Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Helping menstrual cups go mainstream, redesigning children’s shoes to make them last longer, creating ‘lend and mend’ hubs in libraries and enabling polyester to be recycled again and again were the winning projects chosen by an independent Grant Fund panel of industry experts.

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2021

All Samsung phones are to feature recycled materials from 2025, the company has pledged as part of a new set of wide-ranging sustainability targets. Firm launches new Galaxy for the Planet sustainability platform in bid to help deliver on tech giant's environmental goals.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2020

The firm's £2m REALITY project is developing high-grade aluminium from a blend of waste cans, bottle tops, and scrap vehicles. Engineers mixed recycled aluminium parts with a lower amount of primary aluminium to form a new prototype alloy, which it said matches the quality of the materials currently used by the firm in its car manufacturing.

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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. The clean tech revolution will see battery technologies play a critical role in our cars, our trucks, our power grid, our buildings, and even our ferries.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. Given the vast amount of waste that is typically generated from in-person events, FNTECH has sought various solutions for reutilizing these often thrown away items. When materials cannot be reused, FNTECH’s recycle program is the next best option. Optimizing the Value of Virtual Events.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 25, 2021

Lucas Couto, Senior Industrial Designer at EGGS Design in Norway , is focused on turning plastic pollution into innovative recycled designs. The designer has teamed up with plastic recycling company Precious Plastic to help reveal the potential of plastic waste in the design space. Lucas Couto Images via Lucas Couto.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of bottles of Black & White Scotch have been produced in furnaces powered by waste in a pioneering trial that could set a fresh standard for low carbon glass bottle production. Aston Fuller, general manager of Glass Futures, said the development would help cement glass' sustainability credentials.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Imperium Technologies , whose electrochemical solution reduces industrial heating’s GHG emissions by addressing steam systems’ failures, received an SBIR Phase I award. Sol Clarity successfully installed solar panels with its electrodynamic screen technology at a Nexamp site in Massachusetts, in its largest-scale field trial to date.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 26, 2020

From the overconsumption of resources to water pollution to material waste, it’s refreshing when companies take corporate responsibility and show concern for nature. The company manufactures its Bloom collection with repurposed algae using Rise by Bloom technology. ” + Native Shoes Images via Native Shoes.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fourteen startups joined our community in the third quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a carbontech solution for aluminum manufacturing, an AI platform for tracking scope 1 and scope 3 vehicle emissions, and waste-biomass-turned-biochar for replacing cement. Manufacturing.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

That’s why Greentown and Saint-Gobain partnered to launch Go Build 2023, which specifically sought innovations to extend product life cycles, find alternative raw materials, and enable technologies for waste revalorization. develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Knoxville, Tenn.,

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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. Waste plastics may also contain undesirable components.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding American Battery Technology Company —a startup with technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, battery-metal extraction, and primary mineral resource development—was awarded $60M in tax credits to accelerate the construction of its next-generation battery recycling facility.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Loopworm is the first Indian technology startup to farm insects for animal feed. From waste to protein and micronutrient-rich animal feed. Loopworm grows insects on food waste and processes them into value-added products for the animal feed industry. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that India wastes around 68.7

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

Reuse, Recycle, and Donate. Given the vast amount of waste that is typically generated from in-person events, FNTECH has sought various solutions for reutilizing these often thrown away items. 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

JANUARY 18, 2022

Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week. 2) The best way to reduce your carbon footprint (and minimize waste) when decorating is to feed the circular economy and buy pre-loved furniture. Learn Proper Waste Disposal Methods. Upcycle Items You Already Own.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2020

3 and 4 was pioneered by founders Lorenzo Albrighi and ShihYun Kuo of Lablaco , a company that uses technology to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy for fashion, and was an official part of the Paris Fashion Week program this fall. . The world’s first virtual reality (VR) fashion summit Oct. 4 summit takeaways.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 18, 2020

In fact, LightArt is moving “from waste to watts” with its newest line of pendant light shades made from recycled materials. For now, LightArt is recycling waste materials from inside the plant, using new technology to sort out the black and white pieces for the desired look. Read the rest here:Â .

