The Environmental Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

The escalation of COVID-19 across the globe has hampered recycling efforts in Europe and North America. After the World Health Organization deemed the outbreak a pandemic, stock prices began to plummet, global shipping became strained, and the prospect of a global economic recession was plastered over many morning newspapers.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

Nestle, Danone, Unilever and PepsiCo among firms to set out united vision for how nascent chemical recycling industry can be delivered in a way that is sustainable and green. Just last month, 175 national governments agreed to draw up a legally-binding global treaty to combat plastic waste and pollution by 2024.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Every plastic cup, bottle, bag, or packaging that you’ve ever thrown away is in a landfill or in the ocean right now, with the exception of a few that might have made it through the recycling process. But plastic has to go somewhere, and since it’s not biodegradable at all, it doesn’t just simply disappear. Royalty Free Photo.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

percent gets recycled and used again. Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. Protect human health and biodiversity. We would need 1.5 Reduce emissions.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2019

European Commission-funded project with UN support urges consumersto favour products containing plastics recycled from electronic waste. Philips and Whirlpool among first firms offering support by designing products to use more recycled plastic, ease plastic reuse at product end-of-life.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling. Around 90 percent of plastic used is not recycled — and reducing this number is crucial to achieving SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. . Promote good health and wellbeing. Provide access to clean water. Shockingly, 2.2

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Green Living Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

21 SEP 2022 / BY OLUWOLE OJEWALE The smuggling of prohibited plastic into Cameroon threatens the environment, public health, and the agricultural sector. The post Illegal Smuggling of Plastic is Harming Cameroon’s Environment appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

Number of single-use plastic bags supplied by supermarkets has fallen 97 per cent since the 2015 introduction of the plastic bag charge tax. The charge was last year increased to 10p per plastic bag and extended to all UK retailers. There is much more to do to tackle the problem of plastic waste.

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

February 19, 2019 at 6AM ET, Washington, DC – A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) examines the health impacts associated with plastic pollution crisis. The post New report finds entire lifecycle of plastics a threat to human health appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 24, 2022

Preventing pollution and improving public health are only some of the benefits of global recycling. It also creates employment, saves money, and reduces waste.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Retailers need to make the switch from plastic shopping bags to eco-friendly alternatives. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years. Plastic bags are so lightweight that they can travel long distances through the wind and water. Customers demand non-plastic alternatives. Stop harming wildlife.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Social enterprise claims it was worked with 30,000 collectors to reintegrate plastic back into manufacturing supply chains. Plastic pollution and its impact on our oceans is one of the world's most significant challenges," said Plastic Bank founder and CEO David Katz.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Much remains to be done, but this year's UN Environment Assembly will go down in history as the moment the world decided to take a stand to address plastic pollution, writes Amcor's David Clark. The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi earlier this month marked a watershed moment in the battle against plastic pollution.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

International group of scientists call for new plastics non-proliferation treaty that binds governments to ambitious target to phase out virgin plastic. Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

It also has complicated matters, as procedures around the expanded use of personal protective equipment were embraced to protect the health of workers and consumers. More precautions have meant more PPE, which usually has come in contact with biological matter that causes management challenges for recycling facilities. In the U.S.,

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The post The Best Sustainable Health and Personal Care Products appeared first on Green Living Guy. With so much impact coming from the production of goods, many consumers are looking for alternatives that are more sustainable and greener. If you are someone looking to make that switch, here are products that you can swap out […].

