Grist

AUGUST 10, 2023

As our nation sets about rebuilding our infrastructure and restoring our resilience, plastic will play an outsized role,” the American Chemistry Council, or ACC, a petrochemical industry trade group, says on one of its websites. Others say plastic chemicals could leach from plastic-infused construction materials into nearby waterways.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

Matter has designed sophisticated filters to keep microplastics out of our waterways, protecting public health and ecosystems crucial for reducing carbon emissions. As they both share the goal of making communities more climate resilient and sustainable, climate tech startups can be high-value partners for governments.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This is also a climate resiliency play. A recent Pew Charitable Trusts report found that 78 percent of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber, which makes efforts to cut down on microfiber pollution from our laundry seem a bit quaint. Chief among them? This black dust accumulates on roads mostly — but not permanently.

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The City Fix

JUNE 8, 2023

“Plastic kills, and the damages of plastic pollution have no borders. We cannot beat plastic pollution if we don’t tackle climate change, environmental loss and food crises at the same time.” That was the powerful message Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether from deforestation, intensive farming and pesticide use, polluted rivers and lakes, or the microplastic epidemic swamping the planet's oceans, the planet's ecosystems are facing intensifying threats that further risk undermining the global economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This multi-pronged approach prioritises resource efficiency, natural solutions, and circularity; safeguarding water resources while nurturing healthier, more resilient ecosystems. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

We have a fantastic opportunity as we recover from the pandemic to build an economy and society which is greener, fairer and more resilient. Currently, tyre wear is the second-largest microplastic pollutant in our ocean after single-use plastic and accounts for up to 50 per cent of air particulate emissions (PM) from road transport.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

Plastics - particularly microplastics - are mentioned, but the manifesto focuses much more heavily on addressing overfishing and lobbying for more protected marine areas. Yesterday more than 100 environmental organisations, including ClientEarth, Seas At Risk, and WWF, launched a ‘Blue Manifesto' to "turn the tide" on polluted oceans.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 14, 2022

Climate Resilience. From monitoring wastewater and removing microplastics to recovering e-waste and greening the clean technology supply chain, this group of highly skilled entrepreneurs are transforming how we make and use the products, goods, and materials that are all around us. ” — Jason Salfi ( Dimensional Energy ).

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

The adaptations we’ve made may give our economy the resilience needed to reduce the environmental threats of our future. the consumption of microplastics by marine wildlife) and indirectly (landfill sites provide ideal conditions for methane-producing bacteria). Remote Work Software Supports Disaster Resilience.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile new threats are seeping into our waters, including microplastics and so-called forever chemicals. And as we meet here today the country is struggling to get back on its feet after we were hit by another weatherbomb. Campaigners are right to be saying that this is not good enough.

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