Unilever, have united behind a set of principles for safe and environmentally responsible chemical recycling of plastic waste, arguing that such methods have a role to play in combatting the global plastics pollution crisis.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. Reducing emissions, pollution, and environmental degradation. Creating healthy indoor environments with low pollution. Some of the main challenges include: Responsible and efficient use of natural resources.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. However, the Government has now failed to deliver against one of the most important legal requirements of that Act – to set binding legal targets to improve environmental health. Nature cannot wait.”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials. “The

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups. This is not the time to go back to business as usual, it is a time to take bold steps forward to create a future that protects both people and the planet.".

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Plastic was cheaper to produce than the more expensive paper, glass and metal materials used in throwaway items – such as consumer packaging – and was also stronger, lighter, safer and more durable, and it shifted the way that we use materials forever. There are three key ecosystem processes that we will be evaluating.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The health of human beings depends on the state of the environment as well. Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. The good news is that you can reuse most of the products you buy from the store like plastic containers and food packaging materials.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Simple measures to achieve this lifestyle include reducing your packaged food purchase, looking to local grocers and farmers for organics, and trimming your overall food waste. The fashion industry would not strike most as a frontrunner regarding pollution, but it is the world’s 2nd most polluting industry, behind oil production.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Due to the key frontline roles undertaken by Unite’s membership in sewers, water treatment centres and on pipework, the union believes the industrial action will significantly impair Scottish Water’s ability to respond to water leakages, flooding, pollution, and drinking water quality concerns.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 7, 2021

Not only are caustic cleaners an irritant when handling and can damage drain lines through long-term use, but these corrosive chemicals can eventually seep their way into local water supplies, threatening both wildlife and human health. Small But Mighty. Connecting Consumers With Sustainable Options.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

According to bbc estimates, recycling half of its waste reduces CO2 and polluting gases emitted into the atmosphere by a quantity between 150 and 200 kilos per year. Planting a tree in your garden is one of the best ways to reduce air pollution. Plant a tree. The more trees there are the cleaner the air. An example?

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Around 47 per cent of all plastic produced is used in packaging, but a further 14 per cent is used in textiles and six per cent in transport. Plastic pollution poses a considerable, even though not yet fully understood, threat to the environment, species, and habitats, as well as to cultural heritage," he added.

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