Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Food-grade plastic bottles produced entirely from waste material broken down and recycled using enzymes have been manufactured for the first time by a consortium including consumer goods giants L'Oréal, Nestlé, and PepsiCo, as they gear up to launch the first industrial enzymatic recycling facility by 2025.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Patents 98

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The company claims Oil Spill Eater II is the world’s most environmentally safe and cost-effective bioremediation product, for the mitigation of hazardous waste, spills and contamination. T&T Eco’s range of Natural Absorbents includes Pro Earth’s patented (Peat fibre based) ProCleanSorb.

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Patents Organic Soil Packaging 130

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

cities, Replate is a tech-driven nonprofit that combats food waste by connecting food donors and food rescuers together. Using their patented algorithms, Replate is able to locate food donors, connect them with nearby food rescuers and propose the most efficient path to distribute the food. Operating in most major U.S. EcoEnclose.

Innovation 148

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Further specialist support will also be provided by clean tech investment firm Sustainable Ventures, technical consultancy E4tech, product development specialists High Value Manufacturing Catapult, international patent and trademark consultancy Novagraaf, marketing and communications experts Greenhouse, and legal specialist dwf.

Innovation 53

Innovation Carbon Patents Government 53

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

ReLIB researchers said they have already seen "considerable success" and have filed several patents since the project started.

Batteries 41

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 41

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 17, 2020

makes vegan leather wallets from apple waste and wood The leather is made in Zacatecas, Mexico from the mature leaves of the nopal (also known as prickly pear) cactus without damaging the plant. The shoes also come packaged in environmentally friendly materials such as recycled cardboard. Related: Oliver Co.

Recycling 36

Recycling Recycling Patents Fashion 36

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. Businesses need to become more sustainable and shift to more eco friendly packaging. Sustainable Packaging Materials.

Biodegradable 146

Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

Footwear is a major source of post-consumer waste. Another daily-use product, coffee, also contributes to environmental waste to the tune of around 25 billion kilograms annually. The technology developed by the company results in a patented, high-tech footwear material that is used to make the certified vegan boots.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Patents Waste 28

Charged

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charged : For example, one of your customers has a site where they’re not allowed to do any digging because of hazardous waste. In California, you end up having to clean, do remediation, and take all the spoils to Kettleman City [the site of a hazardous waste facility]. And we even have a modernized version of that in the patent.

Solar Power 143

Solar Power Construction Batteries Electricity 143

Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Of the waste generated from that plastic, less than a tenth of that has been recycled, researchers estimate. At the end,” he added, “you have exactly the same quantity of plastic waste.”. This story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. billion tons of plastic.

Recycling 70

Recycling Recycling Plastics Biotechnology 70

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

One potential solution is being sought in new technology – for example, to maximise the amount of copper that can be extracted, including from sources such as mining waste. The CRM Act is a package of measures proposed by the European Commission in March, part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan.

Energy 147

Energy Energy Demand Recycling 147

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

The site will initially process six recycling streams: paper, plastic, aluminum cans, e-waste, batteries, and organic waste. Additionally, it will house an art gallery where students can exhibit pieces of recyclable waste, as well as a 3D printing lab that prints using recycled concrete.

Building Energy Monitoring 41

Building Energy Monitoring Recycling Recycling Business Energy Monitoring 41

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Waste management has led to an irreversible environmental crisis that is felt by wildlife, especially in the oceans. Because the patented Banana Leaf Technology is customizable, other products are expected to be developed in the future, such as natural packaging alternatives.

Biodegradable 28

Biodegradable Plastics Technology Patents 28

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Massachusetts Materials Technologies (MMT), which provides patented technologies for pipeline companies to nondestructively assess the safety, performance, and regulatory compliance of vintage pipelines used for the transmission of natural gas and liquids. REI , a C-corp in the business of converting waste into clean, sustainable energy.

Energy 109

Energy Energy Startups Incubators 109

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

📦 Sway , a Berkeley, CA-based seaweed-based packaging developer, raised $5m in Seed funding from Third Nature Ventures, Alante Capital, BAM Ventures, Superorganism, and The Helm.    GMO OMG, Europe’s future supercrops set to sprout a patent war.  The IRS just called.

Energy Monitor 57

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 57

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

Graves said it would be a win for the environment because highways could be built more quickly, thereby cutting the fuel that would otherwise be wasted by motorists sitting in traffic. Which is, of course, patently false.”. The bill would shorten the timeframes that agencies have to conduct environmental assessments.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Natural gas Methane Climate change 98

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 27, 2019

The MakeGrowLab is in the process of patenting the SCOBY material.

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