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Investing in Our Planet Through Science and Innovation

3BL Media

This includes advanced recycling technologies in which used-mixed plastic waste is broken down into its basic elements and repolymerized into the equivalent of virgin plastic – keeping it out of incinerators or landfills. million metric tons of certified low- to zero-carbon emissions polyethylene and ethylene derivatives.

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The hunt for the world's most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

The Swedish capital also received top scores on open public space, the lowest automobile dependence and best solid waste avoidance in the index. He was mayor of Edmonton from 2013 to 2021. New Zealand’s largest city scored highest for its low air pollution, efficient water consumption and minimal solid waste generation.

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Winners of the Futur/io CSO Awards North America Revealed in New York

3BL Media

Sophie has been advancing IP's planet stewardship initiatives since 2013, serving in various roles throughout her time with the company. Her career has been dedicated to driving sustainable business outcomes through purposeful leadership in consumer goods and forest product manufacturing sectors.

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Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay's Energy Sector

Sustainable Development Network

The recommendations are based on the results of three energy models, findings from literature reviews, and expert interviews to examine how Paraguay can decarbonize its energy use sectors by 2050 through economy-wide zero-carbon electrification, massive energy efficiency gains, behavioral changes, and institutional reforms.

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Subsidies to biomass plant in Teesside must be stopped says environmental coalition

Envirotec Magazine

The letter argued that the contract was entered into under the Energy Act 2013 for the project to be treated as generating a form of low carbon energy. The Low Carbon Contracts Company should stand firm and not offer any further extensions to the project.

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Non-combustible commitments? The Heat and Buildings Strategy unpacked

Envirotec Magazine

Accounting for over a fifth of the UK’s carbon budget, heat is clearly a sector where cutting carbon will make a big impact, and where there is no time to waste. This is the first such strategy to appear since 2013, and the repeated delays presaging its appearance possibly owe something to the topic’s sensitive nature.

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

GreenBiz

At universities and corporations alike, addressing emissions and waste in labs can significantly drive down costs and further sustainability commitments. As for the overuse of single-use plastics, the University of Exeter estimated that academic researchers produced plastic waste equivalent to 5.7 According to the U.S. AstraZeneca.

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