Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. RECYCLED STEEL. RECYCLED PLASTIC. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

What are sustainable construction materials? Today, there is a growing variety of sustainable construction materials taking the place of traditional materials. Picking the right sustainable construction material for your project depends in large part on your location. Concrete and Cement.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Nothing Left Behind Free Hiker Gore-Tex shoe is an ankle-supporting athletic shoe in sophisticated colors for the sustainably-minded hiker. It’s the latest in a growing movement for sustainable footwear. They are part of the brand’s push for a more sustainable future and an end to plastic waste.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

Sustainability in the Sport Industry. If you’re in the sports business, then it’s time to become more eco-friendly and implement a robust strategy for sports industry sustainability. Their main goal is to find innovative solutions to enhance the environmental and sustainability performance of sports.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In the previous article , I outlined the growing global problem of plastic pollution. Global treaties and new technologies that address the manufacture, use, and reuse of plastics are needed to tackle this problem. Researchers have tried several different reuse approaches for addressing the growing global plastic waste stream.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 2, 2021

Devi Chand is the founder and passionate artist behind Papermelon, a jewelry company with sustainability and beauty as its primary missions. Papermelon jewelry is constructed from upcycled paper, which is collected from friends, neighbors and well-wishers. It’s also one of the most recycled products on the planet.”

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While it may be difficult to open a purely sustainable or green business due to costs and industry type, small businesses can still take part in the enlightenment of the public when it comes to environmental awareness and responsibility. What Makes A Business Sustainable. Use sustainable packaging.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

With this big picture viewpoint, FNTECH can more effectively control and evaluate all aspects of event creation including its sustainability impact. Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Optimizing the Value of Virtual Events.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

Sustainable manufacturing as a strategic approach for factories and warehouses. The pressure mounts for manufacturers to step up and use the principles of sustainable manufacturing. With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership. The project has provided in-depth knowledge about the environmental impacts of footwear manufacturing methods and material innovations, plus how to design for better end of life recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

But if you’re not sure where to start, we thought who better to consult with questions about where and what to buy (or not to buy) when blending style and sustainability than the experts themselves? Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

WHAT IS A SUSTAINABILITY SCORECARD? The key to becoming a sustainable business is to have a sustainability scorecard that tracks progress and measures results. SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. Your score determines what level of sustainable business performance you’ve reached.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2020

On the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal in Santa Iria de Azoia, sustainable creative studio WOOMETRY is giving unwanted wood pieces a second life by transforming the salvaged materials into home goods and other 3D objects. See original here: WOOMETRY upcycles salvaged wood into eco-friendly home goods. WOOMETRY Images via WOOMETRY.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 16, 2021

Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption. Upcycling takes byproducts of a process — in this case, food production — that normally would be considered trash and incorporates them into new products for consumption.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. Since the liners use recycled PET, there are no virgin plastic components to the coolers either.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2019

To better manage plastic waste , Los Angeles is in talks with Technisoil, an innovative manufacturing company, to viably incorporate plastic into the city’s roads. Typically viewed as an ecological scourge, plastic waste can also be seen as a valuable resource when repurposed. What are some advantages to these plastic roads?

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

With this big picture viewpoint, FNTECH can more effectively control and evaluate all aspects of event creation including its sustainability impact. Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Optimizing the Value of Virtual Events.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Ramping up battery reuse and recycling is increasingly regarded as critical to ensuring climate goals are met in as sustainable and efficient way as possible.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Endeavor Composites, Inc. Knoxville, Tenn.,

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Michigan-based furniture manufacturing company Grand Rapids Chair Company has unveiled a sustainable addition to its repertoire of personalized chairs and tables. This outdoor furniture line uses upcycled rice hulls that outperform wood. Prices start at $1,006 for the pedestal table and $2,507 for the communal table.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

They then embedded the idea of sustainability into the business plan and launched LIVDEN. Each tile is made using upcycled post-consumer materials. The duo identifies their core values as sustainability, originality and accessibility and the newest Fall 2021 Capsule Collection seems to embrace all three.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2020

The Relevance of Gemba Walk to Sustainable Businesses. For sustainability, leaders can confidently implement sustainability initiatives because it truly fits the purpose and not just because it feels good or right to do so. Secondly, it is not the time for quick fixes. How to Make The Gemba Walk a Fruitful Exercise.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability Program Challenges. Despite the continued CEO efforts and rising customer, employee, investor and political interest, many businesses are struggling to integrate sustainability into the core of their operations. In 2019, a mere 16% of executives stated sustainability as a built-in business function.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

If your business is working to become a more sustainable company, that requires you to look at what products you buy and bring into the workspace. The Forest Stewardship Council offers certified printing paper with varying weights and sizes, while HP offers an ink cartridge and plastics recycling program.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 6, 2020

Finnish children’s activewear brand Reima has released its 100% recyclable children’s jacket. The stylish and sustainable outerwear is crafted from recycled polyester and comes with a tracking code for users to follow the product’s journey throughout its recycling and reuse. Reima Images via Reima.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Titan Capital and leading angel investors including Godrej Agrovet chairman, Nadir Godrej, former R&D and sustainability group head at Indian conglomerate ITC , Sanjiv Rangrass and Akshay Singhal founder and CEO of Log9 Materials also participated in the round. . But when it comes to food waste, people simply want to get it dumped.

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Low Impact

MAY 5, 2021

Our friends at Ethical.net continue to explore sustainable funeral options, including green burials, coffins, burial sites, wakes and more. A sustainable, natural burial differs from a traditional burial in involving no embalming. Sustainable wood coffins. Are you planning for a green funeral? Catch up on Part 1 here.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 24, 2020

The Terrex Free Hiker Parley shoes are constructed using a sustainable combination of the company’s Boost technology and Parley for the Oceans’ recycled plastic material. Adidas unveils lightweight hiking shoe made from ocean plastic. Adidas Images via Adidas. Adidas Images via Adidas. Read the original post:Â .

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

9T Labs innovates solutions for today’s wasteful and inefficient production processes for high-performance parts, enabling a new category of sustainable metal substitution across mobility, medical, and recreational applications. Manufacturing. Resiliency + Adaptation.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems and the creatures that call them home. Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Life Plastic debris takes a brutal toll on marine animals.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The ethanol is then dehydrated to create ethylene by Technip Energies, which is then polymerized by Borealis to become EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) in a form of solid small plastic pellets - which can then be used to make the foam used in the shoes.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

NatWest Group explains how sustainability has been embedded into its flagship building in London. They are also known as the 250 Bishopsgate Sustainability Champions, a mixture of facilities management, front of house and resident colleagues. It's a design success story of how to bring the outside in.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 15, 2020

and used for sharing user-generated music videos, the platform is now popular with people sharing sustainability tips, promoting veganism and talking about their concerns for the future of the planet. Eco-themed hashtags like “moss”, “ biodiversity ”, “zero waste” and “sustainable fashion” have gained millions of views.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

Green business certifications, also known as “sustainable business certifications”, are valuable programs that can help companies demonstrate their sustainable operations, products, services and practices to employees, customers, partners and investors. . Organic and Sustainable Food Certifications. Is it hazardous?

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Read on to learn about the best eco-friendly and sustainable holiday gifts of 2020 for parents. Gift your parents a matching pair of jammies made from sustainable fabrics like organic cotton to keep them warm (and give them an excuse to take cute holiday photos).

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