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Cisco's Sustainability 101: What Is E-Waste?

3BL Media

Instead of helping you listen to music, they have now become what is sometimes referred to as e-waste. The European Commission explains that E-waste contains a complex mixture of materials, some of which are hazardous. These can be recycled and re-used if the waste is effectively managed. How much e-waste is there?

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Secrets for circular supply chain partnerships from Interface and Aquafil

GreenBiz

They've innovated on raw materials, resulting in Aquafil's Econyl yarn that it recycles from ghost fishing nets, carpet fluff and other would-be waste. When he heard Interface legend Ray Anderson position Interface as a regenerative company by 2020, he thought the man had lost his mind. Instead of oil, we use waste," he said.

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Making it Happen: Sustainability in Adhesives Production

3BL Media

Throughout its long history , Henkel developed innovative products and manufacturing processes that save resources and cut waste. For example, Henkel’s Cannon Falls, Minnesota, facility recently replaced two standard oxidizers—used to treat emissions—with a regenerative thermal oxidizer that boasts 95% thermal efficiency.

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For Patagonia, phasing out fossil fuels means “getting the oil off our backs”

We Mean Business Coalition

Since then, Patagonia has introduced a variety of preferred materials such as recycled nylon, regenerative organic cotton or hemp. By Spring 2024, 87% of Patagonias products by weight were made with other materials such as organic and regenerative organic cotton, recycled polyester and recycled nylon.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

For example, a 2010 heatwave in Russia killed 55,000 people , and the UN estimates that, already, 20 million people per year are forced to leave their homes because of climate change. In food systems, for example, we need fundamental shifts to “regenerative” production and waste reduction.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. The essay explores the benefits and possibilities for advancing local food economies, and concepts like regenerative agriculture. Recent history of an idea.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. The essay explores the benefits and possibilities for advancing local food economies, and concepts like regenerative agriculture. Recent history of an idea.