Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

When Olathe, KS residents drop off hazardous waste products for recycling, the ReUse Center works to keep them out of the landfill by making reusable items available to Johnson County residents. To learn more about dropping off household hazardous waste for reuse, visit Household Hazardous Waste. Photo: Ann Dabney / CC.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

While Kansas City Chiefs’ fans are gearing up for a new season, management is working behind the scenes on partnerships for energy efficiency, waste reduction and social justice issues. Initiating the “Extra Yard for the Environment” program in 2017 to promote sustainability across the stadium and community.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2021

If you’ve been stockpiling old paint cans, motor oil, batteries or chemicals, load them up for a safe disposal at one of these free, household hazardous waste events. Because of these hazardous qualities, household hazardous waste should never be thrown out with regular trash. Richmond Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

This weekend you can recycle razors, toothpaste tubes and brushes, deodorant containers and waste from other personal care products at two locations. The Resilient Activist and Compost Collective KC are sponsoring recycling drop-off sites and pickup services. The Resilient Activist will send recyclables to TerraCycle for recycling.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Get a behind-the-scenes look at urban and indigenous food systems and how farmers are working to grow local food that is resilient to climate change, taps the wisdom of elders and looks at regenerative agricultural design for the future. Breakout sessions include: Farm Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

An excess of leaves and yard waste can be composted with food waste in a backyard compost pile. The Johnson County K-State Research and Extension recommends composting yard waste to reduce the amount of waste entering landfills and for a finished compost that improves garden and landscape soils. Start a backyard compost.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Kansas City is hosting climate strategy workshops to explore ideas to help the community reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create more resilient neighborhoods. The post How can KC be more climate resilient? appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Southeast Community Center. Kansas City, MO.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2022

Greenability offers a free, online calendar listing to promote events that are environmentally sustainable, resilient and restorative. Calendar listings can be related to organic food, energy-efficiency, recycling, renewable energy, zero-waste, native plant gardening, nature, resilient living and many other environmental topics.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As face masks become even more critical in fighting the spread of COVID-19, they are also taking a toll on our waste stream and the environment. Bambooo ’s bamboo masks are made out of sustainably sourced, pesticide-free bamboo varieties, which are also easier on the environment. appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

The need to become sustainable is posing “an existential crisis” for the energy industry, according to a new survey into the sustainability of this sector by French software firm Dassault Systèmes. On top of government regulation, energy companies are also dealing with more eco-conscious clients. The post-COVID energy mix.

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If holiday catalogues are clogging your mailbox, reduce paper waste by having your name removed from mailing lists. Gather together with zero waste. Share your meal & reduce food waste. Not only will you spread some holiday cheer, but you can also reduce holiday food waste. Minimize unwanted mail. Have more ideas?

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2021

Greenability offers a free, online calendar listing for events that encourage environmental sustainability, resiliency and restorative living ideas. Events can be related to organic food, energy-efficiency, recycling, renewable energy, zero-waste, native plant gardening, nature, resilient living and many other environmental topics.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Participants are asked to bring a bag of chopped up leaves or yard waste that is chemical free, and they are encouraged to dress to get dirty. Photo: Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems. The post Learn how to build your own composter appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Greenability Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Artists can help us reimagine our connection to the planet and move us toward a more sustainable future. Charlotte Street Foundation’s Earth/Work: Artists and Sustainable Living series features conversations with local artists who share their creative paths and how nature plays into their life work.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

City recognized for its sustainability and commitment to a greener future The City of Kansas City, MO has achieved a new level of sustainability leadership with the LEED for Cities rating system for local governments. We’re working with community partners to ensure we’re building a more resilient energy system for the future.”

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Greenability Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

Americans waste almost as much food as they eat. That translates to $165 billion in wasted food per year in the United States. production of uneaten food wastes 25 percent of fresh water and results in 23 percent of methane emissions. Some of that food waste happens on a large commercial scale. Additionally, U.S.

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2020

If holiday catalogues are clogging your mail box, help reduce paper waste by having your name removed from mailing lists. Gather with zero waste. Share your meal & reduce food waste. Not only will you spread some holiday cheer, but you can reduce holiday food waste. If every family in the U.S. Minimize unwanted mail.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Xavier Creative House is a sustainable marketing agency. Xavier Creative House (XCH) is a sustainable marketing agency operating in the healthcare industry, specializing in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. Adopting a holistic approach to bring sustainable design to healthcare marketing.

