Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. Under current EU law and also post Brexit, manufacturers retain responsibility for the safe disposal of electric car batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This is in addition to 13 per cent lost in the supply chain, according to the FAO. Harriet Lamb, ‘Food, textiles and manufactured products account for nearly 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions. WRAP warns that food loss and waste have devastating impacts on society and global economies too.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By: Charisse Dean, Managing Director, KPMG US ESG Social Strategy Leader; Jessica Libby, KPMG Human Rights Co-Leader, Principal, Tax – Trade & Customs; Laura Clawson, KPMG Human Rights Director Traditionally, business has viewed supply chains through the lens of expediency and efficiency. v] under suspicion of forced labor.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This has led to significant challenges, including large amounts of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), high emissions across the supply chain, and widespread use of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) such as gold, palladium, and indium—materials with limited reserves.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. The manufacturing sector is a major generator of the emissions that cause rising temperatures. After all, manufacturers are typically energy-intensive businesses. In addition, we will have a Net Zero supply chain by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). High purity lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate is required for battery manufacture. Background.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Our recent 3BL article explored how manufacturing supply chains are adjusting to meet the EV market’s surging needs. CiC is a lifeline for an industry that can’t afford delays,” Seitz told the magazine, emphasizing how this approach addresses logistical challenges while promoting sustainability.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Teva was recently named one of the most sustainable companies in the world by TIME magazine and data firm Statista. Teva was one of the first two companies to receive the new BSI certification program for responsible manufacturing of antibiotics. To hold us even more accountable, we’ve linked targets to our business strategy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 30, 2024

Shareholders at Nike have filed a series of proposals ahead of the company’s September annual general meeting (AGM), seeking transparency on the firm’s supply chains and aiming to promote the implementation of worker-driven social responsibility principles in high-risk countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Scottish Renewables presents five actions which The Scottish Government could take to boost net-zero supply chain. There is a long journey ahead to help ready companies to succeed and work must start now to establish a world-class renewable energy supply chain in Scotland. “It is clear there is a lot to play for.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Manufacturing Results in Highly Qualified Employees, Improved Retention and Equity. December 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) announced its first bilingual manufacturing facility. Investment in U.S. SOURCE: The Hershey Company. DESCRIPTION: HERSHEY, Pa.,

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 6, 2024

Read the full story at pv magazine. PV Solar Manufacturing & What’s Next” report shines a spotlight on the need for policy changes to further support the US solar supply chain. SEMA’s “Inflection Point: The State of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

While naturally occurring lignin from sawdust is not immediately transferrable to these types of products, the researchers used a series of chemical reactions to create compounds that better matched the synthetic counterparts and could be used in manufacturing.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

billion of funding for British manufacturing to increase investment in nine sectors. The UK’s leadership in areas like offshore wind has given us a strong foundation to build on, with supply chain companies already in place across the country employing thousands of workers. The UK government is making available £4.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

Saji Jacob, Head of West Europe Supply Chain, Heinz, said: The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has enabled this energy efficiency project to become a reality at our largest food manufacturing plant in Europe. It represents a critical step in our decarbonisation journey towards Net Zero.

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B the Change

JULY 12, 2022

The stylish footwear has a growing base of fans and has been worn by celebrities like Selena Gomez, A-list celebrity stylists, and featured in fashion magazines like Vogue and Marie Claire. Stucko: My background in Italian luxury footwear manufacturing was my foundation for the Prota Fiori supply chain.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Garston site takes materials from industry and regenerates these into high quality recycled products, displacing virgin materials in the supply chain by using various distillation technologies to make new products for industrial customers.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

As well as this, we need to find more sustainable production methods and ways to use naturally occurring materials as part of battery manufacturing. It is also targeting the growing demand for bio-based materials across industrial and manufacturing sectors, including naturally regenerative seaweed which can be harvested sustainably.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2024

