Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

But what about the arguably even more concerning challenge of tackling electronic waste (or ‘e-waste’)? Recycling e-waste involves a combination of processes, including manual and mechanical dismantling, size reduction, sending hazardous waste for final disposal, and processing metal components. And things are looking up.

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

Senator Nancy Kassebaum 2000-2003: Chief of Staff, Congressman Jerry Moran Aircraft Owners and Operators of America, Washington, D.C., United States 2003-2005: Vice President of Government Affairs Cargill, Inc., Some think we focus just on improving packaging and reducing waste in our restaurants. Washington, D.C.,

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ESG Today

AUGUST 14, 2024

Founded in 2003, Ireland-based AMCS provides cloud-based and AI-enabled planning, performance, safety and sustainability focused software, aimed at enabling resource-intensive industries – including waste management, recycling, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities – to boost sustainability and profitability.

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Green Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

recycling facilities and send more waste to landfills. Waste Dive, the must-read daily bulletin of waste-related news, named the initiative “Disruptor of the Year.” based waste collectors, selling scrap to a broker to be shipped to China is cheaper than sending it to recycling facilities at home. Geyer et al.,

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Founded in 2003, the group featured business, education and civic leaders and served as the Mayor of Atlanta's external advisory board on key issues important to economic growth and inclusion. Cooper is the former executive director for the Atlanta Committee for Progress.

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3BL Media

MARCH 28, 2024

million metric tons of CO2e), cut production-related waste generated at our U.S. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested more than $150 billion in growth and improvements. Crossett Mill in Crossett, Arkansas (Georgia-Pacific) In the U.S., since 2014, the company has reduced Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 17% (more than 4.5

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our new fully bio-based process relies on commonly available renewable raw materials and results in a lower carbon footprint and less waste while still delivering the industry-beating quality expected of DSM.”. New manufacturing process cuts carbon footprint and reduces waste. What is Vitamin A, and how is it manufactured?

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Part of the carbon emissions from the Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City 2002 were offset, 85 per cent of Games-time waste was recycled or composted, and 100,000 trees were planted in the state of Utah. In addition, 18 million trees were planted around the world through the Global Tree Race program.

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3BL Media

MAY 5, 2022

While its businesses have grown, Koch has experienced a 58% reduction in production-related waste since 2012—a total of 571 million pounds—according to EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory Report. Of the waste produced and reported to EPA at Koch facilities in 2020, 91% was recycled, recovered for energy, or treated—a total of 372 million pounds.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The city of Oakland in California has a long history of setting climate and sustainability goals, and in 2003 adopted a green fleet policy. It takes waste grease and oils from local businesses and its partner Neste converts them to renewable diesel, which then powers many of Oakland's trucks. City of Oakland.

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3BL Media

JULY 6, 2022

Further expansions into facility services, first aid and safety, and fire protection under subsequent CEOs – Bob Kohlhepp (1996-2003) and Dick’s son, Scott Farmer (2003-2021) – deepened the company’s model further. Our company has been based in ESG-related principles since the beginning.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The app served as an in-house, open-source tool that charted the amount of water a given material would use, or the waste produced by a certain manufacturing process—ultimately allowing designers to choose green materials for apparel and shoe products and analyze their sustainable impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Since their introduction in 2003, initially as a ‘healthy’ alternative to tobacco, they have created a whole new contaminated e-waste stream. There are some businesses already offering disposable vape recovery and recycling, often as part of a broader electrical waste (WEEE) and small mixed electrical waste service.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

From the way we source energy to the way we use it across buildings, grids, mobility, and industry, there is no time to waste in embracing every pathway to decarbonize, for the sake of planet, people and yes, the economy too.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

At these sites, plastics recovered from end-of-life vehicles (auto shredder waste) and waste electrical goods are refined into high-quality recycled engineering polymers that match virgin material quality for use in a wide range of new products. For more information, visit www.axiongroup.co.uk.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

CPL had been selling carbon filters prior to this date, but 2003 was when they designed a genuinely portable unit and began the transition into a true ‘carbon & service’ business.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Around half of all WEEE plastics generated in Europe do not enter official WEEE collection channels, ending up in the waste bin, processed at substandard recycling facilities, or exported outside Europe. • . • Approximately 2.6 Restricted BFRs (e.g. fillers), are sorted out during the conventional density-based recycling process.

