Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Plastic Packaging Tax is Government policy aiming to directly increase plastic recycling in the UK and cut carbon emissions. If all plastics were recycled then we would avoid the 61% contribution of their emissions and save between 30-150 millions tonnes of carbon annually (1).

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

When done right, sustainable business practices deliver a positive return on investment (ROI), improving efficiency, lowering costs and driving sales. Like any investment a company makes, the potential return on an investment in sustainability should be considered before making the investment. Increased Sales.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

When done right, sustainable business practices deliver a positive return on investment (ROI), improving efficiency, lowering costs and driving sales. Like any investment a company makes, the potential return on an investment in sustainability should be considered before making the investment. Increased Sales.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) today unveiled a wide-ranging report on the government's green recovery agenda which argues major reforms to UK taxation and the swift release of long-awaited policy strategies will be central to laying the foundations of a greener, job-rich economy that protects nature. Green investment.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As more and more wind turbines will need to be retired, recycled, or repowered, investing in a circular economy will help the UK create thousands of green jobs. It is a massive opportunity and with the right funding, policy direction, and appetite, we could see the UK become a global leader in circular economy solutions.”.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

This can be done by using recycled materials, investing in renewable resources , and using water and energy efficiently. Finally, businesses can advocate for policies that protect the environment. Minimising the use of natural resources is another way businesses can reduce their environmental impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

“There is still an urgent need for waste reforms, policy visibility, and investment. We need stability in the recycling market to underpin investments so we can stimulate the green economy, create jobs and bring us closer to our net zero goals.” “We

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2022

The government has a lot on its mind currently, but that has not stopped the latest in a series of warnings that its flagship Net Zero Strategy will fail to deliver on its goals unless a raft of new policy frameworks are delivered as soon as possible. UK heavy industrial sectors already employ more than 2.6

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So that's really where we've been collaborating with the brands to identify some of the long-term innovations, short-term investments that we can make, [and] what kind of partnerships and collaborations we need to invest in to really move us towards that goal. But I'm curious about what VF Corp's public policy approach looks like.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Separated recyclable materials at a facility in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Source separation is mandatory under the Waste Framework Directive precisely to ensure quality recycling. Instead, we urge the improvement and increase of source separation and all positive measures that foster the EU recycling markets.

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Charged

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Repurposing, recycling and refining: Design safe and innovative processes for collecting, dismantling, repurposing, recycling, and refining recycled materials. billion in funding, which they hope will unlock an additional €5 billion in private investments.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Plastic recycling rose by 1,000 tonnes (1%) to 57,379 tonnes in 2019, continuing the trend of increasing each year for the last eight years. Glass remains the second most recycled material, with 107,000 tonnes, similar to 2018. Paper and cardboard as a whole remains the largest volume of material recycled at 192,562 tonnes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Government should publish detailed policy framework to help drive low carbon investment in heavy industry following recent industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen strategies, sustainable business group warns.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Typically, Apple signs contracts (including virtual power-purchase agreements) with renewables developers like Avangrid and sPower, although it occasionally buys projects outright or makes equity investments. Among its other environmental priorities, Apple is aggressively pursuing new ways to recycle the material in its products.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

Citizens can feel disheartened by the realization that our efforts to recycle are often in vain. Consider the following statistics: More than 20 million tons of curbside recyclable materials are sent to landfills annually. If the remaining 20 million tons were recycled, it would generate 370,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

Exports are vital for our economy and tracking recycling material will become increasingly available through the development of technology. Re-Gen is at the forefront of sorting technology, but investment in future needs can only come through the right policies that provide market freedom and certainty of regulation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Washington state’s wakeup call came about five years ago when China stopped accepting highly contaminated bales of recycled materials from around the world. Washington lawmakers, responding to the loss of a market that took upwards of 60 percent of the state’s recycled materials, created the Recycling Development Center in 2019.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

