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How TerraCycle's safety and cleaning practices can be adopted across industries

GreenBiz

Recycling is going to take a real punch to the face, to be quite fair," Szaky said during GreenBiz Group’s Circularity 20 Digital event this week, pointing to the continued decrease in oil prices and the pressure that's putting on the economics of using recycled plastics.

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Cisco: Setting a Course for More Sustainable Office Spaces

3BL Media

Research from an industry body called the Energy Efficiency Movement shows the industrial sector could save $437 billion by 2030 by applying efficiency measures such as digitizing machinery and processing data in the cloud. Less weight means less energy is required to ship the phones in bulk, reducing supply chain costs and emissions.

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Avantor Impact Story: Reducing Waste in Everyday Shipment Handling

3BL Media

One such advancement came as a new packaging system that uses product-to-package ratio optimization technology to cut down on the use of shipping materials significantly. The switch to digital delivery notes also eliminated the need for protective plastic covers and improved the overall recyclability of our shipping cartons.

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The perfect pair? Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset

GreenBiz

We don't have inventory, which decreases waste and emissions. We build the pattern all digitally, and before we do anything physical with it, we go back and fit it on our digital avatar a few times before it's perfect. We don't have inventory, which decreases waste and emissions. . Shipping & Logistics. Pull Quote.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

Like it or not, the coronavirus is changing the rules of consumption," said GreenBiz Editorial Director Heather Clancy during the Circularity Digital virtual event last week. Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle.

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SLB Capturi and Aker Solutions Win Contract To Deliver Carbon Capture Solution for Hafslund Celsio

3BL Media

SLB (NYSE: SLB) today announced that SLB Capturi, in collaboration with Aker Solutions, has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract from Hafslund Celsio AS to deliver a carbon capture solution at its waste-to-energy facility in Klemetsrud, Oslo. Find out more at slb.com.

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Delivering Tangible Climate Action Through the Circular Economy

3BL Media

89% of organisations currently recycle less than 10% of their IT hardware[1], resulting in over 50 million tons of e-waste dumped into the environment every year[2]. Lenovo Asset Recovery Services helps minimise e-waste and our Recertified solutions offer refurbished devices and servers.