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Innovative biomaterials to help the world replace plastic

AGreenLiving

In the past century, contaminants such as plastic turned the world upside down. Plastic litters the Earth and contributes to carbon emissions. Scientists from Aalto University in Finland are working on bio-based degradable materials that could replace plastic. Via Newswise Lead image via Pexels.

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How the utilities industry is building a sustainable future

Smart Energy International

As more wind turbines, solar arrays, and other renewable energy installations are built, they generate a larger proportion of energy on the grid. For example, the UK recorded its greenest day ever on April 5, 2021 , with electricity usage and associated carbon pollution levels the lowest ever recorded for the power grid. Have you read?

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. The team hopes that selling a consumer product will allow it to scale up its pilot system for making alcohol, so that the company can expand into alternative fuels, plastic-making chemicals, or other markets.

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The Impact of Chemicals in Everyday Products: How to Choose Non-Toxic Alternatives

The Environmental Blog

The Hidden Dangers of Chemicals in Everyday Products The shelves of supermarkets and stores are lined with an array of products promising cleanliness, beauty, and convenience. However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health.

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'We have to reinvent almost everything': Meet the company building Europe's first fossil-free, degradable plastics plant

Business Green

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented. Plastics are now in our food, our drink, the air we breathe, and almost every product we buy.

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Say No To Styrofoam: Eco-Friendly Take Out Boxes

Green Business Bureau

Packaging leftovers in recyclable or biodegradable takeout containers leaves a lasting impression of social and environmental awareness on your customers. We now have the knowledge about how harmful single-use plastics can be for our environment, so there is no reason to still use these containers in your restaurant. Cibo Wares.

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The Estée Lauder Companies' sustainability leader on racial justice, 'sector-agnostic' solutions

GreenBiz

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand's campus in Minnesota. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging? The ability to shift from plastic to glass is easier in skincare.