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A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

The untreated and improperly managed biomedical waste comprising of personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks, face shields, gloves, plastic coverall, head cover, hazmat suit, shoe covers, syringes and miscellaneous medical equipment used by the patients and healthcare workers has the potential of spreading various types of infections. [1]

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Greentown’s Sector Pitch Day Tackles Decarbonizing Manufacturing

Greentown Labs

Focal obstacles to decarbonizing the sector include producing iron, steel, chemicals, plastics, and cement—which together account for more than half of industrial emissions. Elemental Recycling ’s proprietary process recycles any and all plastics and tires into high-purity hydrogen and graphene.

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Insights and Excitements from Our 2020 Pipeline

Elemental Excelerator

” Danielle also believes we will enter a new era of smart cities, helping cities increase efficiency with constrained resources while also empowering them to be nimble as they define the “next normal” of city dwelling. Danielle J. ” Circular Economy . ” Energy .

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

Under Cave’s fearless leadership, Opus 12 has forged partnerships with companies including NASA, SoCalGas and Shell to deliver products such as carbon negative plastics and jet fuel at scale. Molly Morse, founder and CEO, Mango Materials ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 47 — Bioplastics. 36 — Alternative Cement. Infrastructure.

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