3BL Media

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We are honored to be recognized by the WaterSense program and to stand side-by-side with so many impactful organizations helping to reduce water waste.”. Since 2006, more than 2,100 WaterSense partners and over 40,000 models of certified water-efficient plumbing and irrigation products have helped consumers and businesses save 6.4

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3BL Media

MAY 31, 2024

In 2006, the firm declared its ambition to be the ‘Clean Energy Leader’ in the tractor sector, and in 2021 put into production at Basildon the industry’s first tractor of its type, the T6.180 Methane Power, to be joined later this year by the T7.270 Methane Power CNG.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 1, 2023

A world without unnecessary disposable plastic, where cities harvest heat from the earth, and where waste from food, farms and landfills is up-cycled into clean-burning biogas. s CheckSammy Technologies, which offers business customers proprietary systems for mastering their junk removal, recycling and waste-management challenges.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 16, 2022

SUMMARY: From inventing higher-performing and more sustainable renewable energy systems, to reducing food waste, to solving the plastic waste problem, the 2022 Ray of Hope Prize® finalists offer inspiring solutions through their use of biomimicry (also referred to as nature-inspired or bioinspired design). SOURCE: Ray C.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A leading UK and European recycling company was fined £20,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on 16 November after Scotland’s environmental regulator, SEPA, uncovered what it described as the largest single illegal export of household waste from Scotland. Sentencing was deferred until 16 November. Details of the case.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 4, 2023

The reality, she added, is that SMRs will produce “toxic radioactive waste” and could lead to serious accidents while turning some communities into “nuclear waste dumps”. It is also the only site in Canada licenced for a new nuclear build with an accepted environmental assessment, thanks to a prior application process from 2006.

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3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2024

This marks the 18th sustainability report from Owens Corning, which published its first report in 2006. In late 2022, the company and its partners launched an asphalt shingle recycling pilot program developed to deconstruct residential and industrial waste shingles and extract their component materials.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

About a third of all food produced goes to waste, and in countries like India, much of that waste occurs on the farm or during storage and transport of the food. The Biomimicry Institute is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 that empowers people to create nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet.

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ESG Today

JULY 17, 2023

DeLuca first joined Delta in 2006, and has held a series of senior roles, including serving as Vice President, Sustainability. DeLuca will replace current CSO Pam Fletcher, who was the first to hold the role at the airline, and recently announced her decision to step down.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

About WEA: Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) empowers women’s leadership to protect our environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Founded in 2006, New York-based GIP is the world’s largest independent infrastructure manager with over $100 billion in assets under management across infrastructure equity and credit strategies, targeting investments in the energy, transportation, digital, and water and waste sectors.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With much of modern commerce occurring online, this has led to the development of a complex global supply chain that is often erratic, wasteful and energy intensive. Businesses throughout the value chain, as well as individual consumers, are becoming more aware of how their habits contribute waste to the landfill after use.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2024

The Biomimicry Institute is particularly interested in solutions that address the urgent need to regenerate nature, reduce the impacts of climate change and eliminate the current 'take, make, waste' paradigm. "We For more information on how to apply, visit biomimicry.org/RayofHopePrize.

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3BL Media

APRIL 28, 2022

Since 2006, Walmart and Sam’s Club have been donating food to local Feeding America® member food banks, and this month marked a major milestone: We hit 7 billion pounds of food donated. At least 66 billion pounds of perfectly edible food goes to landfills every year – that’s not counting household waste. SOURCE: Walmart.

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Sustainability Matters

JULY 9, 2023

The book, titled Ending Plastic Waste: Community Actions Around the World is a collection of stories, advice and information from people in the field, and aims to serve as a source of inspiration to reduce plastic waste in the environment. Quality recyclables were going to waste in countries across Asia.