Fashion companies need to set ambitious targets for recycling textiles and designing for circularity. Textile manufacturers need to invest in equipment capable of working with recycled fibre. The public sector needs to expand infrastructure to support textile collection and recycling.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

That's the hope of several early movers in circular economy investing, who shared their insights at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event in early February. . Also about one year ago, Nestlé launched its $2 billion sustainability fund , to support companies developing innovative packaging and recycling technologies through 2025.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2020

During this time, there has been a fundamental shift in the approach and mindset of businesses and policy makers across the EU. Industry leaders are laying out decarbonisation strategies while calling on policymakers to set out clear frameworks for investment and innovation in low carbon solutions and incentives.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Increasing process efficiency and the use of recycled materials, as well as buying more renewable power, provides companies with major climate gains at very low costs.". Investing in emerging green manufacturing systems would not necessarily have a huge knock-on impact on consumer prices, according to the report.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating a circular economy for textiles means shifting to recycled and recyclable materials in order to reduce the amount of land, water and fossil fuels used to produce new clothes. Investing in a just transition via social dialogue, social protection and reskilling programs is key.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Using recycled jewelry and recycled packaging, Bario Neal traces its entire supply chain and sources fair-trade materials. This jewelry is handmade in Laos using recycled materials — namely shrapnel from the Vietnam War. Article22 is another company to consider when purchasing jewelry for your fall outfits.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 26, 2021

is to bring together experts in construction, architectural design, engineering, building, environmentalism and innovative technology who are all invested in addressing housing needs around the world, starting with the crisis in their own backyard, Los Angeles. As a parent company, the goal of Sustainable Building Council Ltd.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Companies have more goals for designing for recycling and recovery, and increasing recycled content than other packaging issues. Seeing the forest for the trees.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This article discusses the policies, processes and programs companies need to incorporate in order to become more sustainable. This often involves minimizing waste, preventing pollution and investing in resource efficiency strategies. So what is a sustainable business? Sustainability as Differentiation and Competitive Advantage.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In a new report, the waste management company sets out a series of policy recommendations for boosting plastics recycling in the UK. UK plastic waste exports should be banned, according to leading waste management company Viridor, which yesterday published a new roadmap setting out how to rapidly increase UK plastic recycling capacity.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The company also recently embraced an outward-facing leadership role on its social impacts, with a $100 million investment to create a Racial and Equity Justice Initiative (REJI), which CEO Tim Cook asked Jackson to lead in June. Making the human factor material. That's going to be the exciting work for Apple. Pull Quote.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So that’s really where we’ve been collaborating with the brands to identify some of the long-term innovations, short-term investments that we can make, [and] what kind of partnerships and collaborations we need to invest in to really move us towards that goal. The North Face has been doing quite a bit around policy.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Done right it could drive a green renewal - building back an economy based on ending waste - where materials are in a circular cycle of use and reuse. Get recycling rates, which have stagnated, up to 65 per cent by 2035. Most powerfully of all, the suite of policies has been designed as an entity. The loop is closed.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Yet the recycled material available to make bottles, bags and boxes has become harder to find and more expensive. California's plastic bag ban had required reusable bags to include 40 per cent recycled material, a plus for his business. Additionally, it is aiming for 50 per cent recycled material in its packaging by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. s exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and social and economic hardship – all of which have led to or are pushing for new policies. Waste management policy and regulation in the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But the report notes it is possible to avert this outcome, if financiers and businesses and work together to drive a significant drop in plastic use, increase recycling rates, and accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel-derived plastics. of pre-industrial levels," he said.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Business group representing some of Europe's biggest brands argues that policies and market incentives are urgently needed to drive demand for green steel, cement, and chemicals. This report shows how this opportunity can be seized through well-targeted, thought-through EU policies.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

"Stop putting the chasing arrows on products and putting a number in the middle if that number in the middle isn't widely recyclable and accepted in curbside systems.". Recycled content. However, the FTC considers it misleading if an item is labelled 'recycled' but uses 'used, reconditioned or remanufactured components'.

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