Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

Moving beyond our disposable industrial model will require companies who find market solutions to design out pollution and waste, create value from greenhouse gas emissions and other waste products, keep products in use, reuse materials, and regenerate natural systems. Reduce waste by 70% by 2030 , in line with the Aloha+ Challenge.

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Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 72

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The survey showed over a third of smokers (34%) believe it takes less than a year for a cigarette butt to decompose but the truth is it doesn’t ever decompose and can take up to 10 years to start breaking down into microplastics. Environment Bill, would require the tobacco industry to pay the full disposal costs of tobacco waste products.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Time isn't on the side of those who hope to prevent the projection by the Pew Charitable Trusts that plastic waste flows into the oceans will double in the next 20 years. Already, if all the world's plastic waste could be shaped into a plastic shopping bag, all of Earth would fit inside of it, noted Morgan Stanley CMO and CSO Audrey Choi. "I

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

What makes this particularly worrisome is that humans can be exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals simply by touching plastic, inhaling microplastics within dust, and eating food or drinking water that has been in contact with plastic. Those facing the greatest risk tend to be residents of low-income communities and people of color.

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Plastics Health Microplastics Pollution 127

Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever. Time isn't on the side of those who hope to prevent the projection by the Pew Charitable Trusts that plastic waste flows into the oceans will double in the next 20 years.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2021

Much of the waste ends up in the world's oceans. Every year, a million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastic pollution, while the average person eats about 70,000 particles of microplastic each year, with the long-term effects still not understood.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2019

To reduce the impact of plastic waste pollution, California banned hotel and lodging use and distribution of travel-size plastic toiletries. Related: One plastic teabag can release billions of microplastics into your cup As a replacement, hotels can offer bulk products, such as wall-mounted public dispensers.

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Waste Waste Plastics Microplastics 28

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

From large pieces, such as bottles, cups, and even a Smurf action figure, to tiny microplastics — fragments, films, fibers, or foams less than 5 mm long — plastic is one of the most common pollutants this group will find, mirroring what cleanup crews regularly see across the country. Is it dog waste? Is the trash from camping?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Last year, as part of its landmark Climate Law the French government proposed to abolish flights between cities that are less than two and half hours apart by train. Terracycle traps Thai plastic waste. The Foundation said it is looking to expand across a number of regions of the world suffering from heavily polluted waterways.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We must move away from a 'take, make, waste' mentality to drastically reduce the amount of material we consume, argues Environmental Justice Foundation CEO Steve Trent. This staggering rate of increase shines a light on the shocking inadequacy of UK government's recent commitment to prevent all avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042.

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Plastics Microplastics Waste Waste 64

AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 1, 2019

Illumina is largely credited with breaking Moore’s Law in genomics by introducing next-generation sequencing. Recycling growth – Being able to reuse growth media would cut down on waste and the costs of inputs. Here are 5 of the key insights about cell ag that surfaced from this year’s New Harvest event: . It took $2.7

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Seafood Agriculture Microplastics Startups 52

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. When Fionn was in high school, he invented a new method of extracting microplastics from the water using his own version of ferrofluid, a liquid developed by NASA. She used the publicity to fight for climate justice.

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