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The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems

GreenBiz

Agricultural waste from food crops either is traditionally left to rot or is burned, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. About 270 million tons of banana waste are left to rot annually, and in India, 32 million acres of rice straw are burned. Food Waste. Fri, 07/17/2020 - 00:15. Contributors.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

In 2018, the last year for which figures were available, worldwide aquaculture production reached an all-time high of 114.5 One nonprofit organization, GreenWave , is even advocating the idea of "regenerative ocean farming." These are farms that bring back to the ocean as they bring back food," said GreenWave founder Bren Smith.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. It's hard to do that when you have huge [price] volatility.".

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

Except for one thing: nothing in that house was wasted. Cities are incredibly wasteful places. And then there’s the waste that results from poor policy and planning: roads clogged with single-driver SUVs, suburbanites commuting hours to work, the unhoused having to pitch tents in parks for lack of affordable housing.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Zero Waste. Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry. Jesse Klein. Tue, 08/18/2020 - 02:00.

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Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'

GreenBiz

Food company Kraft Heinz has been relatively quiet about its corporate sustainability strategy in the five years since it was formed through the merger of food giants Kraft and Heinz — stepping out in early 2018 to provide an update. Decrease waste by 20 percent across all Kraft Heinz manufacturing operations by 2025.

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Mondel?z 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

3BL Media

Our goal for our European business is to have 100% of the wheat volume needed for our biscuit production grown under the strengthened Harmony Regenerative charter by 2030 1 while we continue to learn from our North American wheat sustainability programs. These practices will help reduce GHG emissions from Harmony wheat fields.