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This collapsible cooler is insulated with upcycled coconut fiber

AGreenLiving

Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. Read the original here: This collapsible cooler is insulated with upcycled coconut fiber.

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Costa Coffee brews up extended Bio-bean partnership

Business Green

The coffee beans used to make your morning brew could be enjoying a second life as food flavouring, bioplastics, cosmetics, or sustainable fire logs. Coffee chain inks new two year deal to ensure its used coffee grounds are recycled, delivering significant emissions savings in the process.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

This system was used during Earth Month to help manage the company’s "30 Acts for 30 Days" campaign, which challenged employees to complete individual actions aimed at building environmental awareness such as upcycling personal items, measuring their tire pressure or setting up a composting system.

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Pianca redesigns Calatea Green chair for the circular economy

AGreenLiving

The legs are made of FSC-certified ash wood sourced from responsibly managed forests with controlled logging. On the outside, the upholstery fabric is made of open-end cotton yarn that comes from 100% recycled material certified according to the Global Recycled Standard.

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Sustainable Construction Materials: 5 Eco-Friendly Options Revolutionizing The Industry

Green Business Bureau

Companies that use these certifications are committed to advancing the practice of sustainable logging and promoting forest productivity and regrowth after they harvest the wood. UpCycle – Austin, Texas. Some of their “Green Cement” products include upcycled construction and demolition materials.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

AGreenLiving

This system was used during Earth Month to help manage the company’s “30 Acts for 30 Days” campaign, which challenged employees to complete individual actions aimed at building environmental awareness such as upcycling personal items, measuring their tire pressure or setting up a composting system.

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Lithos Carbon rocks agricultural carbon capture

Business Green

The waste dust is what we're upcycling. But in 2016, I got a call at work - one of my best friends had been on a trip with her parents, she got hit by a logging truck and died on the spot. Clouse: How do you convince farmers to use your technology? Do you sell it as an income stream from the sale of carbon credits?