Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

cities, Replate is a tech-driven nonprofit that combats food waste by connecting food donors and food rescuers together. Food waste is both a social and environmental issue and by finding a way to fully utilize perfectly good food, insecure communities find relief and the environmental repercussions of food waste are avoided.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Refrain from using the lagoon as a toilet, as human waste is a pollutant. This waste contains excess nutrients that can serve as a fertilizer source for algae. Regulating the use of commercial fertilizers can help reduce the amount of harmful chemicals carried by stormwater runoff into the lagoons. Bottom Line.

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Pollution Plastics Stormwater Waste 195

Greenability Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Civic leaders throughout the metro area are working on climate issues and have created free videos for the public on topics ranging from energy to food waste. Land Use: MARC’s Tom Jacobs and Scott Schulte with Vireo Landscape Architects highlight green infrastructure for better soil health and stormwater retention. Watch it here.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 19, 2020

Past winners have worked to reduce waste, air pollution, stormwater runoff, energy costs and transportation costs. The purpose of the KC Green Neighborhood Recognition Program is to recognize those neighborhoods that have implemented sustainable practices within their community.

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Green Roof Technology

JULY 10, 2018

Since 1991 the Waste to Energy Power Plant in Stuttgart, Germany utilizes solid "old school" living green technology that the building almost visually disappears from the street level. greenroofs #greenwall #biophylilla #stormwater #greenrooftechnology #greeninfrastructure #greencurtain #optigreen. Green Roofs and Green Walls.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2020

Power plants, gas stations and factories flooded by a storm surge can release toxic chemicals and other waste into local water sources — potentially killing wildlife or even making some areas uninhabitable. This sent 150 million gallons of polluted water cascading into a stormwater ditch surrounding the plant.

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Pollution Carbon-negative Stormwater Waste 221

Greenability Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

Composting Food Waste & Trying To Stop It , Missouri Organic Recycling. Stormwater Sunday Earth Day Celebration , The Little Red Hen’s Community Garden puppet show, 2400 E. Featuring AY Young, 2020 United Nations Youth Leader & Howie Hawkins, Green Party co-founder. Sew”-stainability , The Sewing Labs. Sunday, April 18.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

Built with prefabricated construction and energy-efficient technologies, the building will adhere to Zhuhai’s “sponge city” initiative for responsible stormwater management and is expected to achieve two stars within China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard. Waste heat recovery systems will also help reduce water usage.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Stormwater 36

Green Technology

MARCH 20, 2023

Participants will learn about an innovative technical assistance network model that is designed to pair school districts with the technical services they need for green facilities projects such as waste diversion, stormwater management, and EV charging stations.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

We’ve even been researching creative applications to achieve this goal, such as floating solar farms on stormwater ponds at the Orlando International Airport and other locations throughout the region. No small act of improvement is wasted in this effort, so how much are you willing to contribute to building the future we want?

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Resilience Sustainability Smart Cities Stormwater 410

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

The firms identified so far are as follows: • 3Rwater (US) (category: stormwater management): 3Rwater’s Follow the Drop mobile application and platform collects stormwater metrics, including rainfall data and the location of drainage devices, and uses advanced analytics to calculate drainage area and quantify stormwater runoff.

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Innovation Stormwater Technology Waste 246

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The 2022 showcase companies have developed ground-breaking solutions in areas such as stormwater management, water reuse, sanitation, smart water and circular economy, all aligning with the BlueTech Forum 2022 theme – radical collaboration for regeneration. Hawaii-based 3Rwater was named Top Innovation Pavilion Company at WEFTEC 2021.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 14, 2020

billion project champions energy-efficient and resource-saving design, from its diversion of nearly 90% of the project’s construction waste from landfills to the installation of double-glazed, low-E windows throughout. The Hub sits on a 31,200-square-foot landscaped site specially engineered for responsible stormwater management practices.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

That annoying leaking or running toilet can waste as much as 200 gallons of water per day. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 73 percent of the water used at home is either flushed down the toilet or washed down the shower drain. Make a mechanical fix.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

As a 9-mile tributary of the Chattahoochee River, Proctor Creek experiences both stormwater runoff and flooding. Related: Coca-Cola to offer Dasani water in aluminum cans and bottles to reduce plastic waste With the catchment system in operation, floating litter can be intercepted in the water runoff.

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Plastics Stormwater Recycling Recycling 28

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 8, 2022

I grew up spending time on a small island where there were no stores or gas stations, and whatever waste we created had to be hauled off on a ferry. Take away these natural boundary conditions of a small island, however, and you find that people buy and waste more than they need and quickly dispose of items that no longer serve a purpose.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 18, 2022

All too often, we hear about oil spills and toxic waste sites polluting the environment… The post What Can You Do About Nonpoint Source Pollution? appeared first on Earth911. View original here: What Can You Do About Nonpoint Source Pollution?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We are recruiting to fill one (1) SESS vacancy in the Integrated Waste Management division. Integrated Waste Management Division (IWM). ESD’s Integrated Waste Management (IWM) division leads one of the largest and most aggressive solid waste management systems in the United States through creativity and innovation.

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Grist

JULY 10, 2021

Basically, you’re taking wastewater that’d normally be treated and pumped out to sea — wasting it, really — and putting it back into the terrestrial water cycle, making it readily available again to people. Or it may instead be used for non-potable purposes, like for agriculture or industrial processes. Cities are also adapting.