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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. First, plastic waste will be fragmented into pellets.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2020

This stylish piece of minimalist furniture is made out of recycled materials and fit for two. It uses a combination of upcycled, crushed PVC pipe sold as post-consumer scrap as well as discarded wood from the designer’s other projects. The PVC Bench was part of the company’s ongoing project of turning waste into functional objects.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 23, 2023

FUNDING Carbon Upcycling raised $26M in Series A funding for its carbon-sequestration technology. Energy Dome added €15M to its Series B, closing the round at €55M to help scale its long-duration-energy-storage technology. seed round for its cold-supply-chain technology. seed round for its cold-supply-chain technology.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

Material technology continues to advance, creating new and novel possibilities for the construction industry. Instead of relying on materials that require mining, extracting or a lot of processing, recycled plastic offers an excellent sustainable alternative for many construction projects. What are sustainable construction materials?

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

The good news is that new technologies and methods have come about making it possible for the manufacturing industry to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation , alternative packaging, and smarter storage and organization (amongst other solutions). 6 tips to create a sustainable warehouse and green factory.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

Instead of course, the sustainability scorecard might list functional areas for both environmental (energy, waste, recycling, buildings, packaging, supply chain, food) and social responsibility (diversity, inclusion, gender equality, worker wellbeing, fair wages, community support, and charity contributions). How much do we waste?

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

It’s important that you launch the plan with the right people, process and technology. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Information Technology & Printing including your servers, data center and hosting providers. Waste team – What waste do we produce and where does it come from?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

From acting as an influential platform to communicate green solutions and promote sustainability, to reducing waste and lowering the carbon footprint of sporting events, there are numerous opportunities to implement sustainability in the sporting industry. Optimize food and waste management by practicing good inventory management.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

It includes your building, operations, vehicles, supplies, products, procurement, recycling, reuse, waste, policies and procedures. Waste and Recycling – What waste do we produce and where does it come from? How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? install recycling bins in the break room)?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Using a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering the companies to manufacture chemicals using a process that soaks up waste carbon, rather than emitting it.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Eco-themed hashtags like “moss”, “ biodiversity ”, “zero waste” and “sustainable fashion” have gained millions of views. diysustainability #upcycle #diy #tshirtupcycle #sustainability #diysustainability #lesswaste #fyp ? This is a good channel to follow if you’re interested in veganism and recycling.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Sneakers made from food waste. This month, they presented their incredible climate technologies at an ACCEL Showcase at Greentown Houston. Check out a recording of the event below, and read on to learn about each startup, the climate impact of their technologies, and their progress during the program! Its co-founders are Lina M.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Greener Stores construction, design and operation plan for Starbucks centers around circular principles, waste diversion and the healthfulness of interior spaces. The Wednesday announcement marks the company's latest effort toward meeting its "Planet Positive" goals to cut waste, water and carbon in half by 2030.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

The convergence of new technology, emerging social platforms, constrained natural resources and the evolving values of each new generation is changing the way we do business — whether it’s the sharing economy, the rise of products as a service or the retail shopping experience itself. Commerce as we know it is going through a rapid evolution.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Its CO2 supply comes primarily from beverage manufacturing plants, which produce waste gases during fermentation. Standing beside a vat of booze, Constantine said the new distillery shows “that this technology exists and that it’s viable.”. The potential worldwide market for waste-CO2 products could be $5.9 billion tons (37.1

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. First, summarize business aspects that consume energy, water and other natural resources, generate waste, impact the environment and contribute to climate change. How much do we waste? motion sensor faucets)?

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Anyone who has made efforts to go zero-waste or plastic-free knows how difficult it can be to maintain those goals while finding meaningful presents for loved ones. Consider buying items in bulk, as long as they have less packaging and won’t go to waste. Look for companies that ship using recyclable materials, too.

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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. The shoes will form to the shape of the wearer’s feet while providing a sleek look to match almost every style.

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