Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Funding AeroShield won a $610k Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative grant to support manufacturing of its super-insulating, porous glass for energy-efficient windows. Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Nth Cycle CEO Megan O’Connor was named an Automotive News All Star.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Lucas Couto, Senior Industrial Designer at EGGS Design in Norway , is focused on turning plastic pollution into innovative recycled designs. The designer has teamed up with plastic recycling company Precious Plastic to help reveal the potential of plastic waste in the design space. Lucas Couto Images via Lucas Couto.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 26, 2020

Native is not new to the sustainable manufacturing effort, with a history of innovative research and design. The company manufactures its Bloom collection with repurposed algae using Rise by Bloom technology. These funky sandals upcycle fabric from the cutting room floor. ” + Native Shoes Images via Native Shoes.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. 3 and 4 was pioneered by founders Lorenzo Albrighi and ShihYun Kuo of Lablaco , a company that uses technology to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy for fashion, and was an official part of the Paris Fashion Week program this fall. .

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fourteen startups joined our community in the third quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a carbontech solution for aluminum manufacturing, an AI platform for tracking scope 1 and scope 3 vehicle emissions, and waste-biomass-turned-biochar for replacing cement. Manufacturing.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Last year alone, FNTECH recycled 3,300 pounds of aluminum framing and diverted over 2,000 pounds of banner material from landfills.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 20, 2023

American Battery Technology Company executed a term-sheet agreement with TechMet-Mercuria, a Geneva-based energy metals joint venture, for a $20M non-dilutive debt facility for recycled-battery-metal products. SepPure raised a $12M Series A for its industrial chemical-membrane technology.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

Material technology continues to advance, creating new and novel possibilities for the construction industry. Instead of relying on materials that require mining, extracting or a lot of processing, recycled plastic offers an excellent sustainable alternative for many construction projects. straw, recycled plastics, etc.).

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 23, 2023

FUNDING Carbon Upcycling raised $26M in Series A funding for its carbon-sequestration technology. Energy Dome added €15M to its Series B, closing the round at €55M to help scale its long-duration-energy-storage technology. seed round for its cold-supply-chain technology. seed round for its cold-supply-chain technology.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 18, 2020

Innovative companies around the world are looking at everyday objects in a new light, and custom lighting fabrication and design studio LightArt is no exception. In fact, LightArt is moving “from waste to watts” with its newest line of pendant light shades made from recycled materials. Read the rest here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2019

To better manage plastic waste , Los Angeles is in talks with Technisoil, an innovative manufacturing company, to viably incorporate plastic into the city’s roads. Substituting asphalt road materials with upcycled plastic waste could spell cost savings for both road construction and waste management endeavors. Continued here:Â .

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

Drinks giant Diageo announced late last week it had produced 173,000 recycled-glass whisky bottles in waste-based biofuel furnaces as part of a successful pilot project with glass manufacturer Encirc and government-backed research and development (R&D) body Glass Futures. Glass Futures is currently leading a £7.1m

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Last year alone, FNTECH recycled 3,300 pounds of aluminum framing and diverted over 2,000 pounds of banner material from landfills.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The programme is run by Amazon alongside the European climate innovation hub EIT Climate-KIC and UK-based climate NGO WRAP. This expert support will be invaluable for many start-ups at a critical time in their development and help to fast-track our next generation of sustainability innovators.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

Their main goal is to find innovative solutions to enhance the environmental and sustainability performance of sports. Install renewable energy technology – such as solar panels – throughout the facilities. Add a sufficient number of labeled recycle bins in every field and stadium. Look to eliminate plastic.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., Even window shopping has been confined to a web browser.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Using a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering the companies to manufacture chemicals using a process that soaks up waste carbon, rather than emitting it.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

The strength and breadth of the shortlist is testament to the remarkable levels of innovation, resilience, and ingenuity green businesses and executives have demonstrated over the past 18 months, as they have continued to advance the net zero transition, while pushing green business principles and clean technologies firmly into the mainstream.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This month, they presented their incredible climate technologies at an ACCEL Showcase at Greentown Houston. Check out a recording of the event below, and read on to learn about each startup, the climate impact of their technologies, and their progress during the program! Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

As analysts, investors, journalists, and other experts offer up their predictions for this year’s climatetech areas to watch, Greentown’s featuring just a sampling of our startup members innovating in these key categories. What are you predicting for this year of climate action and climatetech innovation? Let us know on LinkedIn!

