Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Recycling efforts by north London’s two million residents will not be significantly boosted by the new Simpler Recycling proposals, the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has warned. This includes taking into account local circumstances in relation to the frequency of residual waste collections.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

Polyethylene pipes A new total waste management partnership brings together plastic pipeline solutions manufacturer Radius Systems and waste management expert Axil Integrated Services (Axil). As part of this project, Axil is implementing its HazPod solution which the firm claims limits repacking of hazardous waste.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Morgan Stanley’s role in addressing the plastic waste problem. When Morgan Stanley decided to launch its Plastic Waste Resolution in April 2019, it had realized that plastic waste was a business issue. View archived videos from the conference here.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets. There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:30.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

US Plastics Pact 101. Plastics Pact and how are its signatories advancing a circular economy for plastics? Plastics Pact brings together businesses, government entities, NGOs, researchers, and other collaborators as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s network of Plastics Pacts around the world.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Alpa Sutaria on how Coca-Cola is addressing issues associated with plastic waste. Pete May, President and Co-Founder, GreenBiz Group interviewed Alpa Sutaria, Vice President and General Manager, Sustainability, Coca-Cola during GreenBiz 21 on February 9-11th. This video is sponsored by Coca-Cola.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sunderland City Council has given the go-ahead for a new plant at the Port of Sunderland, creating over 100 permanent jobs and processing plastic waste that is largely not recycled in the UK, according to Norwegian technology firm Quantafuel ASA. Construction is expected to get underway later this year, with the plant opening in 2025.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As cities around the globe strive for more sustainable futures, the challenge of managing waste while reducing environmental impact has become increasingly critical. Innovative waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies offer a promising solution to this challenge, transforming how urban centers handle waste and generate energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Eastman's Holli Alexander on the challenge of plastic waste. John Davies, Senior Vice President & Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Holli Alexander, Sustainability Strategic Initiative Manager at Eastman, during Circularity 21 (June 15-17, 2021). This video is sponsored by Eastman. taylor flores.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Emissions from facilities like waste incineration will be subject to a CO2 tax of €40/t in the coming year (image credit: aeshnaton , CC BY-NC 2.0 Emissions from waste incineration will thus be subject to a CO2 tax of €40/t in the coming year, rising to €50/t in 2025. As an example, commercial waste has a fixed biogenic content of 48.9

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

An 11-strong European consortium has secured funding for a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of generating waste sugars derived from household waste and producing a range of high-performance bio-based materials and products. Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity. The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. . Heather Clancy.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand the regulations and take steps to mitigate the impact the ban might have on their day-to-day activities. Image credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer , CC BY 2.0

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

A Circular Economy for Plastics: How Companies are Moving from Strategy to Action. As plastic waste continues to threaten the globe, companies are making ambitious commitments and joining with partners to do their part. Common challenges companies face in combating plastic waste, and how to overcome them.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Over 900 Tesco stores now have collection points for plastic recycling. A new partnership between Tesco and packaging manufacturer Berry Global is now recycling soft plastic collected from customers at Tesco stores. It has collected over 850 tonnes of soft plastic to date and is working with partners on several recycling solutions.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

Adidas launches its SS22 Tennis Collection, a high-performance tennis apparel line featuring graphics inspired by Paris’ botanical gardens and green spaces, garments in the collection were made either in part with Parley Ocean Plastic or in part with recycled content.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The post How Vape Waste Generates Single-Use Plastics? It is very famous, especially among younger adults, current cigarette users, LGBT individuals, and patients with comorbid conditions. The prevalence of these products started around 2007 only […]. appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

Last week at the New York State Capitol, more than 300 advocates joined lawmakers for a rally to urge the passage of a landmark waste reduction bill that proponents say is the best piece of legislation in the country aimed at lessening plastic trash. Thankfully they have not succeeded so far.”

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2023

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new solar-powered system to convert greenhouse gases and plastic waste into sustainable fuels. The new solar-powered reactor could have applications for many industries.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

The beauty industry is notorious for plastic waste, but Meejee wants to be the solution with its new facial cleansing massager made from recycled plastic.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Five themes stood out in 2023: decarbonization, finance, plastic waste, ESG, and AI.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Going plastic neutral: Footprints, credits and offsets. What does it mean for companies to go "plastic neutral" and what will it take to scale, track and standardize effective plastic-offsetting infrastructure? But what about going “plastic neutral”? But what about going “plastic neutral”?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

Our finance department measured the “before” of our office’s single-use plastic, and implemented improvements right away.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Established as a strategic initiative by the Basque Government, the organization has swiftly emerged as a key player in the pursuit of sustainable and efficient energy solutions. A closer look at CIC energiGUNE innovative patent system for producing hydrogen fuel from plastic materials. billion by 2032, expanding at a CAGR of 7.1%

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable. Unilever, joining an already well-established collaboration between Recycling Technologies and Neste, will bring insight on design for recycling for packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Mayor of London’s development corporation, OPDC has been awarded £36 million from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) to harness waste heat from the cooling of several data centres. It forms part of a wider £65m award from the GHNF to five projects across the UK. ” .” ”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An international group of scientists has cautioned against reliance on mechanical cleanup devices as a means of addressing the plastic pollution crisis. However, they caution that plastic removal technologies used so far have shown varied efficiency in the amount of waste material they are able to collect, many have not been tested at all.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 25, 2023

Unlike glass, which is infinitely recyclable (well okay, maybe not exactly ), plastic is challenging and expensive to recycle because of the material’s complex molecular structure designed for specific needs. It recently featured on the cover of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

A project that uses insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later is being presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2023 event, a hybrid meeting being held 13-17 August. However, the adults have a short life span after their breeding days are over and are then discarded.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

JUNE 19, 2023

Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes -- or even directly from the air -- and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the Sun.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Fellow panellists include Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Maria Ciliberti, Vice President at Borealis. Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, CET on 10 December.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Featured: Climate Week NYC Al Gore’s Generation Investment ‘calls a moment’ in the sustainability revolution. The post The Brief: Generation Investment charts sustainability, protest-invest at Climate Week NYC, waste-to-plastic alternatives, standing up to for diversity-focused funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Energy Central

JULY 5, 2023

European Sustainable Plastics Summit 2023 Background The increasing global production and use of plastics have led to plastic pollution becoming a major global environmental and health concern. Plastic waste accumulates on land and in the oceans, causing serious impacts on wildlife, ecosystems and human health.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Mixed waste feedstock. A three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently lost to landfill and incineration is being led by resource recovery expert Fiberight. Flexible plastics waste sorted by the process.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“Having just launched the new Circular Economy Division, it is clear what a large role waste management and pivotal projects like this have on moving towards a sustainable future. We are proud to have initiated one of the most advanced mechanical recycling plants when it comes to post-consumer polymer waste.

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