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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

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

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LA Kings Team Up With Anaheim Ducks, Mercury Insurance and Ryan’s Recycling To Clean the Coast in Long Beach in Support of Earth Month

3BL Media

On April 8, 2025, 170 volunteers came together for the 4 th annual Freeway Faceoff Beach Cleanup and picked up 422 pounds of trash, including plastic and glass bottles and aluminum cans, preventing harmful waste from polluting the ocean and endangering marine life.

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Right to repair is on the way

GreenBiz

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. All things considered, their arguments are pretty compelling. Circular Economy.

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Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life

GreenBiz

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute 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. Infinity Goods.

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Mandarin Oriental Sets Energy, Emissions, Waste, and Water Reduction Targets

Environment + Energy Leader

In 2012, the Mandarin Oriental set out to make a lasting impact — sustainability-wise. The company has been striving to reduce its environmental footprint by setting bold energy, emissions, waste, and water targets. Its goal has been to reduce its overall footprint by 20–25% across these targets.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

As a group, over the course of the past decade (2012 to 2021) these 20 companies slashed their net GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 43%, from 862 million tonnes to 489 million tonnes. 17 Republic Services Inc Waste 13,862,083 2,200,930 -0.14 They’re among the world’s largest oil majors, coal burners and mining corporations.

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Climate Tech Startup UBQ Raises $70 Million to Convert Waste into Fossil-Plastic Substitute

ESG Today

Climate tech startup UBQ materials announced that it has raised $70 million to scale up and drive the global expansion of its advanced materials made from waste. kilograms of waste from landfills and incinerators, and prevents up to 11.7 kilograms of waste from landfills and incinerators, and prevents up to 11.7

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