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Project secures EU funding to create sugars, chemicals and plastics from household waste

Envirotec Magazine

Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels. By recovering and adding value to waste derived from lignocellulosic feedstock, the project aims to: Reduce the levels of waste being sent to landfill. Reduce the amount of suitable food-producing land diverted to first-generation sugar production.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2023

Greentown Labs

Its patented interlocking proton exchange membrane electrolyzers provide a safe, modular, and flexible design that is straightforward to install, fully scalable, and easy to maintain compared to other customized electrolyzers. The startup is part of the inaugural ACCEL cohort. The startup is part of the inaugural ACCEL cohort.

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Heimplanet celebrates 9 years of innovative inflatable tents

AGreenLiving

Thanks to the patented multi-chamber system, the tent’s entire frame is inflated and divided into separate chambers with one easy step that takes under one minute. This design allows for high stability even in volatile weather conditions — the company’s Maverick model has even protected researchers and equipment in Antarctica.

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Sustainable Packaging: Biodegradable and Eco-Friendly Options For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

One of the biggest culprits of plastic and styrofoam pollution in the world is the packaging materials that companies use in shipping their products. There is a wave of new innovative eco-friendly alternatives to traditional packaging materials. Sustainable Packaging: Customers Expect It. Most Popular – Paper Packaging.

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Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated.

Grist

This pollution problem is made worse, experts say, by the fact that even the small share of plastic that does get recycled is destined to end up, sooner or later, in the trash heap. It rains down, in tiny flecks, on cities and national parks. Used PET arrives here as thin, pre-processed flakes about one-fifth of an inch across.