The Environmental Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Toxic Substances Portal , Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat, cause difficulty breathing and nausea, and damage the central nervous system and other organs. You can check out other retailers like U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the biggest culprits when it comes to an industry’s impact is packaging materials and accessories. This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. AIR PILLOWS MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS. RECYCLED CARDBOARD AND PAPER. Click to Access.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Improve Cultivation Techniques to be Organic . Natural and organic gardening techniques can provide this reliability while also being good for the environment. Organic products can be easily found by looking for the OMRI certification. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

We are committed to only be using recycled polyester from 2024. By 2025, nine out of 10 adidas articles will be sustainable: Made with recycled materials, made to be remade or made with nature.". Bruno Van Steenberghe, founder of Kalani home textiles, started by only using 100 percent organic and fair trade cotton.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2021

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the hotel industry contributes 1% of total global emissions. Further, hotel waste consists largely of common recyclable materials – aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and landscape waste – all materials that could be processed into a new useful material.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Your local reclaimed lumber dealer or architectural salvage retailer is your best option as it supports the local economy, requires fewer miles to transport the lumber to your building site and it allows you to have a look at the lumber in person and know exactly the quality you’re getting. INTERIOR PAINT. in one hour. CARPETING AND FLOORING.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

With this in mind, in Europe, the Green Sports Alliance have brought large football organizations together to push for environmentally friendly ways to enjoy these games. Team games should be better organized and scheduled to reduce travel. Tip #4: Retail and merchandise sales. million tonnes of CO 2e.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To celebrate the inauguration of Green Pea, Italy’s first dedicated green retail park, Cristina Celestina of Pianca recently presented Calatea Green, a chair that follows a circular economy model. The legs are made of FSC-certified ash wood sourced from responsibly managed forests with controlled logging.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Receipts are recyclable False We crumple them, shove them in coat pockets and find them forgotten in shopping bags every day – the humble receipt may not seem like a big problem, but paper receipts should probably be banned to stop them from heading to landfill. Moreover, these materials may not break down enough in household organic bins.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If IKEA can’t resell an item, the company plans to recycle it or donate it to community organizations. Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions. Circular design refers to a constant recycling loop, with no materials ending up in the landfill. Instead of waste, ASOS aims to create an endless series of new fashions.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable. The collection is, in theory, a taster of Asos' entire product range if the retailer is to achieve its 2030 sustainability goals.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For example, select bracelets made from ocean plastic, shoes or sunglasses made from coffee grounds or indoor gardens sourced from recycled plastic. Look for companies that ship using recyclable materials, too. You just have to do a little bit of searching. Select natural fibers for sheets, towels, blankets and clothing.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Surrounded by 40 acres of organic farmland, the beautiful blue double decker is a great way for guests to reconnect with nature. The converted bus is located at Ceridwen Centre, an organic farm that offers a number of unique lodgings, such as converted barns, yurts and even a cool eco pod.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

.” But meat companies that raise animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle and other livestock for protein also must take into account something else few widget, gadget or electronics makers need to worry about — how to manage water and materials contaminated by organic, biological waste. sales for the company.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With Our Responsible Journey, Samsonite strives to lead the lifestyle bag and travel luggage industry across key sustainability indicators, including the use of recycled materials in its products and packaging and achieving carbon neutrality across its owned and operated facilities.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

With humble beginnings as a small business selling to Vancouver’s dock workers in 1918, Watson Gloves is now Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of gloves to the industrial and retail market. The brand prioritizes using organic, renewable, and recycled materials whenever possible. Operating in most major U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 26, 2021

We are committed to only be using recycled polyester from 2024. By 2025, nine out of 10 adidas articles will be sustainable: Made with recycled materials, made to be remade or made with nature.” Bruno Van Steenberghe, founder of Kalani home textiles, started by only using 100 percent organic and fair trade cotton.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The fashion manufacturers, suppliers, brands and retailers must all do their part to address the changes required. This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. . Major organizations are creating guidelines and coalitions for sustainable fashion practices.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To uphold their aesthetic standards, many retailers will not accept foods that are dented, bumpy or bruised. Buy organic. Organic food producers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that threaten water supplies, wildlife and the farm workers that apply them. Buy ugly or “misfit” foods.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Fashion retail giant says share of clothes including sustainable or recycled materials has almost doubled to 45 per cent. Forty per cent of all cotton clothing units sold by Primark now contain cotton that is recycled, organic or sourced through the PSCP programme, up from 27 per cent a year ago.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hence, social responsibility is embedded into the organization’s core. Sourcing sustainable materials to adopt a circular economic model. Fly Little Bird hand-makes every single stuffie from recycled materials personally sourced from Chicago, IL.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

To uphold their aesthetic standards, many retailers will not accept foods that are dented, bumpy or bruised. Buy organic. Organic food producers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that threaten water supplies, wildlife and the farm workers that apply them. Buy ugly or “misfit” foods.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2021

Shop Blowfish Malibu on Amazon With their newfound dedication to cleaner water and less pollution, Blowfish Malibu has vowed to donate $1 of each pair sold towards Oceana, an international advocacy organization committed to ocean conservation. They are also sold in many regional brick and mortar locations.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

House of Marley also offers a line of eco-friendly turntables and Bluetooth speakers built from natural bamboo and organic cork. Skincare Many conscious consumers are making the switch to skincare and beauty products made from all-natural, organic and cruelty ingredients and packaged in reusable or recyclable materials.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2020

Although many retailers do their best to buy from reputable dealers, the supply chain is questionable at best with no transparency to truly know the path of the crystal you hold. Also be aware of the fabrics you wear to the gym, selecting organic fibers and options that will last for many years. Images via Pexels and Pixabay.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Contamination by food and other foreign materials is another problem that literally gums up the works. And after plastic has been mechanically recycled once, it’s rarely suitable for another round of recycling. This means that the recycled material eventually will end up in waste streams.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

In chemical recycling, depolymerization breaks down plastics into their raw materials for conversion back into new polymers. Pyrolysis - heating of an organic material in the absence of oxygen - can turn mixed plastic waste into naphtha, which can be transformed back into petrochemicals and plastics.

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