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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million. This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250 million in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences. What we have seen is like a 50 percent [reduction] of waste, and then also a double-digit growth of sales. "I

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Mandarin Oriental Sets Energy, Emissions, Waste, and Water Reduction Targets

Environment + Energy Leader

In 2012, the Mandarin Oriental set out to make a lasting impact — sustainability-wise. The company has been striving to reduce its environmental footprint by setting bold energy, emissions, waste, and water targets. Its goal has been to reduce its overall footprint by 20–25% across these targets.

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CASE Recognized for Delivering First Sustainable UK Roadshow

3BL Media

The event featured a line-up of electric construction machinery as well as a variety of other carbon reducing initiatives, including sustainable waste management. A roadshow featuring heavy construction machinery inevitably has an impact on the land, so after the show the site was restored to its original condition.

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Mandarin Oriental Sets Energy, Emissions, Waste, and Water Reduction Targets

Environment + Energy Leader

In 2012, the Mandarin Oriental set out to make a lasting impact — sustainability-wise. The company has been striving to reduce its environmental footprint by setting bold energy, emissions, waste, and water targets. Its goal has been to reduce its overall footprint by 20–25% across these targets.

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Whirlpool Reaches Zero Waste to Landfill Across Global Manufacturing Sites

ESG Today

Home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool announced that it has reached the goal of Zero Waste to Landfill at all of its large manufacturing sites worldwide, marking the achievement of a sustainability ambition first set by the company in 2012. sent to landfill. Pam Klyn, Sr.

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Report details role of digital tracking in construction waste management

Envirotec Magazine

The introduction of a mandatory digital waste tracking system in the UK is imminent. Announced as a notion by the Environment Act 2012 to replace the existing paper-based system, the new tracking system will mark a new era for land and waste recovery, says the group. To download the report, visit [link] .

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Waste crime: how online advertising platforms are facilitating illegal dumping

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Marmalade Photos / shutter stock.com By Ray Purdy, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University College Dublin, writing in The Conversation The new BBC podcast, Buried , by investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, is a compelling look at how criminals are infiltrating the UK waste disposal system.

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