Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

E-commerce giant announces that it has stopped packing products in single-use plastic delivery bags in its own distribution network in the UK. The company said it has successfully switched single-use plastic bags to recyclable paper delivery bags and cardboard envelopes in the UK for orders shipped from Amazon's Fulfilment Centres.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VIBES is a partnership between the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Energy Saving Trust, Highland & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and NatureScot. It has also reused waste materials to landscape and create community spaces.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

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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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 19, 2022

turned a sharp eye on the issue of plastic waste, the growing problem of electronic waste remains underappreciated. E-waste is defined as anything with a plug, electric cord, or battery — basically all of the proliferating devices that power our modern lives. million tons of e-waste generated globally in 2019, only 17.3%

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Amazon customers in the UK will no longer receive items shipped from its fulfilment centres that contain plastic air pillows, the company has announced, in the latest move designed to curb the tech and retail giant's waste footprint. times lower greenhouse gas emissions than stationary retail, including the returns process.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

While the core function of the metals recycling process has remained constant over thousands of years, the industry has undergone significant changes as the volume of waste metals we treat has grown. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000. How much is used worldwide? Advances in recovery technology.

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Can innovation in circularity help to deliver the transformation we’re all looking for? Watch Jules Besnainou, Director; Chris Sworder, Lead Analyst, Agriculture &

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. Just like you recycle cardboard, and you recycle glass or plastics.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

From waste to protein and micronutrient-rich animal feed. Loopworm grows insects on food waste and processes them into value-added products for the animal feed industry. The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Like any industry, the solar industry has unique machinery and equipment; specifically, its photovoltaic (PV) cells have silicon, metal, glass and plastic components that are melded together in order to create a functioning solar panel. But these cells have a limited lifespan of about 25-30 years.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Momentum Technologies, a Dallas-based materials science company focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed a process developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent Li-ion batteries. Our technology contributes to a circular economy.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here are some examples: Distributing eco-friendly handouts using biodegradable alternatives without using plastics. Waste like toxic materials, and not recyclable wastes. Green Logistics : Avoid hard-to-open and wasteful packaging materials, like wire ties, air-bubble wrap, and plastic clamshell casings.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In fact, creating products from recycled steel utilizes 40% less water and reduces mining wastes by 97%. RECYCLED PLASTIC. From reducing landfill waste to minimizing heat island effects and energy costs, an eco-friendly roof can play a critical role in your sustainable home. Arqlite , a member of the U.S.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Greentown teamed up with BASF and Stanley Black & Decker to find the top startups from across the world that are capable of disrupting the recycling industry and plastics and energy storage value chains. Corumat, based in California, micro-engineers bioplastics to reduce plastic waste. At the Feb. Read more here.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Manufacturing including production, sourcing, fulfillment, distribution and logistics. Waste team – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. How much do we waste? Is it hazardous?

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

PepsiCo said it would also work with its suppliers to transition to low and zero emissions fuel in its logistics while expanding its use of AI technology to enable better route planning to reduce emissions in distribution.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. We’ve all seen the viral images of turtles with straws stuck up their noses, or whales washed up with bellies full of plastic bags. And one of the biggest contributors to this plastic crisis is the space we operate in: the cosmetics industry.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

The new strategy will see the company slash its use of plastic packaging, switch to zero emission logistics and delivery vehicles, install new green refrigeration technology, and drastically curb food waste, the company said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The selection process for new tenders will examine whether suppliers have environmental policies to address carbon reduction, renewable energy, plastic reduction, circular economy and product lifecycle, Vodafone said.

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. The whole batteries go in, so the plastics get burned, the carbon gets burned, there’s a lot of emissions. They need to contain them.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If the whole world made a commitment to a zero waste lifestyle today, where could we be in 10 years? Join us as we look at six visions of a zero waste future that will give you hope, inspiration and motivation to be the change you want to see! All waste will be disposed of via recycling or composting rather than landfills.

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CleanTech Alliance

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Join us on December 7 from 9:00-11:30 AM PST as we examine circular economy strategies across the transportation and logistics, plastics and packaging, and electronics/e-waste sectors.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Transporting people and things around the world sustainably and managing the world's waste are some of today's most complicated and pressing challenges. So, too, is the scale of the waste problem - globally, we are creating 2.01 billion metric tons of municipal solid waste annually.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Integrated IT systems and whole business reporting are essential for reducing waste and emissions and ensuring compliance with UK Environment Act, says waste management software provider ISB Global. It’s now been over a year since the UK Environment Act became law.

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Green Tech Challenge

APRIL 17, 2019

Therefore, it removed a lot of the costs and issues that we had in the past related to logistics. I reminisce the days when scientists were predicting that in 2050 there'd be more plastic than fish in the oceans. When whales were about to go extinct and pictures with their stomachs filled with plastic were flooding the internet.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The UK's Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been besieged with delays since it was introduced in Defra's 2018 Resource and Waste Strategy as a credible way to address the linear nature of our packaging economy. As reports on the global plastic crisis regularly inform us, we've got no time to lose. Devolved strategies out of sync.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The LED light bulb manufacturer, formerly known as Philips Lighting, said it had reduced its operational emissions by more than 70 per cent since 2010, having shifted to more energy efficient technologies at its sites as well as more sustainable modes of transport, logistics and staff travel.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

It does not cover all the other dimensions of being a sustainable business including waste management, pollution, recycling, reuse, plastics, vehicles, commuting, delivery, manufacturing, etc. The program includes the following functions: Manufacturing including production, sourcing, fulfillment, distribution and logistics.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

If not, you were probably born during the plastics-era, which began about 50 years ago. Today, plastic has taken over. In 2018, 40 percent of the 360 million tonnes of plastics produced globally were converted to packaging. Remember the time when milk was delivered to your door in reusable glass bottles?

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

Research agency unveils winners of sustainable packaging competition, which it says aim to 'alter the UK's relationship with plastic'. A flurry of green packaging innovations and plastic waste management projects have won a share of £30m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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Green Tech Challenge

JUNE 27, 2017

From selling unwanted furniture and equipment, signing leases and other paperwork to last minute packing, not to mention coordinating the logistics of the move itself, moving is never easy. million tons of landfill waste ! Recycle Contrary to what most believe, recycling is not solely just plastic items and cardboard boxes.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

” Last January, as a sophomore, she started the Menlo-Atherton Reusables Club — a student group focused on policy changes that target plastic waste in San Mateo County, California. “When I was planning the logistics of the club back in July of 2022, I was acquaintances with Ella,” Liu said.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

BBC Studios - Bridgewater House Relocation GPE - 50 Finsbury Square Grid 2.0 & BBC Studios - Bridgewater House Relocation GPE - 50 Finsbury Square Grid 2.0 &

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

Or, if it’s large quantities, it usually is a waste approach. They often thermally treat them—they’re burning off plastic and electrolyte in the batteries and are not really focused on the material recovery. Lithium is burned off, or it goes into a waste fraction. A big problem in this industry has been logistics.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We’ve all heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the continuing flow of oceanbound plastic. But what if something could intercept that plastic before it made it into the oceans? That’s the plan of SeaChange, a new organization that claims to have devised the technology to save our oceans from the plastic pollution crisis.

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