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. 14) Reuse plastic bags or containers.

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GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products. This process is more efficient than traditional mechanical recycling, which can only process certain types of plastics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. Bacteria in the digesters consume the waste, creating methane and CO2 as byproducts. Just like you recycle cardboard, and you recycle glass or plastics. Now it's time to recycle food waste, and it's not that hard.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The platform is the fruit of an early European gasification and methanation demonstrator project, and is supported by the French electrical utility ENGIE and the French agency for ecological transition ADEME. The tests carried out using SRF show that we now know how to produce renewable gas from this type of waste.”.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint). Composting can help reduce waste, save money, and be of usage with organic gardening practices. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

In addition, companies in the sector have agreed to work together towards a series of broader goals, including tripling the rate of water leakage reduction by 2030 and helping to prevent the equivalent of four billion plastic bottles going to waste through a national campaign to promote refillable water bottles.

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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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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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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fourteen startups joined our community in the third quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a carbontech solution for aluminum manufacturing, an AI platform for tracking scope 1 and scope 3 vehicle emissions, and waste-biomass-turned-biochar for replacing cement. Manufacturing.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

The plastic problem is well documented around the globe, from the petroleum needed to produce it to the fact that every piece of plastic ever manufactured is still on the planet in some form — and will be for generations. On a mission to eliminate plastic from kitchen and bathroom products, the recently launched U.K.-based

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week. 2) The best way to reduce your carbon footprint (and minimize waste) when decorating is to feed the circular economy and buy pre-loved furniture. Learn Proper Waste Disposal Methods. Opt for Quality Over Quantity.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint). Composting can help reduce waste, save money, and be of usage with organic gardening practices. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Burning wood also emits short-lived climate pollutants including soot, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds such as methane. Soot, of which black carbon is a major component, is the second largest contributor to global climate change, and methane is the third, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

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. The average home wastes £800 a year on food that gets thrown away. But beyond the purely financial, food waste has a significant environmental footprint.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We’ve all been guilty of buying an unsustainable beverage every once in a while, but when faced with the perplexing conundrum of whether to grab that plastic bottle or aluminum can, which do you believe to be more environmentally-friendly ? By the 1960s, the first occurrence of plastic pollution in the oceans was recorded.

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Cleantech East

MAY 15, 2019

Above: Framingham Earl’s winning team who created their very own alternative to plastic – Milk Plastic! Springwood Highschool’s winning team created a solid pitch for the creation of a new methane-powered vehicle.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 8, 2022

The latest threat to health and the environment is the disposal of electronic e-waste. It’s a global problem that is increasing the release of toxins, losing precious metals and wasting resources that could otherwise be part of a circular economy. What is E-Waste? million tonnes or 63.3 million tons. Fortunately.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one.

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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. Food loss and food waste are often considered in tandem, but they are distinct issues.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

It can also be converted into useful products like plastics, concrete and even biofuel, through innovative chemical processes, providing a sustainable way to repurpose CO2 emissions. Hydrogen production primarily happens through two methods: electrolysis and steam methane reforming (SMR).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

It forged the steel and glass in your car, and it also cooked the aluminum, plastic and silicon in the very screen on which you may be reading these words. . Costs add up quickly: equipment to collect biogas (the unprocessed methane-rich vapor given off by waste); upgrade the gas to pipeline quality; and connect to existing gas pipelines. .

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

At last year's COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow a new accord between the US and China saw the two countries promise to work together to accelerate clean tech deployment and tackle methane emissions and deforestation. Global Methane Hub and Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance announce $1.5m It's extraordinary that they chose to do that.".

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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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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2), and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Is this the best second life for trash?

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many of us, what we thought were adorable little toys as youngsters we now view as today’s non-recyclable waste problem. You open a plastic bag to get another plastic item, which is played with for five minutes and then probably goes in the bin,” she told the Wall Street Journal when they reported on the campaign in 2019.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

Understandably, the larger a company is, the more waste it produces, the more resources it uses, and the more energy it consumes. So the carbon emissions, resource consumption, and waste production from every small business add up. . Every business, large or small, produces waste pollution and consumes energy and resources.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. McDonald’s straws were still contributing to our waste problem using a linear economy rather than a circular one.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 10, 2021

applies synthetic biology to reverse climate change through engineering microbes to use CO 2 or methane as a feedstock for the production of carbon-negative industrial chemicals, such as ethylene. Cemvita Factory (Houston, U.S.) CERT (Toronto, Canada) converts CO 2 to chemicals such as ethylene via electrolysis. Mars Materials (Oakland, U.S.)

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Today, most hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels through steam methane reforming, generating 830 Mt of annual CO2 emissions. It would be cost competitive, because the renewable energy would otherwise be wasted, and it allows renewable operators to be paid for every megawatt hour they produce. Making hydrogen competitive.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

In addition, it takes “an average of 5 litres of water to produce one piece of A4 paper”, “50% of the waste of businesses is composed of paper”, “recycling 1 ton of paper saves around 682.5 Consequently, deforestation is one of the biggest issues connected to using virgin paper. offices use 12.1

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Here are 4 things that you can do to ensure that you’re reducing waste in your house. Landfill waste is not just unsightly, it also poses risks to humans from harmful chemical leaks and has negative effects on the environment. To reduce your landfill impact, try and compost food waste at home to be used in your garden.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2021

But they’re really porcelain mixed with organic waste diverted from landfills. ’s annual methane emissions in 2019, diverting waste into pottery — or just about anything else — could help make a dent in emissions. The secret ingredient is grit, waste silica that’s seen as a nuisance in the waste industry.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has today unveiled a demonstration tyre made using with 70 per cent sustainable-material content, including soy bean oil, rice husks, and plastic recycled from old bottles. But Goodyear's new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Jack-o’-lanterns are one of the most commonly used decorations for Halloween and they can be a lot of fun to carve, but post trick-or-treating fun, they become pumpkin waste, with most typically being thrown in the trash. Organic waste tossed into landfills cannot effectively break down. In the US alone, an estimated 1.3

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 15, 2021

As the fashion world looks for alternatives to plastic and leather, mycelium is rising to the top of the material supply chain. Not only does leather come at the physical expense of animals, but livestock produces harmful methane emissions, uses excessive amounts of water and requires large sections of land.

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