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

However, Styrofoam has continued to show that it comes with different health and environmental hazards. A biodegradable cup can be easily recycled and turned into another cup or product. Even if it is not recycled, the cup is easily composted and will break down naturally. Biodegradable Products Limit Waste Accumulation.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When the researchers tested a large number of old toys and dress-up items made of plastic, 84 per cent of the items were found to contain toxins that can disrupt growth and development and reproductive capacities in children. These toxins are an obstacle for the circular economy in the future involving reuse and recycling, they explain.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Household cleaning brand SC Johnson launches ocean-plastic Mr Muscle bottle line following success of similar initiative with Windex in the US. Household cleaning brand SC Johnson has launched a new line of Mr Muscle window and glass cleaner bottles made entirely from ocean-bound plastic bottles.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 2, 2021

Boma Brown-West, Director, Consumer Health. There’s a large and growing body of evidence around the prevalence of toxic chemicals in food packaging and the impact they’re having on human health. Despite these well-known health impacts, toxic chemicals used in packaging and food handling equipment continue to contaminate our food.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Materials innovation, tests of refillable and reusable products and a 'significant increase' in the proportion of recycled plastic have steered firm closer to 2025 plastic goals, it said. Unilever chief executive Alan Jope stressed that the war against plastic waste should continue despite the current health and economic crises.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carpet Recycling UK, a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling, oversees 73% of diverted carpet waste being sent to incineration at an approximate climate cost of £16.5 Less than 2% of carpet waste is actually recycled. million a year to society. million a year in unpaid climate harm alone.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Fortum has launched Fortum Batterie Recycling GmbH in Germany to provide safe and sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling in central Europe in the hope of bridging the raw materials gap the automotive industry is facing. Fortum’s battery recycling.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Materials innovation, tests of refillable and reusable products and a 'significant increase' in the proportion of recycled plastic have steered firm closer to 2025 plastic goals, it said. Unilever chief executive Alan Jope stressed that the war against plastic waste should continue despite the current health and economic crises.

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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. At MASAMI , we use recyclable packaging but we’ve gone one step further to make refillable ceramic bottles and refill pouches to begin to eliminate much of the plastic altogether.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Defra confirms it will consult on banning plastic plates and cutlery, as it works towards goal of preventing all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there was a compelling environmental case for extending the ban on single use plastics and building on the UK's levy on the use of plastic bags.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The biofilm is then processed and dispersed, releasing the microplastic particles for processing and recycling. Liu explained that this “allows convenient release of microplastics from the biofilm matrix, which is otherwise difficult and expensive to degrade, so that the microplastics can be later recovered for recycling.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The supermarket’s managing director calls for other supermarkets to slash their plastic footprints following UN report. Iceland Foods has announced it will offset its plastic footprint as it works towards becoming plastic-free across its own label packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It will manage waste collection and sortation as well as materials to be recycled from households in the region. By 2025, it’s intended that the MRF will collect annually 23,000 tonnes of waste, including 3,300 tonnes of plastic. Its daily processing capacity is up to 84 tonnes of waste.

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

EU plastics industry ‘on the precipice’ due to unsustainable business model, tightening green regulations and competition from China, Planet Tracker warns.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Supermarket reveals switch to double length toilet rolls to slash plastic and cardboard waste. Asda yesterday announced it has become the first UK supermarket to change all its own brand toilet rolls to double length in a move that will remove 74 tonnes of plastic and save 760 tonnes of cardboard a year.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC.

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 29, 2024

As is my want, I picked up a few pieces of plastic litter as I went, the last of which was a disposable vape. This was very fitting as the UK Government today announced a ban on disposable vapes, citing child health worries. But the main reason why I am happy about this news this morning is from a circular economy point of view.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 20, 2022

Drinking from a bottle made from recycled plastic could be potentially harmful to human health, because of chemicals leaching from the bottle into the drink, a new study has found.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

Group of academics, campaigners and politicians warn against delaying plastic pollution crackdowns in US and UK. At the same time, the use of plastic bags for food deliveries has once again become widespread, as supermarkets have sought to speed up delivery processes in response to soaring demand. It is estimated around 4.7

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

” “Despite warm words and promises to listen to health professionals and worried parents,” she said, “when it comes to the crunch, they have chosen to let the public down.” in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”. Plastic waste ban: A red herring? Soil and biodiversity.

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