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3BL Media

JUNE 5, 2024

Even before the term “ESG” came into the limelight, we were actively investing in water conservation projects since 2001, measuring our GHG emissions since 2006, and reporting on our environmental efforts since 2004. The crux of my work involves optimizing our processes and integrating sustainability in our operations.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical Group won in the category for substantial reductions in landfill waste, water usage, and CO2 emissions, participating in a demand response program, installing 100 percent LED lighting at five sites, and a 500,000-sheet reduction in paper usage per year.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It also dramatically has increased the volume of gas flared off as waste — another source of harmful compounds. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

Whether it’s working in waste management to managing the financials related to a major site remediation project, Berry enjoys collaborating and problem-solving. Dillon, who started as a contractor with PSE&G in 2006, also likes that her work allows her to touch all aspects of the company. Photo: Jasmine Berry.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Since 2006, RecycleForce has safely recycled more than 65 million pounds of electronic waste while providing job training to thousands of returning citizens. Become Part of the LBX Charitable Family. Collectively, these charities and Land Betterment Exchange have the shared goal of improving lives around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The firm received the 2020 Pierre Potier prize for the continuous flow chemistry process it developed to produce a special bio-sourced solvent which repurposes plant waste, notably corn stalk or sugar cane residue. We value the increased public awareness on the uses of organic waste that this award highlights.”. About the prize.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Scottish Water has reported significant growth in the number of its sites across the country which have become self-sufficient through the use of hydro, wind, solar and waste conversion. Overall, its footprint has fallen by 41% since 2006/7. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) at Galashiels Waste Water Treatment site.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Animal waste is categorised as controlled waste, with treatment governed by more stringent regulations than domestic waste. The HiPAF is most appropriate for commercial and domestic applications where the site is not connected to mains drainage and is well suited to complex requirements, such as the treatment of animal waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

In addition to the dairy farm with 1,400 cows and breeding cattle, the farmers have been operating a biogas plant with an electrical output of 845 kW since 2006. The firm, Agrar GmbH Reichenbach, based in the Vogtland region of Saxony, specialises in dairy farming and the cultivation of feed crops.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Joining Axion Polymers in 2006 from university, Laura Smith has worked in various roles, including conducting trials, R&D, logistics and commercial sales. It is rewarding too, as we are diverting material from landfill and working towards a world where nothing goes to waste!”. For more information, visit www.axiongroup.co.uk.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Ellis said: “Since 2012, we have measured, managed and reported on our carbon footprint via the Carbon Reduce Scheme in accordance with ISO 14064-1:2006, achieving gold certification status. www.adlerandallan.co.uk.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment’s National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Peru (and the world) have lost an average of roughly 100,000 hectares of forest per year since 2006. These losses have only accelerated.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2018

I am confident that switching from fossil fuels to renewables (and efficiency , as I learned during my Master’s thesis in 2006) can be done relatively fast in wealthy nations (ten to fifteen years) and by mid-century in developing ones. Industry too has to transform itself to shift away from its current take, make, waste model.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By developing and deploying a range of measures – including greater energy efficiency, avoiding waste and electrifying processes that currently use gas – it can be done. We now use less energy per year than we did in 2006; in that time, our business has grown by around 60%. In many cases, it requires a whole new approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

In the UK, the standard rules for environmental permits for AD and composting sites specifically exclude wastes “significantly contaminated with non-compostable or digestible contaminants, in particular plastic and litter”, which must not exceed 5% weight-for-weight (w/w), “and shall be as low as reasonably practicable by 31 December 2025”.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Technology is improving: Allehaut notes that the largest solar project in 2006 was an 11MW project in Portugal. The company captures methane produced from decomposing trash at its waste-to-energy facilities and uses it to create electricity that powers 700,000 homes. Today, the Bhadla Solar Park in India is 2.25

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

One of its goals was to reduce emissions to 25% below 2006 levels by 2025. Meeting the demand for residential and commercial buildings has a large impact on the environment due to land use changes, material consumption, operational energy consumption and water usage, and waste generation during the use phase of buildings.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2022

PepsiCo has just nine years to reach our ambitious 2030 Net Water Positive goals, so there is no time to waste," said Jim Andrew, Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo. Since the effort began in 2006, the company has helped provide safe water access to approximately 68 million people, with a goal of reaching 100 million by 2030.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of quality.

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3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

Transcript [00:00:00] Dominique: Reducing plastic waste, shopping locally, using public transportation, even investing in more efficient and renewable technology in our homes. Don't go to waste. I know some companies that are still using a baseline year of like 2006. It's so simple. [00:21:45] And that's laughable to me.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Since 2006, Cleantech Venture Day has been providing a curated programme of cutting-edge technology, investment opportunities and thought leadership from across the global cleantech and climate tech ecosystem.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

There is no ‘it’s just’ justification with litter – littering is a crime, under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended) and there is a clear guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2006), which states: ‘Litter is best defined as something which is improperly discarded by members of the public in an area.

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