Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Can you find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials? Where do you install recycling bins and for what materials and waste?

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AGreenLiving

JULY 28, 2021

With this in mind, sustainable shoe brand Ccilu has developed a line of waterproof boots, called XpreSole Panto, made with recycled coffee grounds and other eco-friendly materials. Called XpreSole Panto, the boots are available in high-top or low-top options made with upcycled coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Taiwan.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

These companies are banking on a surge of used EV batteries becoming available to recyclers over the coming years as the first generation of electric cars come offline. Let's make the UK a trading post for black mass, because we need more raw materials to come into the UK," he said. "We

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Grist

APRIL 10, 2024

This note from Brian Hart has particularly stayed with me: “I would first point out that those of us who were forming households in the late ’60s and early ’70s, were building with tons of recycled materials. Some Grist-y swag, and a book of your choice lovingly packaged and mailed to you by Claire.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Explore ideas that will take into consideration effective packaging, smart servicing and records of past events. Just as you have blue bins for recyclable materials, brown bins are meant only for organic materials. A solution is to include the goal to reduce food waste while planning the food menu. Get a brown bin.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Eliminate single use plastics across all steps of supply chain. Use eco-friendly packaging. Establish a repair or upcycling program. Patagonia was one of the early adopters of sustainable fashion with organic cotton, recycled materials, fair trade, product repair, and secondhand Worn Wear collection.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you have a friend or family member who has already made the investment in a pricey machine designed to use pods, get them hooked on a brew that comes in eco-friendly packaging. For someone who is just starting out, a kit can be a good way of saving some money instead of buying the fancy, packaged bottles from the store.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

"I've been involved in recycling materials for a long time, but seeing it firsthand in that kind of environment was kind of daunting," Boyd said. "I There's got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 58

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. “It’s called on all of my home [economics] skills, all of my ability to prototype and ideate using just the materials around my house, which has been a really exciting exercise,” Dillinger said.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 27, 2020

There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. “It’s called on all of my home [economics] skills, all of my ability to prototype and ideate using just the materials around my house, which has been a really exciting exercise,” Dillinger said.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Waste 28