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GreenBiz
MAY 11, 2020
Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Joel Makower. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44.
Business Green
OCTOBER 7, 2021
We must move away from a 'take, make, waste' mentality to drastically reduce the amount of material we consume, argues Environmental Justice Foundation CEO Steve Trent. The use of plastics has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years if no intervention is taken.
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AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
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.
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2021
Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere.
Business Green
MAY 15, 2020
From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality.
Business Green
MARCH 21, 2022
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.
GreenBiz
JULY 27, 2020
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. Mahon: Waste and water and energy are all linked together. Clancy: Can you share your vision for sustainable packaging?
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