Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Delivering on their corporate mission and promise to create a deliver environmentally friendly bottles and packaging, Chlorophyll Water has announced that they have achieved a major step in their commitment to limit and ultimately cease their contribution to the world’s plastic epidemic. Chlorophyll Water is a proud GBB Member.

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Biodegradable Recycling Recycling Packaging 101

The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. The good news is that you can reuse most of the products you buy from the store like plastic containers and food packaging materials. Lessens Environmental Pollution. billion tons per year.

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Global warming Waste Waste Ozone 195

The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Composting your food waste is the easiest way to start reducing your waste and plays a crucial part in the nitrogen cycle by returning enriched soil to the ground- perfect for when you start your own vegetable patch. Carry your cups. Go meat and dairy free on Mondays.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Waste 170

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A bio-degradable product that is available either in loose form as granules or packaged in a porous geotextile material to form a range of ready-to-deploy booms mats and pads that effectively and efficiently absorb an impressive list of chemicals & contaminants from hydrocarbons to metals. 1kg of ProCleanSorb will absorb 6 litres of oil.

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Patents Organic Soil Packaging 130

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These are the innovators who are creating the huge companies of the future – ones that invest in workers, reduce pollution, restore our soils and lower the costs of food and energy.” The why: Soil carbon sequestration could remove 3.5 gigatons of CO2 annually by 2030.

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Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Using multi-purpose cleaners to cut down on cleaning costs and product packaging. Improve soil texture – Fine textured soils like clay have a lower infiltration rate, thus higher risk of runoff. WaterSense offers two types of water-efficient irrigation controllers: weather-based and soil moisture-based.

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Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability HVAC Soil 148

Sustainability Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Older kids can learn about soil erosion by turning a few bottles into an experiment that demonstrates the impact of vegetation and how it impacts groundwater. Teaching kids about the effects of pollution, global warming, and overconsumption can help them make better choices in the future. Pssst… It takes 450 years to decompose! )

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Global warming Education Recycling Recycling 52

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

They can blow away from landfills, trash piles and garbage trucks to pollute the environment and become a serious danger to wildlife since many animals end up swallowing or choking on the plastic. Stop the pollution of our land and water. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years.

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Retail Plastics Sustainability Fashion 111

Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

Reducing emissions, pollution, and environmental degradation. Creating healthy indoor environments with low pollution. Tip # 9: Add rain barrels – Adding rain barrels is an easy way to conserve water and helps to reduce runoff, environmental pollution, soil erosion, flooding, and sewer overflows. Reducing waste.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2023

Invest the time to look at the product’s packaging, consider the energy needed to produce it, and research whether it’s biodegradable or can be recycled. Pet waste is a major source of pollution, so it's important to dispose of it properly. Beginners Tip: Look at the list of ingredients — if you can’t say it, take heed!

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Also,the composting process averts methane emissions that cause global warming, and it converts organic material into valuable fertilizer that can be used to enrich poor soil and improve plant growth. One way businesses can reduce their environmental footprint is by using biodegradable packaging that can be recycled and composted.

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Agriculture Sustainability Methane Biodegradable 99

Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The report assesses the policies and practices of 389 large companies spanning eight sectors with a particularly significant impact on nature: metals and mining; construction and engineering; construction materials and supplies; containers and packaging; pharma and biotech; tyres and rubber; apparel and footwear; and chemicals.

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Biodiversity Biotech Fashion Pollution 69

Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

Building Energy Monitoring 74

Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Soil 74

Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. Seventy percent of total food system emissions come from land-use change. Figure 2.

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Waste Waste Packaging Transportation 59

Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits. are heading down a pathway that could exacerbate emissions by rolling back environmental and pollution regulations. Hepburn et al.

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Policy Packaging Fossil fuels Politics 59

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Under the pact the government has signed up to a set of targets, pledging to eliminate problematic and unnecessary plastics and transform all plastic packaging to reusable, recyclable or compostable formats. The government warned some habitats could take decades to recover from the pollution unleashed by Russia.

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Carbon Plastics Packaging North America 36

Low Impact

AUGUST 9, 2020

Natural organic reduction, a technique for turning human remains into “soft, beautiful soil” is being billed by its American developers, Recompose , as the greenest of green funerary practices. Was the deceased a member of the Soil Association? Perhaps a budget package? These come in a bewildering array.

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Soil Organic Recycling Recycling 74

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The natural world has a system for everything, including a natural waste cycle that turns dead plants and trees into food and soil for other living things. At the onset, the program has the support of 20 businesses with an interest in diverting compostable waste away from the dump and towards conversion into nutrient-rich soil.

