The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems and the creatures that call them home. Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Life Plastic debris takes a brutal toll on marine animals.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 9, 2020

While 3D printed steak and lab-produced chicken are on their way to the market, one innovative company has set their sights on providing a well-rounded menu of seafood options that don’t come from the sea. BlueNalu is developing innovative cell-based seafood. However, the U.S. ” + BlueNalu Images via BlueNalu. .”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

Large companies including Bumble Bee, Nestlé, Tyson, General Mills and Thai Union are making various plays, whether by investing in upstarts or flexing their research and development muscles to cultivate new products. Kelp-based "shrimp" is kosher and won't trigger a life-threatening shellfish allergy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, according to a new OECD report. Almost half of all plastic waste is generated in OECD countries, according to the Outlook.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

The research has developed a sustainability metric for the ecological design of plastic products, like cup-lids, recognizing and quantifying their propensity to break-down more quickly in the environment (image credit: Bryan James/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Innovation. Procuring sustainably means evaluating your current products and practices in an innovative way. Avoid plastic products whenever possible as many plastics are non-recyclable and can break down into microplastics that threaten wildlife and human health. Green Procurement in the Private Sector.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether from deforestation, intensive farming and pesticide use, polluted rivers and lakes, or the microplastic epidemic swamping the planet's oceans, the planet's ecosystems are facing intensifying threats that further risk undermining the global economy. We must turn the tide.". "We

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Now, a wave of technology innovation and funding from an eclectic group of companies ranging from Google’s parent Alphabet, to the Seed2Growth fund linked to Lukas Walton (grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton), to Cargill and Chevron Ventures (both focused on fish-feed ventures) is changing the tide again. Among the emerging U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste. At the same time, plastic waste has more than doubled, rising from 156 million tonnes to 353 million tonnes over of the same period.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Large companies including Bumble Bee, Nestlé, Tyson, General Mills and Thai Union are making various plays, whether by investing in upstarts or flexing their research and development muscles to cultivate new products. Kelp-based “shrimp” is kosher and won’t trigger a life-threatening shellfish allergy.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact.

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Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If we invest with this knowledge, we will be able to decarbonize faster, center equitable solutions, and be better investors,” said our CEO Dawn Lippert. Cohort X also represents an inflection point at the end of Elemental’s first decade of investing in climate solutions, and the beginning of the next. Net zero infrastructure.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 14, 2022

Heard from 16 incredible innovators in Cohort X. ” Over the course of two hours, we dove into all 10 climate OKRs, which range from accelerants like winning policy, innovating, and investing to solutions such as electrifying transportation to removing carbon. . trillion particles of plastic in our oceans.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Uber is an example of disruptive technology, which is defined as an innovation creating a new market/value network that outcompetes existing operations. In addition, the EU Gothenburg’s Green Week conference , October 2020, stated that cities across the EU will support innovative and green tech business endeavors. But it was too late.

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