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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. We’ve done it already in the 1990s, when international cooperation quickly phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and stopped the dangerous ozone hole from getting ever-bigger. billion humans – nearly all of them poor.

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How Reusing Items Can Help The Environment

The Environmental Blog

These affect natural habitats, produces acid rain and destroys the ozone layer because of global warming. The good news is that you can reuse most of the products you buy from the store like plastic containers and food packaging materials. These gases weaken our ozone layer and cause a lot of pollution and climatic changes.

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Is It Possible To Prevent Global Warming?

The Environmental Blog

In the atmosphere, there have been significant increases in the amount of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases that reduce the concentration of ozone (O3) and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O). Be careful not to use plastic bags for shopping. What Are the Gases Causing Global Warming?

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Top Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Businesses

The Environmental Blog

Here are some examples: Distributing eco-friendly handouts using biodegradable alternatives without using plastics. Emissions like ozone depletion problems and greenhouse gases. Green Logistics : Avoid hard-to-open and wasteful packaging materials, like wire ties, air-bubble wrap, and plastic clamshell casings.

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How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable?

Green Living Guy

Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. In recent years, the exploitation and degradation of our environment have risen at an alarming rate.

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Four ways DuPont adhesives and resins advance EVs

Charged

At DuPont, we’re developing adhesive and plastic solutions that help automakers worldwide produce EVs that perform better than ever. Here are four ways DuPont adhesives and plastics are moving EVs forward. DuPont Zytel ® HTN was used to reduce plastic insulation thickness with minimal impact on performance.

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Greenwashing terms to avoid at any cost

Business Green

Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer. Expect 'ozone-friendly' to be under scrutiny as the next Green Guides are developed, as the FTC recently flagged the term. Plastic neutral.