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Scotch Whisky Heads To Zero Emissions With Wind & Wood Chips & Ocean Tides

April 13, 2023 admin Agriculture, circular economy, green economy, Manufacturing, net-zero, renewable energy, scotland, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:35:30 +0000

You might think that diesel ferries and belching sheep would surpass Scotch whisky distilleries in greenhouse gas (GHG) total emissions, right? Nope. Producing Scotch whisky is really energy intensive, with a whole lot of carbon spewing and peat burning. If the distilleries’ multinational conglomerate owners are anything like the rest of the miserly corporate world, […]

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Consumer Products From Plastic Waste

March 29, 2023 admin circular economy, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, plastics, recycling, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:40:04 +0000

A circular economy for plastic waste must generate profits at all stages. Is it really possible?

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Recycling Solar Panels Is Essential To The Clean Energy Revolution

March 8, 2023 admin circular economy, clean power, green economy, recycling, Solar energy, solar panels

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:05:44 +0000

Recycling solar panels will become more important as older panels reach the end of their useful life.

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Guiding Principles For EV Battery Recycling Policy

March 3, 2023 admin batteries, battery recycling, circular economy, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, union of concerned scientists

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:33:56 +0000

Electrifying our transportation system is essential for mitigating emissions that cause climate change and adverse health impacts. This electrification will require a lot more batteries and therefore a lot more minerals. Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining. Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace […]

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Recycling To Close Synthetic Fabric Window On Fossil Energy Stakeholders

December 7, 2022 admin apparel industry, circular economy, fashion industry., green economy, INC, intrinsic materials, peckham, petrochemicals, polartec, recycled polyester, recycling, repreve, sustainable fashion, textile waste, textiles, unifi, US Army, US Department of Defense, US military, Waste management

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:57:17 +0000

In another bad sign for fossil energy stakeholders, the apparel industry supply chain is focusing more attention on recycling pre-consumer and post-consumer petrochemicals.

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Building Materials Need To Be Deconstructed Instead Of Sent To Landfills

October 13, 2022 admin buildings, circular economy, clean tech, green economy, investment, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:15:07 +0000

Deconstruction can represent a viable and sustainable alternative to construction demolition, especially if various stages of a building’s lifecycle are taken into account.

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Sharkfest 2022 Is Here & So Is Ocean Plastic Recycling

July 15, 2022 admin 4g recycling, ae global, Bahamas, circular economy, disney, Florida, florida international university, green economy, hammerhead, INTERVIEWS, Media, microplastics, National Geographic, ocean plastic, ocean recovery group, oceans, plastic pollution, plastic waste, policy & politics, sharkfest, Sharks, solida waste management, usa, Water, zero plastic oceans

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:35:37 +0000

It’s always a good time to talk about the ocean plastic problem, especially when the biggest-ever Sharkfest series is unspooling on Disney+ and National Geographic channels this week.

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Israeli Startup UBQ Says It Has The Answer To Recycling & The Circular Economy

November 18, 2019 admin circular economy, green economy, plastic recycling, plastic waste, plastics, SCIENCE, ubq materials

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:05:45 +0000

A start-up in a small town in Israel says it has developed a way to recycle plastic and ordinary refuse that could form the basis of a truly circular economy. The best part is it says it can be profitable — something most recycling schemes are not.

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TerraCycle Adds Loop To Its Circular Economy Repertoire

September 30, 2019 admin carbon emissions, circular economy, climate change, consumer technology, green economy, loop, Oil, single use plastic, terracycle

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:30:40 +0000

Customers can order products from a variety of companies that are shipped to them in returnable and reusable containers packed inside a reusable blue Loop container. When the products are consumed, the containers are placed inside a similar Loop container, picked up by UPS or other package delivery service, and returned to the point of origin for re-use. Customers pay a modest service fee of the use of the Loop container