Corporate Knights

MARCH 14, 2025

Hospitals around the world generate millions of tonnes of plastic waste annually. Much of this waste comes from single-use items such as face masks, surgical gloves, syringes, IV tubes and sterile packaging materials. Incinerating plastic medical waste also releases harmful chemicals into the atmosphere.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

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 Food Waste.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Using waste carbon feedstocks to produce chemicals. Using CCU technologies to consume waste feedstocks reportedly can cut production costs; monetize industrial emissions; allow companies to meet CO2 emissions goals; and foster continued development of a circular economy. Elizabeth R. Wed, 05/27/2020 - 14:36.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. What we're saying is, ‘Look, we're gonna take all of this waste, whether it's a gas or a solid, we're going to convert it to ethanol," Holmgren said. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. We get an update from the person leading Sodexo's LeanPath food waste mitigation program, Jude Medeiros, with the office of corporate responsibility. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Will shifting to smaller turkeys help combat food waste? That reality is creating challenges for producers and suppliers — and new implications for holiday food waste. Holidays — and Thanksgiving in particular — are huge food waste days. Holidays — and Thanksgiving in particular — are huge food waste days. Food Waste.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future. Waste, he writes, is often exported from rich countries to poor ones, a phenomenon known as “toxic colonialism.” “Too

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this year, fast fashion retailer Zara released its first womenswear collection made of recycled poly-cotton textile waste. The collection is available for sale in 11 countries, helping clothing made of blended textile waste reach the mass market. This is often referred to as waste colonialism. This would generate €3.5-€4.5

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3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2025

Amys experience proved part of a pattern that Ive since observed across the financial industry : Many women seem to behave as though they dont have time to waste, and this leads to better relationships, greater excellence at work, and ultimately, greater positive impact on real humans. Read Deirdre's insightful article here - [link] ==

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Notably, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development released the Circular Transition Indicators and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched the Circulytics tool; GRI established a new standard on waste ; and the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute released the fourth version of its product standard. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local. Singapore-based Sophie’s Bionutrients uses fermentation to power a circular economy process that transforms industrial food waste from breweries, tofu manufacturers and other facilities into a protein flour that can be used as an ingredient in other food products. .

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences. Why not the grocery model?

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed. Textile Waste. Sponsored Article. Circular Economy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . Arlene Karidis. Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This article originally appeared on Circulate News. Our current economic model is based on extraction and waste. This take-make-waste economic model fundamentally cannot work long term. Upstream solutions such as product and service design are essential to eliminate waste before it happens. James Woolven.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Energy and materials elegantly flow through ecosystems, efficiently cycling back into new forms without waste or stagnation. A circular economy is so much more than recycling or reusing waste streams, which is a reductionist understanding of what nature does. Sponsored Article. Circular Economy. Design & Packaging. Biomimicry.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

The early-stage company, based in New York, focuses on the $16 billion children’s clothing market, which, like the entire apparel space, suffers from a significant amount of waste. The startup Infinity Goods has created a zero-waste grocery delivery service in Denver, Colorado, with plans to expand soon. Infinity Goods.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 5, 2021

In the waning months of 2020, the European Union took ambitious steps to address the more than 12 million tons of electronic waste the bloc produces annually. Wasting no time, several European nations jumped in on the (repair) action — the U.K. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Because most disposable cups can’t be recycled, it’s also a lot of waste headed to landfill. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week I want to talk about our coffee cup problem. That’s a lot of cups.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When I cover solutions to the plastic waste crisis, I typically focus on infrastructure development and bringing recycling systems to scale, standardizing materials, inventing new ones and designing out unnecessary single-use items, and rethinking business models and supply chains. Sponsored Article. Lauren Phipps. Circular Economy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

