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Rebuilding recycling to go circular

GreenBiz

Rebuilding recycling to go circular. The circular economy is a solution for our future health and wellness and recycling has a vital role to play. A circular economy is not possible without recycling, yet it can’t happen through recycling alone. The Recycling Partnership’s 2020 State of U.S. Keefe Harrison.

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Exploring the Field of Environ Engineering: Safeguarding Our Planet for Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Environmental engineers develop systems for waste collection, recycling, and disposal. They design landfills that minimize environmental impact and explore innovative recycling methods and waste-to-energy technologies. Soil and Groundwater Remediation : Contaminated sites pose significant risks to ecosystems and human health.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic. The past 15 years have tested the resilience of everyone living along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, including the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band and the four other state-recognized tribes that live nearby. Barry Yeoman. Wed, 07/01/2020 - 00:15.

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NeighborWorks America: Sustainability Improvements Help Build Larger Community Resilience

Green Business Bureau

Leaders in Housing Development Training and Community Resilience. and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. Staff are encouraged to reduce their printing and paper waste and recycle old paper files as well.

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Launch of the Antelope Valley Circular Hydrogen Initiative (AVCHI)

Hydrogen Fuel News

The AVCHI Initiative is a multi-stakeholder, public-private partnership with the goal of transforming waste biogases into clean hydrogen to help fuel the growth of the local clean energy economy and provide energy and economic resilience in the Antelope Valley.   Michael Schmitz ReCarbon, Inc. +1

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Using ‘recycled plastic’ in construction materials may not be a great idea after all

Grist

Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. Infrastructure “is not just a dumping ground for plastic waste,” Dzombak said.

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Standard for EV battery ‘state of health’

Smart Energy International

MOBI (Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative) has released the first Battery State of Health standard as a component of its Battery Initiative. With the standard , MOBI aims to accelerate the use of battery health as a key parameter in various business applications and regulatory frameworks. Have you read?

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