In the kitchen: Innovations in residential food waste
GreenBiz
MARCH 10, 2023
A relatively new entrant among those selling home gadgets for food waste, Mill keeps food in the system by feeding animals.
The problem with zero-waste goals is the word 'waste'
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2021
The problem with zero-waste goals is the word 'waste'. We know that circular economy strategies can create profits, cut waste and reduce emissions. A circular system, by contrast, prioritizes the regeneration of natural systems, the designing out of waste and finding ways to extend the life of products. Why is that?
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Mixed waste processing technology begins trial in Seattle
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 12, 2023
Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County.
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The new dynamic duo: Pricing and food waste
GreenBiz
MAY 11, 2021
The new dynamic duo: Pricing and food waste. According to Oded Omer, founder and CEO of Wasteless, 87 percent of food waste from grocery stores is due to disposing of products that have gone past their expiration date. Food waste is the cause of 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. . Jesse Klein. percent, he said.
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Veolia expands clinical and medical waste management services
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Expanded capabilities will improve traditional clinical waste hierarchy positions and can lower the carbon emissions by around 70% compared to existing services Veolia says it has expanded its medical waste management capabilities with the aim of addressing key issues for the healthcare sector and the NHS.
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A lifeline for pools? “Digital boilers” provide innovative rethink of waste heat reuse
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 16, 2023
Swimming pools threatened with closure because of skyrocketing heating bills could get a reprieve from a new technology for waste heat reuse that is being described as a potential game changer. A UK start-up, Deep Green, has successfully trialled the scheme at a public pool in Exmouth that has cut its bills by around £20,000 per year.
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Circular Electronics: Designing Out Waste
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Circular Electronics: Designing Out Waste. . Can waste be designed out of consumer electronics? Remco Kouwenhoven, Social Innovation Lead, Fairphone. Hold the phone! This discussion explores deeper nuances of the circular economy approaches to recycling electronics. Jordan Tse, Sustainability Program Manager, Facebook.
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Fighting Food Waste: Lessons from COVID
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Fighting Food Waste: Lessons from COVID. . What emerging strategies have been employed to tackle food waste during the pandemic, and how can we scale these strategies in the future? But the food system sprang into action — adapting operations, overcoming barriers and scaling promising innovations to reduce the amount of waste.
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Busting waste and recycling myths
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. You can’t recycle pizza boxes You can – just not the greasy bits.
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Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric
GreenBiz
JULY 26, 2021
Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. What we're saying is, ‘Look, we're gonna take all of this waste, whether it's a gas or a solid, we're going to convert it to ethanol," Holmgren said. Innovation. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 07/26/2021 - 02:00. . In 2018, every ton of steel produced emitted about 1.85
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Planet vs. plastic: Three steps to solving the global plastics waste crisis
GreenBiz
MAY 18, 2022
Here's how innovators at Circularity 22 are dealing with the scourge of plastic waste mismanagement.
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Eco-innovations tackling food waste at every level
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 21, 2021
At first glance, food waste may not seem like a big issue. You toss a partial head of cabbage and the last few carrots, but you compost them so it just goes back into the natural circle of the ecosystem, right?
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31 significant waste crime sites targeted by SEPA as BBC Disclosure spotlights waste crime
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Scottish Environment Protection Agency staff and their work tackling waste crime were featured as part of investigative journalism programme BBC Disclosure on Monday 31 January at 7pm. SEPA says it launched a dedicated intelligence and enforcement function in October 2019 to deal with those types of growing activities.
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Consortium to assess the future of packaging waste sorting
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 31, 2022
The consortium members will make use of an open innovation approach, preventing a potential technology lock-in. Addressing an urgent need to enhance packaging waste sorting in Europe, FMCG giant PepsiCo has announced a new project aiming to assess how technology – especially AI – can close some of the gaps.
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“Be a waste hero,” suggests tech startup
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2022
Tech start-up AnyWaste.Com says it is creating a platform to fight the problem of where our waste goes and what happens to it. The system is “a standout option to help waste processors, brokers and producers of waste by simplifying the process,” says the firm. Be a waste hero. Be a AnyWaste hero!”
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Bexley council launches app-based anti-food-waste campaign
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 2, 2022
Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.
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New service to help businesses manage small volumes of waste including hazardous waste, says Veolia
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Resource management company, Veolia, has launched a new service specifically designed to help businesses that produce small volumes of waste which may include hazardous materials. Aimed at a wide range of businesses and other organisations the service will deliver a tailored approach specifically designed to meet the needs of each site.
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Prague to pilot large-scale, dynamic waste collection
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 23, 2020
The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.
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An offer of ‘kelp’: Recycling marine waste from inactive oil platforms
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Environmentally responsible decommissioning company, CessCon Decom, has teamed up with researchers at Abertay University to explore how marine growth – a waste by-product of the decommissioning process – can be recycled and reused. The results of this work will help advise follow-on steps of the project.”.
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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 8, 2022
A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The Centre for Process Innovation UK is expected to join soon as a new project partner. Watch this space!”.
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The Role of Innovation in Changing Behavior Towards a Circular Economy
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 21, 2020
The Role of Innovation in Changing Behavior Towards a Circular Economy. By 2030 plastic waste is expected to increase by more than 50% to 330 million tons per annum if business continues as usual. Recent figures show $120 billion is lost each year because plastic waste is mismanaged. Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
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Review looks at challenges of hazardous waste in the EU
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2023
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions required to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. ” “The European waste industry is at the forefront of innovation, safety, and environmentally sound management practices, and we work every day to achieve the best results.”