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Soil Waste Waste Recycling 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have been used for decades to make a huge range of products - from non-stick frying pans and clothing to mobile phones and packaging - but evidence has continued to mount over their harmful consequences for planetary and human health.

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Health Soil Innovation Packaging 68

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 24, 2020

Much of the PFAS contamination is legacy pollution. In fact, both Teflon and Scotchgard were phased out years ago, but these harmful PFAS still persist in the environment — in soils and especially in water , such as the rainwater that supplies drinking water. The most infamous PFAS are those associated with Teflon and 3M’s Scotchgard.

Packaging 28

Packaging Health Soil Pollution 28

AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2020

On the heels of its wildly successful 2017 Kickstarter campaign for a lightweight and durable shoe called Monsoon, Tropicfeel moved into the clothing realm, directly aimed at disrupting the wasteful and polluting mainstream clothing industry.

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Fashion Soil Organic Cooling 28

GreenTech Gazette

APRIL 26, 2020

And most communities have been dealing with mass waste that pollutes soil and water systems, and poses a risk to our wildlife. As a result, water systems were being overwhelmed, causing waste and pollutants to wash out across the city and into the surrounding area. However, in many cases the damage has already been done.

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Plastics Waste Waste Climate change 52

Energy Innovation

JULY 28, 2020

Despite clean energy’s economic and job opportunities, and scientific warnings that net zero emissions are needed by 2050 to prevent the worst impacts of climate change , Trump’s federal government has worked to implement policies that increase pollution. economy, while bringing U.S. emissions to net zero by 2050.

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Policy Health Agriculture Climate change 105

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

The government has unveiled a package of measures designed to support farmers amid surging energy and artificial fertiliser costs. Investing in healthier soils and reducing reliance on chemicals is a triple win," he explained. "It The costs of war keep adding up.

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Soil Agriculture Government Sustainability 36

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

Water companies must invest a collective £56bn towards tackling sewage spills and improving environmental practices over the next 25 years in addition to facing the "toughest ever" pollution targets, as part of a major crackdown on water pollution announced by the government late last week.

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Investment Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Government 36

Low Impact

MARCH 10, 2021

Non-organic, mono-crop agriculture damages soil, as well as using harmful pesticides and herbicides that pollute the environment and disrupt the wild food chain. Food is often packaged in unnecessary plastic or other non-sustainable packaging – posing a waste problem of massive proportions.

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Ethics Agriculture Packaging Organic 62

The Environmental Blog

JULY 23, 2023

However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health. These chemicals have been linked to skin allergies, endocrine disruption, and water pollution when they wash down the drain.

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Biodegradable Health Packaging Ethics 195

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 26, 2022

SF Environment is also a great place to work, offering an attractive benefits package that includes healthcare and retirement. BIPOC communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental stressors that include air and soil pollution, illegal dumping of toxics and other materials, industrial land uses and transportation impacts.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Climate change Policy 40

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Other findings suggest that nearly 570 million people could face risks of increased flooding, bigger storms, and soil and water salinification that could result in them being permanently forced to leave their homes. At best the trends in emissions, renewable energy and tackling pollution have improved only very slightly.

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Health Climate change Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 63

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each travel, duffle, shopping and computer bag that hits the stores adds to the ongoing use of synthetic fibers, environmental pollution and waste. This is not only good for the skin it touches, but also for the environment, soil health and wildlife. The package arrived quickly. The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free.

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Organic Ethics Carbon-neutral Soil 28

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

ECIU said the cost impacts faced by the UK have been exacerbated by the failure to more rapidly pursue key net zero policies, calculating that a package of measures to retain energy efficiency funding schemes, enable onshore wind farm development, and accelerate heat pump deployment could have saved a typical household up to £1,750 in 2022.

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Europe Fossil fuels Soil Government 36

Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

Higher temperatures also fuel droughts causing snow pack melt, more moisture to evaporate from lakes, reservoirs, and soil, and drier shrubs and trees. Companies that rely on water for food production, packaging, and other manufacturing processes are also at risk as well as the companies they supply.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Government Transportation 52

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 6, 2022

Reducing asthma in a polluted urban neighborhood through clean energy.”. With our fully compostable packaging, you’re adding soil nutrients, not paying to clog your landfill.”. Demand accounting procedures that cover lifecycle costs like waste disposal and pollution cleanup. . We bake brownies to hire people.” .

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Sustainability Climate change Organic Waste 78

Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

They were recently found in samples of plastic food packaging from around the world, and a study published last month linked them to 20 percent the United States’ preterm births. According to one 2022 study , more than 1,000 chemicals — including many EDCs — commonly used in packaging like takeout containers can migrate into food.

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Plastics Health Microplastics Pollution 129