Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 21, 2025

Comparative analysis of coupled carbon capture and waste heat recovery systems for ships using the 5E approach. Energy Conversion and Management, 326, 119454.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). Enter air cargo.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2024

MIAMI, May 23, 2024 /3BL/ - Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company and its AIDA Cruises line were honored with three ESG Shipping Awards for environmental excellence at an international ceremony in Athens, Greece this week.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Petrochemical-generated synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon and acrylic are expected to make up for 73% of global apparel production by 2030, according to a report by the Changing Markets Foundation ,despite these fibers having links to exacerbated climate change, health risks and increased waste.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Our strategies include reducing waste generated and waste sent to landfill. Our strategies include reducing waste generated and waste sent to landfill. For several years, we have been committed to reducing our single-use plastic waste and using specimen cups and stool containers containing less plastic.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Many recycling activities have been paused as the pandemic has raised health and safety concerns, which could lead to a waste crisis post-pandemic, he said. That, I think, will benefit waste innovations," said Szaky, whose company is in the business of recycling and eliminating waste. "It

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

Consider that the cosmetics industry brings in a booming $500 billion every year and imagine the waste created by default. As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Our Hidden Valley Ranch manufacturing plant in Wheeling, Illinois, recently became the first facility within our Foods business unit to achieve zero-waste-to-landfill, or ZWtL, status. How did you engage and motivate your team to adapt to waste-reducing practices? How did they overcome them? The Wheeling team was persistent.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

Investment in green food waste processing technology to naturally break down food waste supports company’s waste management objectives, as part of long-term sustainability goals. DESCRIPTION: World’s largest cruise company installs nearly 600 advanced biodigester machines across its global fleet.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2023

Mail-back programs are services that allow companies to properly manage their regulated or hard-to-recycle waste materials by returning them by mail to the manufacturer or a designated facility. Once received, they will be properly recycled, reused, or repurposed.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Waste is the largest contributor to the company’s overall sustainability footprint, making Zero Production Waste to Landfill a key component of Henkel’s 2030+ Sustainability Ambition Framework. Henkel’s operations teams are working toward an ambitious Zero Waste to Landfill target at all of their operations facilities.

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3BL Media

JULY 20, 2023

O-I Glass is committed to reducing the natural resources used and the waste generated in producing sustainable glass packaging. In 2021, O-I formalized its Waste Sustainability Roadmap to help prevent avoidable waste, increase recycling, and enhance systems to accurately report and identify waste streams.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

World’s largest cruise company has delivered 38% reduction in food waste per person, nearing ambitious milestone of 40% reduction by 2025 ahead of 2030 goal Company remains committed to its long-term sustainability roadmap and to reducing its environmental and greenhouse gas footprint MIAMI, Fla.,

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 10, 2024

The legacy of “waste colonialism” in the fashion sector is undeniable. Today, the appeal of second-hand clothing in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 34% of the world’s second-hand garments were shipped in 2021, is unmistakable.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

DESCRIPTION: March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In 2019, the EPA published final rules that added waste “aerosol cans” to the list of universal wastes at the federal level, with the rules going into effect in February of 2020. As a generator of this waste, the new rule can significantly ease the regulatory burden of managing this waste.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 28, 2024

With the need to tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution, circularity is becoming increasingly important for businesses and organisations around the world. Our focus is to first help reduce emissions resulting from IT purchase as much as possible and then offset remaining inevitable emissions.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In late 2020, the company is finding early commercial success in its mission to decrease food waste through its innovative packaging. Shipped the traditional way, the fruit was arriving with very low pressure — indicating a riper fruit, meaning the retailer had to sell the fruit quickly. And decrease food waste. . Food Waste.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

The latter includes all ocean-based economic activity, including fishing, shipping, mining, port operations, oil and gas exploration and energy generation. It was followed by a virtual meet-up in April, attended by more than 750 people. The group is quick to distinguish the " blue economy " from the " ocean economy."