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Recycling Recycling Building Energy Monitoring Climate change 113

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Stormwater management. Reducing consumption and waste. Net-zero and resilient new buildings standards. Improving energy performance in existing buildings. Equitable low-carbon mobility. Accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. Expanding the tree canopy. Healthy and resilient community. Pathway to 100% renewable energy.

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Carbon-neutral Climate change Resilience Stormwater 40

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the vast amount of waste that comes from single-use PPE and regular long-term wear, Watson Gloves is focusing on beginning of life and end of life manufacturing initiatives to help divert much of this textile waste by developing gloves using innovative sustainable materials. Operating in most major U.S.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-neutral 158

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The NYS Pollution Prevention Institute promotes cost-effective methods to conserve energy, reduce waste, and improve business performance. Click here to find out more about the CIEE program and to check eligibility for your business. The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP21).

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Sustainability Electric vehicle Innovation Stormwater 78

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

Fort Collins directly provides a full slate of municipal services, including operating its own electric, water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. Environmental Services is comprised of three program areas: Air Quality, Climate Action (which includes Municipal Sustainability), and Waste Reduction and Recycling. The Opportunity.

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Sustainability Health Resilience Waste 40

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, run-off from agriculture and discharges and waste from the pharmaceutical sector must be at the forefront of future discussions, due to the sheer volume and persistence of the pollutants they generate. Preventing micropollutants from being discharged into the environment in the first place must become the touchstone of policymaking.

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Agriculture Pollution Stormwater Ozone 147

Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Additionally, the strengthened tax builds investments in spending accounts for operations, capital, and stormwater prevention and cleanup of toxic pollution of sites, explicitly allowing use of funds for affordable housing sites developments. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 71

Green Roof Technology

APRIL 13, 2019

In 2008 it was around 200,000 tons of hazard waste in Netherland alone. Mineral Wool is widely used in nurseries for one-season vegetables. After this growing season the Mineral Wool (often combined with plastic) ends up on landfills. Who wants to sell a nursery to a building owner with roof under the sky? Mineral Wool is: From hero to zero!

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Soil Recycling Recycling North America 52

Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Along the Vermilion River in Illinois, it is seeping into unlined pits containing coal ash — a hazardous waste — and carrying heavy metals into drinking-water aquifers. Pavement is degrading faster.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sea level rise 131

AGreenLiving

APRIL 14, 2020

Plus, the garden system allows for less trips to the market, zero packaging waste and limited transport emissions compared to other food options. When your plants are ready, the only thing left to do is pick the perfect amount for your meal as you pull ingredients together.

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Energy Monitor Recycling Recycling Packaging 28

AGreenLiving

MARCH 11, 2021

We’ve even been researching creative applications to achieve this goal, such as floating solar farms on stormwater ponds at the Orlando International Airport and other locations throughout the region. No small act of improvement is wasted in this effort, so how much are you willing to contribute to building the future we want?

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Resilience Sustainability Smart Cities Stormwater 28

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Accordingly, it retained key elements of the state-wide drought emergency, including the ban on wasteful water uses, existing groundwater directives, emergency measures for drought-stricken watersheds like the Klamath and Colorado Rivers, and a state of emergency across all 58 counties to facilitate ongoing drought response and recovery.

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Climate change Stormwater Business Energy Monitoring Sea level rise 59

Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Concrete waste has been repurposed to create temporary roadways, recycled stormwater will be used in cooling towers and the fire suppression system, and the site will include a 16.5-acre GM is redesigning Factory ZERO with sustainability in mind. acre wildlife habitat.

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Stormwater Automotive Batteries Cooling 116

Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Kline of Cardno described the importance of landscape design to conserve water and bolster green infrastructure, embracing features such as xeriscaping, bioswales and permeable paving to reduce stormwater runoff and flooding. That kind of thing has to get integrated," he said. "If

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Carbon Real Estate Carbon-neutral Sustainability 48

Varuna

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and greywater?—?as But, as all the news out there about toxins in water from drugs, mineral extraction, waste, and even decontaminants is showing, our understanding is lacking. One Water promotes the management of all water within a specific geography?—?drinking

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Greywater Climate change Stormwater Carbon-negative 78

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

3 — Reduce Food Waste. Hunger is not an issue of scarcity, it’s a matter of logistics," says Crowe, as the underlying principle for Goodr’s work to help companies achieve their zero waste goals. Jasmine Crowe, founder and CEO, Goodr ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, co-founders, Novoloop ( LinkedIn ).

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Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The 25 km Thames Tideway Tunnel is being constructed between Acton in west London, travelling through London at depths of 30 to 60 metres, using gravity to transfer waste eastwards. This is enabling them to treat greater volumes of sewage, which reduces the need for CSO discharges.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 100

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In rural West Virginia, largely hidden among steep hills, stands a $255 million facility designed to transform fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts. Laden with heavy metals, chemicals and other contaminants, this waste frequently exhibits levels of radioactivity hundreds of times the safe limits set by regulators.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 116

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The companies in our latest cohort are creating carbon-negative materials, extending the lifecycle of products already in use, reducing food waste, and putting an end to fast fashion. Upcycling textile waste in collaboration with leading brands and supply chain partners. Evrnu | DEMONSTRATION TRACK.

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