U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 19, 2023

Beautifying and sprucing up your kitchen can be an endeavor that’s costly and wasteful. However, you can always upcycle and repurpose to spruce up your kitchen without generating more waste than necessary. The post Upcycling and Repurposing: How to Spruce Up Your Kitchen While Minimizing Waste appeared first on U.S.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based foam cushioning, such as Styrofoam. Rather than discard those boxes, researchers publishing in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering developed a cushioning foam from cardboard waste.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Originally created for the Copenhagen Art Fair to showcase a new sustainable method of design, the Paper Pavilion is made out of upcycled paper collected from the city itself. The art fair, in its fifth season, had a specific focus on pavilion designs that spotlighted sustainable construction, urbanization and recycling.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 29, 2020

Green design start-up Ottan Studio is committed to producing upcycled decor out of food and green waste. By collecting materials such as fruit peels, expired grains, vegetable residues, tree leaves and grass, the company can create colorful and trendy furniture with absolutely zero waste.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Eliminating Waste. The post Western Container Sales: Creating Value Through Upcycling and Waste Reduction appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 20, 2022

Belfast-based brand American Madness has unveiled a collection of upcycled Patagonia fleeces. This is in celebration of the brand’s sustainability heritage. The limited-edition pieces come from deadstock, vintage, and damaged Patagonia fleeces. The collection represents a way to create something […].

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The post The Brief: Global impact goes local, upcycling grocery waste, refugee impact bond, residential solar acquisition, optimizing impact (video) appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The Call: Building an inclusive green economy. Growing up in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Donnel Baird and his sister had.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2022

Adidas has introduced a new hiking and athletic shoe in its TERREX line of apparel. 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.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

ImpactAlpha, September 27 – The one-third of grown food that goes to waste is an enormous lost opportunity. million to make dairy alternatives from upcycled produce appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It’s also an environmental liability, The post Kern Tec lands $12.8

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Legendary sports company Nike has dominated the headlines for its dedication to a zero carbon and zero waste future. One project at a time, they have drawn attention to sustainable actions and corporate responsibility when it comes to protecting the environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Researchers from University of California, Riverside, have detailed a method to convert plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal or char that has a whopping surface area of about 400 square meters per gram of mass. If so, plastic waste could be repurposed to clean up water pollution.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

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 fashion industry deserves a harsh slap on the wrist for how its manufacturing impacts the environment.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As a child of the 1990s, fashion designer Daniel Silverstein, better known as Zero Waste Daniel, can think of no greater fashion icon than The Nanny’s Fran Fine. The post Zero Waste Daniel and Fran Drescher Collab on Eco-Friendly Fashion appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Upcyclers are tackling the 133 billion pounds of food waste created in the U.S. each year.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It’s exploring useful second life for older gadgets collected through its e-waste programs.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2022

They are part of the brand’s push for a more sustainable future and an end to plastic waste. The new shoes feature an upcycled upper with a breathable Gore-Tex waterproof membrane and Three Stripes Boost technology with responsive cushioning that provides bounce-back energy return as you walk. Adidas Images via Adidas.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 17, 2021

Every time I hear or read a reference to ‘upcycling’, my instinctive response is “Really?” And the other day, the Guardian ran a story about the use of GM organisms to ‘upcycle’ old plastic bottles into vanilla food flavouring of all things. So why call this upcycling?

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And as millions of Brits are skipping meals days at a time, according to a survey by the UK Food Foundation earlier this year, the UK is wasting $23 billion (£19 billion) worth of food each year, enough to feed a quarter of the world’s population. “In the UK, we waste a third of all food produced. Overly linear food chains.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2021

Today, the company launched its ReBird platform , a centralized hub on the company site that gives customers an inside look at its circular initiatives — from upcycling and resale to care and repair. The company is upcycling materials from a jacket line to create new products. Circular strategy in motion. Courtesy of.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sarah Turner is an eco-friendly artist with a mission to get creative with post-consumer waste.

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TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But here at 4YFN in MWC we got chatting to Laura Freixas about her PhD research project that’s using a base of the fermented hipster tea to “upcycle” organic waste into filaments. It’s not everyday you come across kombucha playing a starring role in potential industrial disruption. All rights reserved.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

NOMAD architects and Karina Aramanda have transformed wood waste into GO[A]T WASTE?, an educational pavilion and animal playground that raises awareness about the merits of upcycling. The GO[A]T WASTE? Adorable goat playground raises awareness of upcycling waste. Installed in the town of ?daži

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 12, 2024

Demark’s Reduced raised $6 million to upcycle agricultural waste into new food products through. ImpactAlpha’s deal news coverage for the week: Agrifood tech. The post The Week’s Dealflow: April 12, 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This unique puffer jacket makes use of textile waste.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

In Prague’s developing area of Karlín, Czech studio KOGAA has recently completed GROUNDS, an industrial coffee hub with an interior built with 80% construction waste from a previously dismantled project. KOGAA upcycles construction waste into a plant-filled coffee hub. A ring of potted plants surrounds this office space.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2024

Nissan and Altilium will work together to develop a closed-loop model for battery materials—this will include processing waste from spent Nissan LEAF batteries and production scrap and upcycling these materials to produce high-nickel cathode active materials (CAM) for testing in the next generation of EV batteries.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Substituting asphalt road materials with upcycled plastic waste could spell cost savings for both road construction and waste management endeavors.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

If you’re looking to reduce waste and save some money … The post DIY Thanksgiving Decor Made by Upcycling appeared first on Earth 911. Read more: DIY Thanksgiving Decor Made by Upcycling.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Entitled Arcadia Earth, the temporary art exhibition immerses guests in a multi-sensory journey spotlighting pressing ecological issues—such as overfishing, plastic pollution, food waste, deforestation, and climate change—with vivid artworks designed with upcycled and reusable materials.

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Charged

OCTOBER 11, 2023

UK-based recycler Altilium and Lunaz, a European firm that upcycles and electrifies vehicles, are working together to develop an innovative and low-carbon logistical solution. According to the companies, transportation represents 41% of the total cost of battery recycling, and contributes 3.5% Sources: Altilium , Lunaz

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Through a series of events and workshops across Greater Manchester this week (11-17 March), R4GM will be shining a spotlight on the impact of waste and aims to empower residents to learn how they can save money – and protect the environment – by repairing the items many instinctively throw away.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Australia-based design studio SODO – SOPA has introduced a furniture set made completely out of upcycled cardboard that is also modular and customizable. The series, called Serif + Sero, helps promote waste repurposing and consumer awareness for a more sustainable future. SODO – SOPA Images via SODO – SOPA.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Originally created for the Copenhagen Art Fair to showcase a new sustainable method of design, the Paper Pavilion is made out of upcycled paper collected from the city itself. Read more here: Designers made this pavilion out of upcycled paper waste. The pavilion was created by Denmark-based Japanese architects, PAN- PROJECTS.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 2, 2021

Papermelon jewelry is constructed from upcycled paper, which is collected from friends, neighbors and well-wishers. The company is dedicated to a zero-waste policy, which Devi admits was easy to achieve because the product is the result of upcycling. Thankfully, we had an eye for ‘ upcycling.’” ” Chand said.

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GreenTech Gazette

MARCH 1, 2023

Here are a few examples: Chemical recycling: Chemical recycling is a new technology that breaks down plastic waste into its basic building blocks, which can then be used to make new plastic products. This process can handle a wide range of waste types, including medical and hazardous waste.

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