This article is part of our Paradigm Shift series, produced by nonprofit PYXERA Global, on the diverse solutions driving the transition to a circular economy. Consider that the cosmetics industry brings in a booming $500 billion every year and imagine the waste created by default. Katrina Shum. Tue, 05/12/2020 - 01:30.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Unilever also announced plans to bring forward its goal of halving food waste from its global operations by five years to 2025, a move commended by Liz Goodwin, senior fellow and director of food loss and waste at the World Resources Institute. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. HP’s investment is an example of how capital is being deployed differently in the fight against plastic waste, focusing on community leadership rather than solely a technical, infrastructure development intervention. The circular economy shows its human side.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The production of EV batteries is very wasteful, meaning companies are losing a lot of money through wasted materials. Speakers across the three days emphasized the crucial nature of developing products and systems that reduce or even eliminate waste, leading to more profits and less pollution for the planet. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

emissions through the carbon mitigation associated with a forest planted in Rwanda or a direct air capture project in Canada, a plastic credit could go to paying waste collectors in Bangalore or expanding a plastic processing facility in Indonesia. . In other words, the whole point is to reduce or eliminate plastic waste, not offset it.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The company has also reached zero-manufacturing-waste-to-landfill status across all of the plants in its global network. One of Gillette's 2030 goals is to maintain zero-waste-to-landfill status. P&G Corporate, Gillette's parent company, doesn't release numbers about how much waste is reused, recycled or incinerated across its brands.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

recycling system had been a mess for far longer — seeing as the country never fully developed the infrastructure to recycle anywhere near the amount of plastic waste it produces. Recycling alone can't solve the circular economy, but the circular economy can help solve the problem on waste and recycling. Of course, the U.S. Pull Quote.

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3BL Media

APRIL 15, 2025

Sustainability and excellence Like all CNH plants in Brazil, the Contagem plant is zero landfill, correctly disposing of 100% of the waste, seeking environmentally appropriate solutions for each type. Solid waste from industrial activity includes wood, plastic, cardboard, organic material and oil.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

"It’s not quite ready yet but it’s soon to be on to its first prototypes, so we really see the industry being no-waste and actually infinitely customizable, definitely by 2050, hopefully even by 2030," she said. While the company is not completely zero-waste at this time, it has a commitment to eventually get there. Textile Waste.

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GreenBiz

MAY 21, 2021

This year’s honorees (listed alphabetically) are: Jessica Aldridge , director of sustainability and zero waste programs, Athens Services. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. This year’s awards were the first to be held since that development. .

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GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

But if current, low recycling rates continue, decommissioned PV modules instead could add up to 1 million tons of waste in the U.S. That’s 1 percent of the world's e-waste.). laws — especially solid waste laws — treat recycling and disposal the same, making it more difficult to recycle and more difficult to reuse equipment.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Included in that is food waste which constitutes 8% and animal agriculture which is 18% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Read Elysabeth's insightful article on how to invest in food system transformation here - [link] == Yes, the innovation curve in plant-based innovation and fermented proteins is constantly improving.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

This article is part of our Paradigm Shift series, produced by nonprofit PYXERA Global, on the diverse solutions driving the transition to a circular economy. This collection of disaggregated waste management decisions is a challenging start of the "reverse supply chain" that is recycling. Sponsored Article. Keefe Harrison.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. But COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in those plans, with single-use packaging skyrocketing, low fossil fuel prices and disrupted recycling systems, already weakened by China’s 2018 plastics waste ban. .

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2025

to fully transition to 100 percent reusable drinkware, replacing single-use cups with a system designed to drastically reduce waste. See more on Crypto.com Arenas reusable cup program featured in this Spectrum News 1 article. AEGs Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA has become the first major sports and entertainment venue in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2024

Yet nuclear energy production requires managing what is known as “spent” nuclear fuel where major problems arise about how best to safeguard these waste materials into the future – especially should nuclear energy production increase. Sweden and Finland have described KBS-3 as a world-first nuclear-waste management solution.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021. And that [with] everything we're utilizing in a store, there is no waste going to landfill," Keesson said. Sponsored Article.

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