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Textile Recycling Association warns of imminent collapse of the sector

Envirotec Magazine

” The wider impact of the UK sector not collecting waste textiles will result in devastating environmental consequences, said the group, including microplastic pollution, water pollution, and the accumulation of textile waste in landfills.

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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

While biodegradable plastics currently exist, they rely on commercial composting, which uses energy to heat the compost, as well as presenting other logistical challenges. It’s because they need specific manmade conditions to biodegrade, and many degrade into microplastics, which contaminate our oceans and food chain for centuries”.

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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

The logistics behind product passport use might seem complicated at first glance but are, in fact, straightforward: all a consumer needs to do is scan the product QR code with their phone to access DPP information.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Bumble Bee brings its expertise in sales, orders, logistics and warehousing together with Good Catch's expertise in innovation and production.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Smart Gravel is three times lighter than mineral stone, has ten times better thermal and acoustic insulation properties, is long-lasting and proven to not break down into toxic leachate or microplastic particles. Arqlite provides their leachate and toxicology reports online. BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED INSULATION.

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How Companies are Growing Profits and Making Climate Progress: Case Studies

EDF + Business

Its bioplastics optimize the management of organic waste by avoiding microplastics, reducing environmental impacts and increasing the circularity of economic systems. Transportation logistics decarbonization Girteka Group, the largest asset-based transport company in Europe, started its history in 1996 with a single truck.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

AGreenLiving

If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. Bumble Bee brings its expertise in sales, orders, logistics and warehousing together with Good Catch’s expertise in innovation and production.

Seafood 36