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Opening Panel: The Human Dimension of Waste Collection
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Opening Panel: The Human Dimension of Waste Collection. Who are the humans that are managing our waste? The informal waste economy is an often overlooked part of our global plastic supply chain. But they play an essential role but ensuring that plastics are collected and reused before they enter waste streams.
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Solving Food Waste and Hunger
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Solving Food Waste and Hunger. billion metric tons of food is lost or wasted globally each year, according to the United Nations — about one-third of all the food produced for human consumption. Innovative circular economy models might be able to help. An estimated 1.3 These two problems should seemingly solve themselves.
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Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations. A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. Elsa Wenzel.
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How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation
GreenBiz
JUNE 28, 2022
Lean: WEAR and no TEAR How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation What goes up must come down To arrest the growing effect on nature and curtail the rise in temperatures, countries across the globe are devising measures to rejuvenate Mother Earth. The aim is to reverse the temperature by 1.5-2.0 deg Celsius.
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Award for using AI and spectroscopy to increase waste-to-energy production
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2021
A US group is developing a technology combining AI and spectroscopy, to analyze municipal solid waste in-situ and in real-time – a cost- and time-effective approach that they say could pave the way to increased waste-to-bioenergy production. closer to a waste-processing approach that is sustainable.
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ClearCOGS: Powering Sustainable Restaurant Design Using Innovative Ingredient Forecasting and AI To Reduce Waste
Green Business Bureau
JUNE 13, 2022
ClearCOGs is revolutionizing the food industry with their innovative forecasting and machine learning processes to provide an exact amount of food ingredients to restaurants , supporting a sustainable restaurant design while also saving businesses money. ClearCOGS tackles this waste issue head-on. Waste is a significant business cost.
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Portugal power-to-liquid project makes sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from municipal waste-derived CO2
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Deploying a seemingly innovative technology configuration and design, the group behind it, LIPOR, suggests it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector.
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Finland Breaks Ground On Its Deep Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository
Jim Conca
MAY 31, 2021
The Finnish waste management company, Posiva Oy, announced the start of excavation on their deep geologic nuclear waste repository for their spent nuclear fuel. Operation of the repository is expected to begin in 2023. The total cost estimate is about €2.6 billion ($3.4 billion).
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Comment: Big changes in the pipeline for Northern Ireland’s waste industry
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 17, 2022
Joseph Doherty is Managing Director of waste management firm Re-Gen Waste. The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste.
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These innovations pull plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the ocean
GreenBiz
MARCH 11, 2022
Over 90 percent of ocean plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers. But innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions to stop them.
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Beyond the bale: Viridor unveils plan to eliminate waste plastic exports
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Recycling and resource management firm Viridor has unveiled its “Vision for Zero” – a plan to reduce (to zero) the amount of plastic waste exported from the UK. If five state-of-the-art plastic recycling plants, similar to the Avonmouth plant, were built, plastic waste exports from the UK could end. An estimated c.1.3[i]
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Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu
GreenBiz
MAY 14, 2021
Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The link between net zero and supply chain innovation. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Is "net zero" much ado about nothing?
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Do New Nuclear Reactor Designs Change The Nuclear Waste Issue?
Jim Conca
APRIL 27, 2021
The form of nuclear waste makes a difference in repository performance since heat loading and density determine waste spacing and repository size. But nuclear waste takes up such a small volume that these should have little effect on the issue as a whole and we’ll only need a single repository.
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Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local. I wrote recently about the intense level of innovation we’re seeing in food and ag. Because the company is reusing what was previously seen as waste, Sophie’s is also a great example of tech that can help food systems transition from extractive to circular. .
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A new ‘supercritical water’ approach to recycling plastic packaging waste
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Its gas-like penetration power makes it a superior medium to decompose mixtures of complex waste plastics into value-added materials, which are feedstock for manufacturing new plastics. Supercritical water can be a solvent for all organic materials including plastics.
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These innovations pull plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the ocean —here’s how
GreenBiz
MARCH 11, 2022
Over 90% of ocean plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers. But innovative businesses are deploying low-cost, low-tech solutions to stop them.
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New centre to advance hydrogen and syngas production from waste plastic
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 24, 2022
Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (PHE), a firm commercialising syngas and hydrogen production from non-recyclable waste plastic, has unveiled (on 24 May) plans to create a UK based, Global Technology and Innovation Centre (GTIC), which it aims to open in early 2023.
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Fueling The Future: Innovative Food-Based Energy Sources
U.S. Green Technology
APRIL 3, 2023
While food waste contributes significantly to global pollution, using food waste to generate energy can make a significant impact. In reality, converting food waste to energy may be the new solution we seek. Food waste contains organic refuse such as eggshells, stems, and peels. Green Technology.
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How China and the U.S. can innovate on plastic waste
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The world's two biggest producers and consumers of stuff stand to play a pivotal role in creating a circular economy, but they'll both have to get out of their own way.
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Innovative food tracker uses app to help you live zero-waste
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The Bubble Food Tracker is an app-controlled food tracker that monitors products in your kitchen, keeping you aware of what you have in stock and your regular consumption habits, all to bring you closer to a zero-waste lifestyle.
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Tech company Rubicon is on a mission to end waste
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Tech company Rubicon is on a mission to end waste. Technology company Rubicon’s business mission is to end waste, in all of its forms. As the circular economy changes and expands, Rubicon is working to partner businesses who are doing innovative work in the space with its customers. .
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Cloud-based management system will transform hazardous waste handling, says Veolia
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 9, 2022
Resource management firm Veolia has introduced what it says is the first end-to-end cloud based system that can ensure compliance and traceability for hazardous and non hazardous wastes. Following the testing phase of the project the capabilities have been extended to enable processing of clinical wastes.
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