The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. The energy savings from recycled products also makes it much cheaper to recycle than to process raw materials. How much energy saved usually depends on the materials being recycled. billion tons per year.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Methane digesters: In the agriculture and food industry, waste is generated daily from the production of food to its processing, distribution, and consumption. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose. The biogas generated can help businesses to save money by reducing their operating cost.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A variety of different materials found at a greenhouse and nursery can be composted including leaves, flower petals, dead plants, soil, grass clippings, different papers, and most other types of disease free organic waste. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Plant, Raise, Buy and Sell Native Plants .

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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. Many cities have curbside recycling programs for pet waste, or you can compost it at home. Check out this list for an excellent list of sustainable products.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2021

California state law (SB 1383) takes effect January 1, 2022, requiring the majority of homes and businesses in the area to recycle all food and yard waste in their yard debris carts. However, the efforts aim to offer significant benefits to the environment. Some experts estimate as much as 40% of landfill mass is made up of food waste.

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Greenability Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

production of uneaten food wastes 25 percent of fresh water and results in 23 percent of methane emissions. To help your family, here are a dozen ways to reduce food waste that can save you money, help people in your community, enrich your garden soil, preserve fresh harvests and even feed local farm animals. Additionally, U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Reducing waste through recycling is an obvious answer, and almost half of domestic waste is now recycled. But recycling cannot eliminate all waste. Landfill suffers from methane emissions as waste degrades. Currently, there are two solutions - landfill and waste to energy. This combination could be immensely powerful.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Gasification Gasification involves subjecting biomass to high temperatures in an environment with controlled oxygen, which converts the material into a mixture of gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane, collectively known as syngas.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

While carbon dioxide (CO2) tends to be the most commonly discussed and recognized GHG, there are numerous other greenhouse gasses including methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and hydrofluorocarbons. The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Methane (CH4).

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Additional emissions result from tilling soils and applying fertilizers for agricultural production. Sequestration approaches such as agroforestry and low- or no-till agriculture also have significant co-benefits such as soil and water conservation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling , 180 , p.106156. and Miller, S.A.,

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were. “For too long the debate has been stuck on recycling and how to deal with waste once it is created.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

Many local people are furious at the damage done to their forests by logging corporations ripping out whole trees with Star-Wars machinery that first churns up and then compacts the soil. The volume of timber products commercially recycled as woodfuel in the UK almost quadrupled between 2011 and 2018 when it reached 2.1

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Waste and waste by-products can easily make their way into the air, soil, and water sources. Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste? How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution? You need to identify instances where this is happening.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔋 Cling Systems , a Stockholm, Sweden-based battery recycling platform, raised $1M in Seed extension funding from Trucks VC and First Venture.      Other 🔋 Enerpoly , a Stockholm, Sweden-based zinc-ion battery manufacturer, raised $8M in Grant funding from the Swedish Energy Agency.  

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled. Recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Photo by Frimufilms on Freepik Recycling is your way of giving materials a second chance while reducing the strain on our landfills. Keep a recycling bin handy to make this practice a no-brainer.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Pumpkin waste from Halloween that ends up in landfills release the greenhouse gas (GHG), methane gas. Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane gas is 25 times as potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere, further contributing to the climate crisis. At-home composting, organics recycling and composting, or pumpkin smash events.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The waste is taking up tons of space in our landfills and generates methane gas that is 30 times more insulative of atmospheric heat than the carbon monoxide from our cars. Indoor Commercial Electric Composters and Food Recyclers. Food recycler produces a sterile biomass (lacking bacteria) and cannot be immediately used as a topsoil.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Food is the number one component taking up space in US landfills and it produces methane, a more potent greenhouse gas. Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. Another way to save food from entering landfills is by starting a composting program to turn food waste into useful, nutrient-rich soil. You can incorporate educational graphics as part of recycling bin signage.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2019

Well, for one thing, microbes (a sweeping term for all microscopic life forms, from single-celled organisms to more complex bacteria and viruses) make all other life on Earth possible by breaking down organic matter and recycling nutrients. Humans have made the mistake of ignoring microbes in the past.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Food waste is a huge emitter of methane, a planet-warming greenhouse gas, and takes up a large portion of municipal landfills. Providing recyclable to-go boxes and encouraging customers to take home leftovers is another effective way to reduce waste. Use Eco-Friendly Tableware. Reduce Water Waste. Offer Meatless Food Options.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Food waste is one of the world’s leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions and it releases tons of methane whilst taking up massive space in our landfills. If you have leftovers deemed not safe for donation, then try creating a compost system to turn it into rich soil instead of dumping it in the trash! Avoid Food Waste.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The campus community diverted nearly 70 percent of all waste this past school year (up from 56 percent the previous year), thanks to student-driven recycling audits. This coming November, ASU is planting 1,000 native trees in its carbon sink forest (which now includes a climate tower, replete with weather- and soil-measuring equipment).

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Soil degradation. Lab-grown meat dramatically cuts back on carbon emissions , methane emissions, water consumption and land use. The beauty of this type of agriculture, is that it does not require soil. The replicator is a machine that can create and recycle virtually anything. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Beyond giving your jeans a second chance at life, this opens up an entirely new, sustainable garment recycling supply chain. Regenerative agricultural practices are attracting more and more attention for their ability to reduce GHG emissions and sequester carbon in healthier soils. Why is that? Why do we love them?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you took a cubic-metre sample of the soil here, around 90 per cent of the content would be water, with the rest made up of partially decayed vegetation and organic matter that contain vast amounts of carbon. In fact, peatland contains up to 50 per cent carbon content, compared to the two per cent typically found in mineral soil.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

None of the seven countries source significant oil from their own soil, but the resulting Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance gives other nations and regions a platform to join the effort. There’s the issue with methane release, a greenhouse gas that’s more damaging than carbon dioxide. Then there’s the concern in regards to animal treatment.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 13, 2020

Digging into the soil carbon connection. I’m excited by the increased awareness of the soil carbon connection, and the expanding efforts to incentivize using soil as a CO2 storehouse, from initiatives like Zero Foodprint and Restore California , California’s Healthy Soils Initiative , and Healthy Soils Hawai?i

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

How to Scale Regenerative Agriculture and Draw Down Carbon (Part 1) (Panel Discussion): Regenerative agriculture has the potential to draw down billions of tons of carbon dioxide while simultaneously restoring soil health. But there is a limited supply of RNG, and industries are competing for what little exists.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our portfolio companies are working on everything from expanding access to solar power in frontline communities and slashing methane emissions by feeding cows seaweed to deploying portable water quality sensors and mapping equity into street infrastructure. Food safety and traceability. Waste reduction and diversion. Alternative proteins.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

The most heavily weighted metrics were air quality, soil quality, water quality and energy-efficiency score. Climate change contributions — carbon dioxide, methane , nitrous oxide and fluorinated green-house gas emissions — also counted for a lot. Soil quality is hugely different, with Wisconsin (16th place and 65.62

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential many times higher than that of CO2. The IRA introduces a charge on methane emissions starting at $900 per metric tonne, before rising to $1,500 per tonne after two years.

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