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The last 15 percent of the economy is hard to clean up — aviation, shipping, manufacturing, long-distance trucking," Fakhry said in an interview. The last 15 percent of the economy is hard to clean up — aviation, shipping, manufacturing, long-distance trucking. Green hydrogen can do that.". Green hydrogen can do that. Pull Quote.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Moller – Maersk and Amazon announced today an agreement for ocean shipping utilizing low to very low GHG emissions biofuels in place of fossil fuels. Moller – Maersk, said: “Amazon’s record of securing sustainable shipping over the years, no matter the business climate, is testament to its contributions to building a better future.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

and CINCINNATI, February 12, 2024 /3BL/ - Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman , announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis. Eastman KINGSPORT, Tenn.,

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today a series of agreements enabling the company to shift the equivalent of half of its global shipping needs to alternative, lower-emission fuels, effective immediately. Under the deal signed with Maersk, Nestlé will use Maersk’s ECO Delivery solution for 100% of ocean containers shipped.

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ESG Today

JULY 2, 2024

Climate tech startup Aether Fuels announced that it has raised $34 million in a Series A financing round, with procceds aimed at accelerating the scale-up of the company’s sustainable fuel technology for the aviation and ocean shipping industries.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

France’s Veolia helped turn Master Kong’s waste plastic bottles into recyclable PET pellets Storage boxes created from PET bottles had a 21% smaller carbon footprint, Alibaba Cloud certified Master Kong, an instant noodles and beverage giant in China, teamed up with Alibaba Group and French utility Veolia to help shrink its carbon footprint.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Scope 3, or other indirect emissions, are all other indirect emissions in the value chain, such as from employee commuting, transportation, waste management, and product use. raw materials with associated emissions), and waste disposal methods. Key data points for GHG emissions calculation include type and quantity of fuel used (e.g.,

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Sustainability Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Amazon Australia has continuedits commitment to reduce packaging waste by moving to 100% recyclable packaging. Many items are now also shipped without additional Amazon packaging,such as nappies,toilet rollsand soft drinks,reducing unnecessary materials. This step addressesthe 1.2 This step addressesthe 1.2

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3BL Media

MARCH 3, 2025

Kjesbu says that replaces the use of 154 tonnes of virgin plastic with plastic removed from the waste stream, an amount of plastic equal to 7 million rubber ducks per year. Less weight means less energy is required to ship the phones in bulk, reducing supply chain costs and emissions. View original content here.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The new capital will be used to accelerate the development and deployment of General Galactic’s Genesis technology, which transforms industrial CO2 waste streams into fossil-free natural gas. Mattison said: “We started General Galactic to be the energy company of the future.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

Late last year, Van Hool started shipping its first CX45E electric commuter buses to its first U.S. customers; it will ship 10 more of those models in the U.S. The electric version is distributed in North America through ABC Companies and uses powertrain technology from Proterra. during the first half of 2021. Why should they do this?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

By redirecting green waste, such as grass, tree trimmings and organic waste from commercial landscaping, tree cultivation and agriculture into our products, we reduce waste that may have otherwise gone to landfills and contributed to methane emissions. billion pounds of green waste in 2023. Our company recycled roughly 5.5

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Time isn't on the side of those who hope to prevent the projection by the Pew Charitable Trusts that plastic waste flows into the oceans will double in the next 20 years. Already, if all the world's plastic waste could be shaped into a plastic shopping bag, all of Earth would fit inside of it, noted Morgan Stanley CMO and CSO Audrey Choi. "I

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The partnership represents a synergy between the two companies and came about organically through a former Armstrong employee who later worked at Irving and first floated the idea of using Irving’s waste in Armstrong’s ceiling tiles. The partnership centers on one of Armstrong’s signature products, ceiling tiles.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world's fastest-growing waste stream. It feels like we’ve moved to this throwaway society.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Moller – Maersk aimed at reducing to reduce Inditex’s global greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint from ocean shipping through the use of low carbon fuels. Under the new agreement, Inditex will incorporate alternative fuels, such as green methanol or biodiesel derived from waste feedstocks, for all of its inbound routes with Maersk.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2021

For example, as a site user, a person will learn about why the take-make-waste economy is not the way to go and how the company's used gear program can extend the life of items. Another way that the company is trying to keep textile waste out of landfills is by using "end of the roll material."

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