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

Embracing the reuse and recycle philosophy in daily Eco-friendly Practices Adopting the reuse and recycle philosophy is simpler than it seems. Additionally, making recycling a routine practice by separating recyclables from your trash encourages responsible waste management.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 4, 2021

All over the world, the business community is pitching in with innovative solutions that won’t break the bank. With climate change as a growing threat, the race is on to find new ways of safeguarding our planet’s future. Here are a few tips for […].

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

With this in mind, sustainable shoe brand Ccilu has developed a line of waterproof boots, called XpreSole Panto, made with recycled coffee grounds and other eco-friendly materials. Called XpreSole Panto, the boots are available in high-top or low-top options made with upcycled coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Taiwan.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

The convergence of new technology, emerging social platforms, constrained natural resources and the evolving values of each new generation is changing the way we do business — whether it’s the sharing economy, the rise of products as a service or the retail shopping experience itself. Commerce as we know it is going through a rapid evolution.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

The new range of clothes is made exclusively from recycled, renewable or 'innovative' materials, with the online retail giant claiming the collection has been created to test a range of "circular" or "sustainable" technologies and textiles that could eventually become mainstays of the fashion industry of the future.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways Lilian Liu Wed, 10/14/2020 – 01:30 COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. ” The technology already exists for us to interact with digital objects as a seamless part of the real world. 4 summit takeaways 1.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Drinks giant's European business backs Dutch technology start up in bid to establish rPET production factory. Joe Franses, vice president for sustainability at CCEP, described CuRe as "an exciting technology start-up with transformational potential developed by an experienced consortium".

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability is a business opportunity to be captured through innovation and testing new ideas. Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. Can we conserve water with smart technology (e.g. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

New technologies are helping, many still in early stages. Adidas and H&M Group teamed up for a project to recycle old garments and fibers into new items for major brands. German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. Forestry took root on the balance sheet.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Two currently available preferred options are organic and recycled, but they are relatively small in scale. Invest in innovation. Top performers in the leather category see the power of innovation and have taken meaningful steps to foster a culture of "thinking outside the box" within their organizations.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Under EPR schemes, producers are incentivized to design eco-friendly products and assume responsibility for proper disposal and recycling. These measures not only promote resource conservation but also stimulate the development of a circular economy, where materials are reused and recycled to minimize waste.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Drinks giant's European business backs Dutch technology start up in bid to establish rPET production factory. Joe Franses, vice president for sustainability at CCEP, described CuRe as "an exciting technology start-up with transformational potential developed by an experienced consortium".

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The Trashpresso unit is only the size of two industrial refrigerators and is designed to help with the collection, sorting and upcycling of plastic waste with a minimal air and water footprint. Miniwiz Images via World Design Organization.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We’re grateful to partner with this latest group of innovators and, with a portfolio that’s now 117 companies strong, work together to commercialize an abundance of solutions to reverse climate change — starting today. “These are technologies that are primed for deployment and growth. Evrnu | DEMONSTRATION TRACK.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

The group is partnering with AqSorption Ltd, a Nottingham-based company specialising in electrolyser design and fabrication to scale up their technology. Our unique technology developed at Nottingham, which involves atom-by-atom growth of platinum particles on nanotextured surfaces, has solved two major challenges.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The chain has taken an innovative tack: it's still encouraging its shoppers to use reusable containers for all areas of its stores, but it's changed the way the bulk shopping operates. Reuse can reduce the amount of waste that will need to be recycled or sent to landfills and incinerators. . million tons (29.9 Reuse] is needed.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Taking place virtually for the first time, the annual Consumer Electronics Show once again featured a host of emerging clean technologies - BusinessGreen takes a look at some of the most eye-catching developments. Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. Samsung's solar-powered TV remotes are set for rollout in 2021.

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