To reach Net Zero, manufacturing more products in the UK that contain recycled content, and ensuring that they are reprocessed domestically, will be crucial. So, as demand from manufacturers for recycled content increases, we are perfectly placed to work with the biggest producers to make these plans a reality.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Rich Matthews, MD at water technology firm Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS), makes the case for offsite manufacturing treeatment facilities, which he says can deliver multiple benefits for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. These are geared towards providing flexibility and are aligned to offsite manufacturing.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The initiative “Closing the loop on portable lithium-ion batteries” aims to help the DoE capture 90% of all discarded or spent lithium-based batteries in the US for eventual recovery of key materials for a sustainable re-introduction into the supply chain. Yet, we never think about recycling them. That needs to change.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Duffy also observed that conversations on water quality are overly focused on the water sector, and less on other actors, such as agriculture and manufacturing which also cause pollution. He also noted how engineered solutions can, and should, work alongside nature-based solutions (NbS) rather than being seen in opposition.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

The research – ‘ Decarbonisation through Digitalisation’ – seems to show that manufacturing businesses are investing in digital technologies more than ever before and reaping multiple benefits, including productivity increases, product improvements, reduction in waste and labour efficiencies.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Scottish start-up Mako Aerospace plans to manufacture the world’s first all-electric jet engine, which they say could double the range of electric aircraft compared to current hybrid models. The Scottish Government has supported the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland to develop innovative projects like this.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

Working together with Solar Energy UKs network of businesses (including its currently 425-strong membership) across the solar energy supply chain will, suggests EMR, allow it to accelerate its efforts to increase circularity. There are currently limited treatment options for end-of-life solar assets in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

Speaking of the launch, Orbital’s CEO, Andrew Scott, said: “This is a huge milestone for Orbital; the O2 is a remarkable example of British cleantech innovation and the build we have completed here is an inspiring display of what a UK supply chain can achieve if given the opportunity – even under the extraordinary pressures of a pandemic.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

A new president is taking the helm at the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA). Continuing in his role as managing director of pumps manufacturer KSB UK , Dale Croker takes over the BPMA post following a two-year tenure as vice president. Dale Croker.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By eliminating these impurities, the consumed lubricant was able to be reused in the plant’s manufacturing processes. Optimum Circularity Winner: Monterrey, Mexico (beverage packaging plant) Employees in our Monterrey, Mexico plant designed ultrafiltration equipment to remove impurities often found in used lubricant.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 15, 2025

Read the full story in pv magazine. A new partnership between renewable investor Excelsior Energy Capital and battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Vertech highlights the U.S. energy storage industrys push to prioritize a domestic supply chain. The companies entered a multiyear agreement that will provide 7.5

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A new partnership between Tesco and packaging manufacturer Berry Global is now recycling soft plastic collected from customers at Tesco stores. The supermarket chain says it has rapidly scaled up the amount of soft plastic collection points and now collects plastic from customers for recycling in over 900 stores.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

Vestas has evolved from hydraulic crane production into the largest of all wind turbine manufacturers, responsible for nearly one-fifth of global installed wind power capacity. In December it began work on a North Sea turbine that will be Europe’s most powerful and Scotland’s largest renewable energy project.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The results of the study show cost savings, fewer deliveries of milk and increased consumption: A projected savings of six cents ($0.06) per serving, specific to supply chain costs. The pilot with Dallas ISD took place over five months and looked at the impact of switching from chilled to shelf-stable milk in nine elementary schools.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 6, 2023

Read the full story at pv magazine. From polysilicon to panels through recycling, how much domestic capacity does the U.S.

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3BL Media

APRIL 1, 2022

All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., is the only U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of the critical minerals used widely in electronics and industry. This supply chain represents a huge opportunity for UK businesses; the global market for rare-earth elements (REE) is projected to grow from $2.5bn to $5.5bn by 2028.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Pete joins Puraffinity from digital printing technology provider Domino Printing Sciences where he was Group Fluids Operations Director responsible for Domino’s global fluids manufacturing operations, including plants, in the UK, US, India and China. We’re thrilled to have him on board.” “It www.puraffinity.com

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

The group says it believes that the use of LCA can assist with informing evidence-based decisions on product development and design, support supply chain and procurement decisions, track performance over time of packaging changes, improve overall environmental outcomes in line with strategy and policy, and challenge misinformation and greenwash.

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