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Greenability Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

Composting Food Waste & Trying To Stop It , Missouri Organic Recycling. Starting Small: Simple Steps to a More Sustainable Lifestyle – The Resilient Activist. Interwoven: An Earth Month Retreat – The Resilient Activist. Power of Respect for Climate Resilience & Recovery – The Resilient Activist.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO wants to know how climate change is and will impact you and what actions the city should take now to become carbon neutral, equity focused and resilient by 2040. more resilient? To participate and share your story, visit the KC Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan Playbook. In 2020, the K.C.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

More efficient use of phosphorus in agriculture and increased recycling, for example from wastewater, can increase resilience in the food system while reducing pollution of lakes and rivers that are biodiversity hotspots and important for drinking water supply.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Mike Biddle, Executive Director for Net Zero at Innovate UK said: “By recycling and recovering valuable rare-earth magnets, we are reducing the environmental impact of extraction, saving energy, and creating a resilient supply chain in a growing global market. Phyona Ltd / Brunel University – Biomass extraction of REE from coal mines.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Challenging factors with construction include the complexity of the supply chain, and the sheer quantity of waste generated. It’s incredibly easy to create waste in the construction industry. Ways of minimising waste. Not creating waste in the first place has to be the answer, even if it’s complicated.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We have always been committed to pushing the boundaries of what it means to be sustainable, and these efforts will play a significant role in the country’s ambition to become a greener nation. Battery storage is needed to support site-wide energy resilience, providing the power required at night when solar generation is not possible.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

If your Halloween pumpkins are rotting on the front porch, here are some options to give them a second life and keep food waste out of the landfill. Kansas City, MO and place food waste in the dumpster. Some food waste is fed to the farm pigs and some is composted and used on their farmland. Compost it at home. Compost Now.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The questions address topics including ensuring the delivery of a sustainable wastewater service by 2050. Topics include delivering sustainable wastewater services, zero uncontrolled sewer discharges, achieving zero customers in water poverty, as well as zero leakage and zero interruptions to supply.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Food waste and the increasing cultivation of crops for bioenergy are both serving to further increase these impacts. In effect, unsustainable, intensive farming practices may have sustained mass production of meat, dairy, and crops for decades, but they are now biting the hand that feeds us. Defining 'regenerative' agriculture.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Help keep toxic materials out of the landfill by recycling your old computers and e-waste at upcoming free electronic recycling events. Most e-waste recycling is free. The post Recycle your electronics at free events appeared first on Greenability Magazine. – 5 p.m. and located at 2000 E. Kansas City, MO.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An excess of leaves and yard waste can be composted with food waste in a backyard compost pile. The Johnson County K-State Research and Extension recommends composting yard waste to reduce the amount of waste entering landfills and for a finished compost that improves garden and landscape soils. Start a backyard compost.

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Greenability Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An excess of leaves and yard waste can be composted with food waste in a backyard compost pile. The Johnson County K-State Research and Extension recommends composting yard waste to reduce the amount of waste entering landfills and for a finished compost that improves garden and landscape soils. Start a backyard compost.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Magazines, catalogs, newspapers, brown paper sacks, packing paper. If you have items not listed here, check RecycleSpot.org site or call Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District at 816-474-8326. appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Corrugated cardboard. Office paper, file folders, envelopes, brochures.

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Green Technology

MARCH 14, 2023

Saving through sustainability At CSUSM, the people tasked with getting water to more than 160 acres of landscape are Victor Chavez, Isidro Alvarez and Ricardo Jacobo. The work they do falls under the umbrella of the university’s Sustainability Masterplan.

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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

JULY 19, 2023

The research – ‘ Decarbonisation through Digitalisation’ – seems to show that manufacturing businesses are investing in digital technologies more than ever before and reaping multiple benefits, including productivity increases, product improvements, reduction in waste and labour efficiencies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). On the other hand, small-scale farmers protect our natural resources.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Help keep toxic materials out of the landfill by recycling your old computers and e-waste at two free electronic recycling events. Most e-waste recycling is free. The post Recycle your electronics at free events appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Electronics Recycling Event, Kansas City, MO. Kansas City, MO.

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