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Sustainability Matters

JULY 3, 2022

In 2003, a meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative created the concept of ‘ESG’, or ‘environmental, social and corporate governance’. Adoption of baseline standards needs to grow, and the more people that come into this segment, the faster the industry will accelerate.

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CIM

JULY 17, 2022

NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) measures the energy efficiency, water usage, waste management and indoor environment quality of a building or tenancy and its impact on the environment. Green Star is an internationally recognised rating system that was founded by the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

An example is BS EN 858-2:2003 which details the preferred maintenance schedule for oil separators. For an outlay of under £1,000, the alarm not only enhances a site’s environmental credentials, but it also reduces waste management costs over time, with a potential payback in just eight months.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 27, 2018

Other workshops included: Turmeric-Based Home Remedy by Rahsa Nusantara; Terrariums for Kids by Kawan Cendekia; Upcycling Fashion Waste by Threadapeutic; Natural Lipbalm by Peek.Me Naturals’ Good Deeds; Happy Volunteering by Indorelawan.org; and many more.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

estimated that, globally, since 2003, VMware’s virtualized compute, storage, and networking technologies have enabled our customers to collectively avoid the deployment of 142 million servers, the consumption of 2.4 billion megawatts of energy, and the emission of 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases.

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B the Change

JULY 18, 2022

The company’s many divisions include Danone Waters China, which since its launch in 2003 has found a burgeoning market for its Mizone vitamin beverage among young, urban customers. Since its start in 2003, Danone Waters China has grown to have six plants in China and more than 5,000 employees. So it’s not wasted.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Following the phasing out of PFOS production in the US and Europe from 2003, an increasing number of alternative ‘regrettable’ replacement PFAS have been synthesized for multiple applications. Foam fractionation is an innovative approach to the selective removal of PFAS from aqueous wastes as a concentrated foam.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

Pig waste can then be converted into combustible methane, which can be used for cooking and other domestic needs. These types of funds made up 9% of fund votes on assessed shareholder proposals filed at US-based companies between 2003 to 2018.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

And the good times extend to Mississauga, Ontario–based Li-Cycle, which recycles metals from electronic waste – including nickel, copper and cobalt, but especially the lithium ion in consumer and EV batteries. Its GlassLock process removes arsenic linked to metal mining and smelting, stabilizing it in a non-hazardous glass waste product.

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Sense and Sustainability

JULY 8, 2020

Until the 1960s and 1970s, America’s inland and coastal waterways were literal dumping grounds for all manner of waste. When the cousin of COVID-19, SARS, appeared in China in 2003, the outbreak was tracked using wastewater surveillance.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Solving isolated problems can result in fragmented efforts, duplication, and wasted resources. Already in 2003, Sekem was awarded the Right Livelihoods Award in recognition of being a blueprint for a healthy corporation in the 21st century. This, in turn, can increase adverse side effects of well-intended solutions.

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Sense and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

billion more gallons of wastewater were dumped into Tampa Bay between 2003 and 2007. In 2003, a top state regulator called Piney Point “one of the biggest environmental threats in Florida history.” Under state control after the plant’s closure, 1.1 But it turns out that phosphate rock mining is not essential.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. has orchestrated collaborative initiatives targeting everything from plastics to food waste and bringing together large companies, NGOs and policymakers.

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3BL Media

MARCH 8, 2024

Fortunately, human reference genomes are available thanks to The Human Genome Project , completed in 2003, and the ongoing work of the Genome Reference Consortium. This severe “salt-wasting CAH” causes dehydration, diarrhea, vomiting, and adrenal crisis within days or weeks of birth, and is often fatal.

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Gail Tverberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The first processing unit was shut down in 2003. It has been in place long enough (since 1966) that it has run into the issue of decommissioning an old unit, which was started as a French military project. ” It talks about the huge cost and number of people involved.

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