The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems and the creatures that call them home. Improper waste management allows plastic waste to leak from landfills and enter waterways. Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution.

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Energy Central

MARCH 23, 2023

The Institute of Cooperative Upcycling of Plastic (iCOUP) along with researchers from Cornell and the Argonne National Laboratory have invented a catalyst capable of deconstructing complex hydrocarbon-based materials like plastic.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2024

A further sign of Nissan’s commitment to electrification is a new joint project with Altilium , a UK-based clean technology group, which is aimed at improving the sustainability of UK-made EV batteries by recycling used batteries and reducing reliance on imported raw materials.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. A Wellthread denim jacket in the line, for example, uses four technologies to incorporate recovered, chemically recycled and mechanically recycled cotton in the buttons, exterior denim and lining.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The Trashpresso unit is only the size of two industrial refrigerators and is designed to help with the collection, sorting and upcycling of plastic waste with a minimal air and water footprint. Miniwiz Images via World Design Organization.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The CO is captured initially using technology from Italian biotech firm Lanzatech – a proprietary fermentation process that depends upon “selected and naturally occurring bacteria”, which converts the carbon-rich gas to ethanol. The application of our Hummingbird™ technology to produce bio-ethylene is one step to a more sustainable future.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

According to the paper, “this sustainable approach for upcycling electronic waste provides an advantageous research-based waste stream that does not require cutting-edge microfabrication facilities, expensive materials or high-caliber engineering skills.”. How can we upcycle those types of CDs with the same kind of process?

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Charged

JUNE 11, 2021

UK-based Lunaz upcycles and converts legacy vehicles to EVs, using a proprietary electric powertrain. Lunaz, which is headquartered in Silverstone, a hotspot for advanced automotive technology, has earned critical acclaim for its electric conversions of Range Rover, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Jaguar sports cars. Source: Lunaz.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Use Upcycled Décor. Upcycling can be a great way to add personality to your shop while reducing waste. Upcycling can include reusing old tins for potted plants, furnishing using vintage chairs and stools, or creating cushions using coffee sacs. Choose an Eco-Friendly Waste Management Company.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

  After they have outlived their lengthy original life in your automobile, EV batteries may be upcycled, reused, or put to other uses in addition to recycling. We’ll go over recycling procedures and upcycling, reusing, and repurposing EV batteries below. Using emew technologies you can recover copper in 2 stages.

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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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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

Here are the companies that caught my eye over the past few months for snagging funding, releasing products or breaking the mold with unexpected technologies. It’s exciting to see so many startups targeting the problem of food waste. There’s also Clean Crop Technologies, which uses ionized air to extend shelf life. .

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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

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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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

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. By nature, virtual events are a greener form of assembly compared to in-person events given the elimination of onsite waste and print materials (agendas, pamphlets, etc.)

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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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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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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Circularity for critical metals and minerals Recommended to Axios’ Climate Deals by Clean Energy Ventures Carbon To Stone is developing a carbon mineralization technology coupled with high-value minerals and metals recovery. TerraFixing develops a direct-air-capture technology for cold climates using zeolite-based adsorbent materials.

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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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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The hubs are fitted out with circularity in mind, using repurposed office furniture saving 5 tCO 25 compared to buying new 6 and upcycled peg boards that were part of Kenya’s display at COP26 in Glasgow. Next the project plans to scale the technology to test at industrial scale, plus complete a full environmental lifecycle analysis.

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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

JUNE 21, 2023

Agriculture Capro-X deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. Manufacturing Carbon To Stone is developing a carbon mineralization technology coupled with high-value minerals and metals recovery.

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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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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. tax credit allocation from the U.S.

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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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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 24, 2022

Greentown alum Bevi raised a $70M Series D from Cowen Sustainable Investments for its smart water cooler technology, which has helped customers save more than 300 million single-use bottles and cans. Our alum Dexai Robotics , maker of the food-prep robot Alfred , raised nearly $6.7M.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 22, 2021

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. By nature, virtual events are a greener form of assembly compared to in-person events given the elimination of onsite waste and print materials (agendas, pamphlets, etc.)

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2021

The mobile technology giant said that through the new strategy it is aiming to integrate sustainable practices across each stage of production to minimise it environmental impact and build "a better future for communities around the world and the next generation of innovators".

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Solar is a new technology to be able to do so.". What really resonated with me was the fact that I would always have conversations with friends or family about climate change, and I would either be given one of two answers: that either it doesn’t exist, or that someday either technology or ‘they’ would solve the problem," Battochio says. .

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 30, 2023

Entocycle , a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a pool of climate-positive institutional investors and athletes as angel investors. One comprises insect farming companies and waste upcycling companies that want to increase their efficiencies.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

New technologies are helping, many still in early stages. The issues are many, from the resources needed to grow cotton or produce synthetic fabrics, usually from petroleum feedstocks, to the waste that ends up in landfills, especially for inexpensive and trendy clothing items that often have a short useful life.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In its first three years, the C2V Initiative has supported 26 groundbreaking startups that have raised over $400M in follow-on funding, leading to partnership engagements and 200+ business relationships, technology advancement, and industry growth. Detailed results from Year 1 and Year 2 are available. Reach out here.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Drinks giant's European business backs Dutch technology start up in bid to establish rPET production factory. Joe Franses, vice president for sustainability at CCEP, described CuRe as "an exciting technology start-up with transformational potential developed by an experienced consortium".

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2020

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. Bee’ah, one of the Middle East’s leading waste management companies based in the United Arab Emirates, is the design commissioner.

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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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