The City Fix

JUNE 8, 2023

“Plastic kills, and the damages of plastic pollution have no borders. We cannot beat plastic pollution if we don’t tackle climate change, environmental loss and food crises at the same time.” That was the powerful message Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

‘The Floating House’, can also be used as storage for food, water, medicines, and sanitation products and is designed to enhance disaster resilience within a local community at family level. Multiple recycled plastic barrels are then tied underneath the ground floor, and the walls and roof are constructed using galvanised metal sheets.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Many hard-to-recycle items like electronics, books and scrap metal can be recycled at three Kansas City locations. Bridging The Gap operates the Kansas City, MO recycling centers from 9 a.m. – Plastic containers including #1 – #7. The post Where can you recycle unusual items? South – 5200 E. Red Bridge Road.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 23, 2020

After being closed for more than two months during the COVID-19 shutdowns, the Overland Park Recycling Center is reopen for drop-off recycling by residents. Plastic and cans numbers 1-7 only, aluminum and steel food and beverage containers without caps and lids. Plastics, tissue, wrapper paper and plastic bags.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

When you recycle disposable razors, blade cartridge units and razor plastic packaging, TerraCycle will help build a playground from recycled materials for a military medical center. Find additional items that can be recycled at TerraCycle. The challenge deadline is August 31.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Do you know someone who is a true champion for recycling? The Global Recycling Foundation is looking for adults, children, groups and organizations for its Recycling Heroes competition. Heroes will receive $1,000 each to contribute to their recycling initiative. The post Want to honor an unsung recycling hero?

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Pull Quote.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 27, 2020

HP Sets Target to Reduce Single-use Plastic Packaging, Making Progress Toward Diversity Imperative! The post HP Sets Target to Reduce Single-use Plastic Packaging. Sustainable Impact is HP’s commitment to create positive, lasting change for the planet. That’s for its people and our communities. Also the technologies it designs.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And, California tries to fix the busted recycling system with a “truth in advertising” law aimed at plastics companies. Today, non-wires alternatives such as microgrids can provide more sustainable, resilient and economical ways to deliver reliable power. The Energy Gang is a Wood Mackenzie podcast. Learn more.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The theme of adaptation and resilience calls on the world to find new ways to adapt to climate issues and be innovative enough to get past ecological contaminants. In the past century, contaminants such as plastic turned the world upside down. Plastic litters the Earth and contributes to carbon emissions.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Discover locally crafted items made from repurposed and recycled materials at The Perennial Bee, a Green Works retail store that supports environmental leadership programs for youth. The shop also has everyday alternatives to plastic or paper options, like cloth napkins, cloth produce bags and glass recycling carriers from Ripple Glass.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And, California tries to fix the busted recycling system with a “truth in advertising” law aimed at plastics companies. Today, non-wires alternatives such as microgrids can provide more sustainable, resilient and economical ways to deliver reliable power. The Energy Gang is a Wood Mackenzie podcast. Learn more.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It's time to value waste collectors for their pivotal role in the plastic supply chain. Why placing environment, social and governance principles at the center of COVID-19 recovery places makes sense for resilience and the bottom line. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 3, 2021

Recycling and reducing waste are the major focus of the green initiatives in many industries. The waste and recycling industry has had to make adjustments to the gaps encountered in 2019. The post Waste, Recycling Trends to Watch in 2020 appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Why every C-suite officer should care about plastic waste. Why placing environment, social and governance principles at the center of COVID-19 recovery places makes sense for resilience and the bottom line. Safety and performance in recycled plastics. Plastic Waste. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:21.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sustonable mixes post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, recycled glass, and natural stone to create a circular, high-quality surface material that can be used for kitchen tops, wall panels, and furniture. Resiliency + Adaptation. Renew CO 2 offers cost-competitive, carbon-negative monoethylene glycol.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Resiliency + Adaptation. Electricity.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 1, 2021

Matos recycles and reuses items like foam bowls, plastic cups, bubble wrap and packaging materials in his art. According to Matos, this work showcases how our oceans are being overtaken by plastic. ” Matos trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts and lives in Bogotá, Colombia. . See original here:Â .

