GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity.
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 5, 2022
SCS Global Services, standing for Scientific Certification Systems, provides consumers with the tell-all sign on whether or not a company has ethically reached proper product evaluation upon their use of recycled materials. They are using 50% recycled content in partnership with one of the world’s largest bike manufacturers.
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Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
In line with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, it is only fair that those responsible for carpet pollution should be forced to pay for the damage they cause.” Also, CRUK claims that this is recycling, while in reality, shredded carpet cannot be used again and ends up polluting the environment.
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.
The Environmental Blog
JULY 4, 2022
Not only do they contain hazardous materials in some instances, but they also make up a significant portion of landfill waste. Read on for five important reasons businesses and individuals need to make sure their lightbulbs are recycled safely. Less Pollution. Light Bulb Materials Can Be Reused.
Charged
JULY 26, 2023
Mineral mines can contaminate surrounding waters and ecosystems, jeopardize the health and safety of local communities and workers, and run roughshod over sacred Indigenous lands,” writes author Jordan Brinn. But EV batteries did not create this problem, and are far from the only products that require mined materials.
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Mount Gay Rum, the oldest running rum distillery in the world, paired up with Sea Bags, a Portland, Maine-based company who has been making totes and bags from recycled sail cloth since 2006. The two companies are raising money to benefit 4ocean’s Pound + Program, whose mission is to end the plastic pollution in our oceans.
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