Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Specialist PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycler Enviroo has had its planning application approved for its first plastic recycling facility in the UK. The firm says the facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9 million tonnes of plastic waste created in the UK annually.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

Sitting alongside the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, in 2018 the Treasury first announced the tax on plastics and in April 2022 the Plastic Packaging Tax will be introduced in the UK. Tim Duret, Director of Sustainable Technology, Veolia UK and Ireland says.

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GreenTech Gazette

JULY 6, 2022

Green technology – tech that has a minimal, if any, impact on the environment – has become increasingly commonplace. That hasn’t solely been seen with cars and in the home, but it’s become quite popular in the business world, with there being multiple green technologies small businesses can use. and for how long.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

Joseph Doherty is managing director of waste management services firm Re-Gen Waste. Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste welcomes the consultation on the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN). The Material Recycling Facility (MRF) Code of Practice may be used as a framework to design the sampling programme.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since everything has a shelf life, some wonder if this way to use H2 is truly clean Are hydrogen fuel cells recyclable? The world is becoming increasingly aware of the impact of technology when its life comes to an end. Now, many are questioning how green H2 can be if the materials needed to use it as clean energy cannot be recycled.

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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

JULY 24, 2022

Mura said the new deal marked an important milestone in the rapid scaling of its advanced recycling process, dubbed Hydrothermal Plastic Recycling Solution, which can be used to recycle all forms of plastic, including flexible and multi-layer plastics that have proven resistant to traditional plastic recycling technologies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

"More specifically, and assuming that global investment in the field materialises by 2030, the Parties wish to express their common interest in purchasing commercial volumes of chemically recycled plastic content to incorporate in their packaging portfolio [from chemical players]".

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2021

Inefficient and wasteful plumbing practices can cause considerable environmental damage. The effects of said practices are costly: Poor materials can pollute their surrounding environment. Poor materials can prove to be dangerous to the health of those within the home. Recycle old pipes and appliances.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The report states that cross-sector collaboration is needed in the UK to maximize wind turbine recycling and to make the region a global leader in a circular economy within the wind turbine sector. WindEurope estimates that 10% of all composite material waste will come from the wind sector over the coming years.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Rather than slowing the pace of environmental concerns in the investment world, the pandemic appears to have focussed minds - collective wake-up call, perhaps. Just last week, HSBC announced it would halt funding coal investments. Is the role of governments redundant as climate-adverse investments continue to become unviable?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

To pave the way for future generations to live in harmony with the environment, it is critical that we incorporate sustainable building and distribution practices such as reducing waste, lowering emissions and sourcing from local eco-friendly providers. Long-distance sourcing of materials that contribute to extensive transportation emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

Waste and resource giant Viridor has today announced that it has commenced feasibility work on a new project that would allow 30,000 tonnes of previously unrecyclable thin film plastic to be processed each year using a new technology that makes such materials 'infinitely recyclable'.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Some companies might install energy-efficient lighting and allow their employees to have flexible schedules, while others might invest in sustainable sourcing of materials and a cleaner production process. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Backed by £400,000 from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the initial feasibility study is focused on E.ON's Blackburn Meadows combined heat and power (CHP) plant, which uses waste UK wood to generate 30MW of electricity and 25MW of thermal energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2020

Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA Recycling considers the limitations of existing sorting methods and explores the issues facing European scrap metal processors and aluminium producers investing in equipment to sort their own scrap material. Making the most of the latest technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

London-based recycling tech business, Sorted, has raised £1.65 The group’s technology enables human pickers to better sort and recover targeted materials. Using computer vision, spectroscopy and coloured lasers driven by AI, their solution identifies, differentiates and pinpoints valuable items on recycling lines.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Sneakers made from food waste. 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! Its co-founders are Lina M.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

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. The company's first investment was in the Closed Loop Leadership Fund.)

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their efforts so far mean 100% of their US electricity needs are met with renewable energy and 87% of their production line uses recycled materials. ESG investments are top priority As we highlighted in November , the pandemic escalated environment-driven ESG into a whole new realm.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

census tells us there are about 20,000 local governments, each independently responsible for deciding what to recycle, how to recycle, or whether to offer recycling services at all. This collection of disaggregated waste management decisions is a challenging start of the "reverse supply chain" that is recycling.

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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. It is within these hard-to-abate sectors that the UK has a chance to pioneer lucrative new clean technology markets, it added.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Trucks , both Volvo Group companies, recently delivered an electric excavator and an electric refuse truck to Boca Raton, Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling, which has 25 locations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and operates more than 700 vehicles.

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Waste Waste Electricity Recycling 109

DeSmogBlog

JULY 9, 2024

These documents included press releases reacting to treaty negotiating sessions and longer position statements detailing the industry’s desired pathway to a “world without waste.” Generally, this means more recycling. Indeed, plastics circularity hinges on the possibility of a better recycling rate. Recycling bins for plastic.

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Charged

OCTOBER 16, 2021

I think the technology is so compelling that it was going to happen at some point, no matter what,” Straubel replies. “I A sustainable circular supply chain includes not only recycling batteries at the end of their lives, but also managing waste during manufacturing. Of course, that’s where Redwood Materials comes in.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2020

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. We are already undertaking major change across key areas of our supply chain, supported by a €250m investment across three years.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

But fresh research today from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) argues that, as well as being a "game changer" in the fight against climate change, decarbonising supply chains is possible with readily-available technologies and at suprisingly low cost. However, such costs are often overestimated.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 26, 2021

The construction industry is responsible for considerable pollution and waste. Builders are leaning into innovative designs and material development to curb the environmental impact through sustainable architecture. The process also minimizes waste. Building materials In alignment with another Sustainable Building Council Ltd.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Hotels require a vast amount of energy and resources in order to run, and with this comes an equally vast amount of waste generated. Having strategies in place to manage, reduce or eliminate waste is essential. Minimize Food Waste. Food waste reduction programs can be organized into four steps: Conduct A Food Waste Audit.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

As an organization, Textile Exchange supports the apparel and textiles sector in switching to preferable materials that have a more positive impact on people and the environment compared to conventional. Leather is already a by-product of the slaughter process, making use of what otherwise would go to waste. Invest in innovation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

For textile waste generated in Europe, for example, an average of only 5-10 per cent was suitable for reuse within the continent, according to Swedish research institute Mistra Future Fashion. In order to stem the global flow of textile waste, an alternative to reuse must exist. Welcome to the lab.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2022

For new infrastructure to be built - whether that be infrastructure for decarbonising freight, large scale technologies to remove greenhouse gases directly from the atmosphere, or improvements to resilience - somebody has to pay," the report notes. Ultimately, that will either be taxpayers, consumers, or a combination of both.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

BMW has shifted its climate action, waste and hydrogen efforts up a gear in a new sustainability roadmap for the next decade which sets a series of green targets aligned with climate science. To get there is plans to source 100 per cent green energy from 2020 onwards backed by investments in energy efficiency.

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