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 15, 2021

The post How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable? Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. Conscious nations and organizations have started taking action by playing.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

We'll debate "Reusable Packaging in the Age of Contagion," "Can Recycled Plastic Survive Low Oil Prices" and "Repair, Resilience and Customer Engagement." You don't have to wait until August for three great discussions on the circular economy. Register here for our half-day event starting at 1 p.m. EDT May 18.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Here are some highlights from this week's precursor, which featured an interview on the viability of reusable packaging, and two panel sessions — one on the future of recycled plastics in an age of cheap oil and one on the role of repair in circular economy strategies. The future of risk assessment. EDT June 16. Resources galore.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, its analysis found that using electrified drying for the recycled paper industry could avoid 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2050. For example, continuous cooling of plastics during injection molding can be precisely controlled using heat pumps. Pursue policies, regulations and RD&D to stimulate the market.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Circular Scotland Award – Kenoteq, based in Edinburgh, is a building materials supplier and has created the K-briq®, which contains more than 90% recycled construction and demolition waste, uses a tenth of the energy in its production compared to a traditional brick and has a 90% lower carbon footprint.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Donate items you can’t use to a school backpack program or locate a place to recycle them. In the Kansas City metro area, RecycleSpot can help you locate a nearby recycler for many items.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Full Cycle Bioplastics has a patented bacteria-based technology that converts organic waste into Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolymer that can be used to replace a wide range of oil-based plastic applications. Resiliency + Adaptation. Transportation.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 20, 2021

Paper is touted as an inexpensive and renewable resource, but it isn’t the conveniently recyclable material it’s been made out to be. While paper recycling is far more successful than plastics and other materials, paper generation and usage is still hugely environmentally problematic.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

The pandemic-induced lockdown has underlined how critical recycling is to UK supply chains, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray. But what about recycling? Is separating the plastic, tins and bottles 'critical' for modern life? Recycling is now an established part of the economy.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The plastic does not need to be totally clear, but it does need to let light penetrate.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A number of supermarkets have launched refill ranges that enable their customers to cut down on plastic, while Ikea, which launched a buy back and resell business in late 2020, announced last week it would be offering loyalty customers' discounts on second hand items this Friday , in a 'green' twist on ‘Black Friday'.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2022

Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Most wrapping paper and bows are not recyclable. Look for 100-percent recycled-content or recyclable paper to wrap your gifts. Paper can be decorated with stamps, snipped greens from the garden, fabric scraps and buttons, or festive recycled bows. Be sure to recycle the ones you do get. Recycle shipping materials.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo accelerates efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable food system, reducing absolute GHG emissions more than 4 percent by 2030 across entire value chain and pledging to net-zero emissions by 2040. Things like recyclability impediments. The first is reduce plastic use. Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Implementing net zero-aligned circular economy approaches to infrastructure and construction could cut costs and boost resilience, according to AECOM. This isn't a choice between the environment and the economy: but it is a choice between the old linear, wasteful economy, and the new resilient and sustainable circular economy," he said.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Philip Law, Director General, British Plastics Federation.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Kabira Stokes became CEO of circular economy startup Retrievr after nine years as co-founder and CEO of Homeboy Recycling. Tod Durst advanced to president from EVP at PolyQuest, which manufactures rPET, recycled plastic resins. Founder and former EVP John Marinelli is serving as CEO and chairman. Advocating.

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Greenability Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Most wrapping paper and bows are not recyclable. Look for recycled-content wrapping paper to wrap your gifts. Or, choose paper that’s recyclable such as brown Kraft paper or paper grocery bags. Paper can be decorated with stamps, color and festive recycled bows. Be sure to recycle the ones you do get. Wrap it up.

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