Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

In the agriculture and food industry, sustainable business practices are intended to protect the environment, reduce waste production, increase productivity, and reduce operating costs. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose. What are Sustainable Business Practices?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. Seventy percent of total food system emissions come from land-use change.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The state of our environment today is due to the broadening issues arising from loss of biodiversity, inappropriate means of disposing of waste , overpopulation, the depletion of natural resources, and increased deforestation. A report published by the United Nations environmental program estimates the amount of solid waste matter is at 11.2

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

In a 2022 trends feature for Forbes , Shayna Harris explores some creative solutions to problems like zero food waste. While past efforts have struggled to take off on a large scale, new legislation in California will hopefully promote widespread zero waste changes. Curious about what else 2022 may have in store?

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2023

Invest the time to look at the product’s packaging, consider the energy needed to produce it, and research whether it’s biodegradable or can be recycled. Pet waste is a major source of pollution, so it's important to dispose of it properly. Many cities have curbside recycling programs for pet waste, or you can compost it at home.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2021

Going green starts at home, and while separating paper from plastic in your recycling bin is a great first start, there are more steps you can take to be less wasteful and reduce your carbon footprint. 1) Reduce plastic waste in your kitchen. 9) Divert landfill waste. Did you know that 60% of landfill waste is compostable?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Achieve zero waste with our waste management checklist. The ultimate goal of this waste management checklist is to achieve zero waste. By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Nighttime view of a waste incineration plant in Oberhausen, Germany. John Whitehurst, UK business manager with minerals and lime producer Lhoist, offers predictions on how new recycling and reuse targets will affect the types of waste being produced. The changing shape of waste. The waste is shredded, baled and ready to go.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

Its time for businesses and government to be honest with consumers about the environmental impact of packaging, writes Viridor’s Tim Rotheray. While the UK government's food strategy for England, published this week, has come in for a lot of criticism, it put a vital spotlight on food waste. Much of that packaging is plastic.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Alternative investments can also be made in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as in cattle feed that reduces the methane output of cows. For example, could your carbon cardboard waste be shredded to become their packaging material or could waste heat from your processes be used for their hot water or offices?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The UK waste sector can be an enabler of wider economic decarbonisation while delivering the government's 'levelling up' agenda, writes Viridor's Tim Rotheray. Waste is one of the hard-to-treat sectors. Reducing waste through recycling is an obvious answer, and almost half of domestic waste is now recycled.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Plus 40 nations prep methane plans for COP27, Germany touts cheap transport tickets, and Saudi Arabia launches electric vehicle brand. COP27: 40 countries planning to unveil methane reduction plans. off global warming by 2050, as methane's warming potential is 84 times greater than carbon dioxide over 20-year timescale.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

The boost to international climate negotiations provided this week by India's confirmation of a strengthened national climate action plan did not last long, after the Chinese government today formally suspended climate talks with the US as part of a package of retaliatory measures in response to US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

The small team works under a simple concept — shopping for everyday needs doesn’t have to be wasteful. Their goal is to make it easy to make changes by offering a completely plastic-free selection of goods, so you don’t have to evaluate the packaging of every item you buy. To start the process customers place their order.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2022

But Goodyear's new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil. Initial life cycle assessments demonstrate either reduced carbon emissions compared with current methods of carbon black production or the use of bio-based or waste feedstock sources," the company said.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We received an initial consultation package very recently, just last week. However, they noted that this only considered the carbon emitted during the steam methane reforming process, and that “no attempt has been made to capture the carbon dioxide generated from the combustion of natural gas used to provide the heat and high pressure.”

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Hotels require a vast amount of energy and resources in order to run, and with this comes an equally vast amount of waste generated. Having strategies in place to manage, reduce or eliminate waste is essential. Minimize Food Waste. Food waste reduction programs can be organized into four steps: Conduct A Food Waste Audit.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

Footwear is a major source of post-consumer waste. Another daily-use product, coffee, also contributes to environmental waste to the tune of around 25 billion kilograms annually. The process minimizes coffee waste by diverting it from the waste stream, and it reduces carbon dioxide and methane emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Do you think addressing food waste in the office is too much of a bother? Doesn’t most waste happen in our households, restaurants and other food institutions? Reports show that most of America’s food waste comes from consumers – of which 60% makes up the workforce. How to Prevent Food Waste in the Workplace.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2021

Major new report from the Environmental Services Association urges government to seize opportunity to slash emissions from waste and mobilise £10bn of green investment. The strategy sketched out by the group offers a pretty comprehensive roadmap for how the waste industry could slash its emissions.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

Overall, climate and environmental justice advocates count somewhere between $17 billion and $44 billion generally heading in the right direction for frontline communities out of a $369 billion energy and environment spending package. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The friends, all engineers by training, had designed a machine that could turn agricultural waste, like almond shells, into renewable hydrogen fuel. The economics of trucking farm waste to their reactor or delivering hydrogen to potential customers just didn’t make sense. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 30, 2019

That alarming statistic means that all but 9% of plastic waste ends up either in landfills or in the ocean. Oil drilling, also known as fracking, wastes water, releases methane into the atmosphere, produces oil spills and generally wreaks havoc on the environment. Plastic bottles are made from petroleum, or “crude oil.”

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste. What are bioplastics and are they truly biodegradable? Cellulose-Based.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For the next two hours, the small group walked door to door distributing anti-waste incineration fliers in a community that was largely unaware it sits within the radius of a smokestack plume of a municipal waste incinerator, or MWI, one of five across the city. The Spectre of Landfill.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

By selecting reusable items such as water bottles, bags, and coffee cups, you minimize waste and demand for disposable products. Each purchase has an environmental footprint , so thoughtful buying can substantially reduce waste. It also promotes local economies and can lead to less packaging waste.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The fact is: All companies, even those with remote workforces, generate some form of waste. This article focuses on regular office waste and discusses the benefits of recycling in the office, steps for implementing an effective recycling program, and how to encourage green employee behavior. Southern Waste Information eXchange Inc.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Switching to reusables is a straightforward step toward reducing your waste. A leaky faucet dripping at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water per year. It may not seem like much, but letting the water run while you’re brushing your teeth can waste a significant amount of water!

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known. It finds that the majority of fossil fuel consumption is in the processing and packaging stage (42 percent), and in retail consumption and waste (38 percent). Plastic packaging is produced from natural gas and crude oil.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Instead, the Food Strategy has opted to focus on boosting innovation and skills across the sector, streamlining planning processes to make it easier to build commercial greenhouses, and announcing new consultations on corporate food waste reporting and public sector food procurement. Fresh funding commitments are kept to a minimum.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As the provider of food and drink for events, caterers’ practices and waste can have a detrimental effect on the planet. There are countless opportunities to get creative and uptake sustainable catering practices through responsible food sourcing, preparation, commute, and waste disposal. Avoid Food Waste. Reduce Water Waste.

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