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AT&T, Arbor Day Foundation Distribute 250 Trees During Community Giveaway

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DALLAS, November 19, 2024 /3BL/ - The Arbor Day Foundation and its longstanding collaborator AT&T recently distributed 250 free trees during its community E-Waste Drive to support bridging the digital divide. Trees were given to the first 250 attendees who brought “e-waste” to the event. In 2023, AT&T recovered 12.9

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Sustainability in Action: Lenovo’s Innovations in Product Design, Circular Economy, and Customer Empowerment

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TruScale Everything-as-a-Service: Circular Economy is all about designing out waste from the value chain. In a circular economy, products are made, used, then returned, instead of being discarded and consigned to waste. Read more 3 Cumulative total since 2005. In this model, value is extracted from a resource while in use.

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Saint-Gobain North America Recognized As Finalist for Three 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards From the National Association of Manufacturers

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Established in 2005, the Manufacturing Leadership Awards by NAMs workforce development and education affiliate, The Manufacturing Institute, recognize operational and leadership excellence and the companies and leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing.

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From design to recycling, opportunities abound to make solar more circular

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Most of the component materials retain their value, however, and can be reused to participate in the circular economy, the economic system that aims to keep resources in use and eliminate waste. By 2030, with that much PV, there's a potential of something like 8 million tons of potential PV waste,” Butler said.

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How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

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In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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Universal Waste Regulation Update: Aerosol Cans

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DESCRIPTION: March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In 2019, the EPA published final rules that added waste “aerosol cans” to the list of universal wastes at the federal level, with the rules going into effect in February of 2020. As a generator of this waste, the new rule can significantly ease the regulatory burden of managing this waste.

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Biomimicry Institute Invites Startups To Apply for 2025 Ray of Hope Accelerator

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March 3, 2025 /3BL/ - The Biomimicry Institute , a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 to empower nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet, is now accepting applications for the 2025 Ray of Hope Accelerator. MISSOULA, Mont., This founder-focused program supports startups drawing inspiration from natures 3.8