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Is carbon offsetting enough?

Envirotec Magazine

Beyond the issue of pollution, the production of virgin hydrocarbon-based polymers is carbon-intensive due to the extraction and refining of crude oil. For the plastics that do not end up recycled or as pollution, the incineration process also emits a lot of carbon. The environmental impact of plastics is widely documented.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2023

Greentown Labs

Ohmium enables industries to deploy green hydrogen for a sustainable future. SepPure ’s new generation of nano-filters dramatically reduces energy consumption and pollution globally by enabling the most effective chemical separation at a molecular level, without the traditional use of heat.

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Sustainable Innovation: A Deep Dive into Eco-Friendly Materials for Exhibition Booths

Hydrogen Fuel News

Recycled Aluminum: Shaping the Future Responsibly Aluminum, renowned for its lightweight and pliable characteristics, is extensively utilized in the construction of exhibition booths. It holds a remarkable position as one of the world’s most recycled materials.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

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. Englund asks. You know, hey, it’s just milk.”.

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'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan

Business Green

A sweeping strategy to boost reuse, repair, and recycling across a multitude of consumer products has been unveiled by the European Commission this week, with stricter rules planned for food, plastics, textiles, construction, and electronics in a bid to cut down on waste and pollution.

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'Repair our planet': First Earthshot prize winners revealed

Business Green

In the Clean our Air category, New Delhi-based company Takachar won for its technology that can be attached to tractors and converts agricultural waste into fuel or fertilizer to prevent the heavily polluting burning of crop waste.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. H&M seeks by 2030 to become fully circular, eliminating waste and adopting sustainable and recycled materials , and has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since 2018.